STATEMENT OF DR.

WENDY WALSH

I am Dr. Wendy Walsh. I am a single mother, a professor of psychology

and have had a twenty-year career in television news. For the last ten
years, I have been a frequent television commentator.

Early in 2013, a regular segment was created for me on The OReilly

Factor every Thursday called Are We Crazy. I assumed this was a kind
of audition segment as I was expected to show up at 1 pm every
Thursday. In the segment I would usually appear from the Fox News
studio in Los Angeles with Bill OReilly appearing from New York City
and another psychologist guest from San Diego.

Three weeks after I began the segment, I received an email from Mr.
OReillys assistant asking me to join him for dinner in Los Angeles. I
was excited as this confirmed for me that it was a business dinner and
he was going to offer me a job. At the dinner, at the restaurant at the
Bel Air Hotel, he told me that I was a very beautiful woman. He also
told me that Roger Ailes is his good friend and that he promised to give
me a paid contributor position on his show. He complimented me on
my work and thanked me for the work I had done so far for free,
assuring me that Roger Ailes would sign off on a paid contributor
position if asked by him. I was delighted at the idea of becoming a paid
contributor at the network.

When dinner was finished, he simply said, Lets get out of here. I
assumed he meant we should move into the bar to continue our
conversation about my career at Fox News.

As we walked past the host stand in the restaurant an awkward thing

happened. I turned left toward the bar and he turned right walking
toward the bedrooms. When we were a few steps from each other, we
both turned around looking for each other. He came to my side, and I
immediately said, I think the bar is this way pointing down the
pathway. To which he replied, No, lets go to my suite. And I politely
said, Im sorry, I cant do that. He seemed put-off and answered,
What? Do you think Im going to attack you or something? To which I
gently replied, Bill, Im sure you can understand since we are both
parents raising teenaged girls that we should walk our talk to model
good choices. He sighed and said, Whatever you want, and we
walked to the bar.

At the bar, his demeanor utterly transformed from charming to hostile.

He asked me how much I thought my glass of water would cost him. I
told him, Id be happy to buy this round. With that he looked at my
purse, a black leather clutch by Balenciaga Paris and blurted out,
Thats the ugliest bag Ive ever seen. Then he said, I want you to
forget all the business advice I gave you. Do what you want. Youre on
your own.

As the weeks progressed, all our small talk off air stopped abruptly. I
emailed him to follow up, trying to stay friendly and upbeat, but got
little in response. The last time I saw him was, I believe, in late May of
2013. I was live on the set at Fox News in New York City. In the studio,
Mr. OReilly stiffened up and stared down at his script, ignoring me,
though we were four feet from each other. Then he suddenly looked up
at me and hostilely barked, When are you LEAVING?

Soon after, the Executive Producer of the show told me he was putting
my segment on hold for the summer. Despite my attempts to get my
segment going again, I was essentially barred from the show and was
not asked back again.

Mr. OReillys job offer disappeared the moment I refused to

accompany him to his hotel suite. His friendliness to me vanished the
moment I rebuffed him. I was shocked and disappointed by this.

Nevertheless, I expected he would get over it and behave like a

professional. I enjoyed being on his show, mainly from a different
studio, and so I continued to pursue the contributor position, sending
him friendly, upbeat, professional emails, hoping to get back in his
good graces and trying to let him know I didnt hold a grudge. But
apparently all of my professionalism and hard work meant nothing
once I refused to join him in his hotel room.

I didnt go forward with a sexual harassment claim in 2013 because:

1. My teenaged daughter was soon to be submitting college

applications to some prestigious schools and I didnt want negative
publicity to tarnish her chances of being accepted. (She is now
attending Harvard.)

2. I am not litigious. I wanted to work. I thought if I was nice,

professional and non-threatening, I would still get that paid position at
Fox News. I was wrong.

I have not sued anyone. I have not asked for any money. It is terrifying
to speak out about a man as powerful and vindictive as Bill OReilly.
Already his attorneys sent me a threatening letter. But I chose to speak
out because I have since learned two important things about sexual
harassment: not only employees, but applicants for jobs can be
sexually harassed, and secondly, an estimated 40-60 per cent of
women will be sexually harassed during their career. We need to
change workplaces for all our daughters. The only way we can change
toxic workplaces is for all of us to tell our stories, even against
powerful men.

I tell other women to stand up for their rights, to be honest and brave.
So I decided to follow my own advice. Its scary, but here I am.

April 3, 2017