O'Reilly, sued for harassment, countersues

An associate producer for Fox News on Wednesday sued her employer and her boss, Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly, for sexual harassment, alleging that O'Reilly initiated phone sex and regularly used lewd language with her at work and in dinner conversations.

In a countersuit, O'Reilly and Fox News sued the woman, Andrea Mackris, and her lawyer, alleging they were engaged in an "extortion scheme" seeking "$60 million in hush money" to keep them from filing the sexual harassment suit.

Mackris' attorney, Benedict Morelli, said at a news conference that they had "concrete and verifiable evidence" in regard to the sexual harassment allegations.

Fox and O'Reilly called the sexual harassment claims "baseless" and politically motivated.