NBC paid severance to producer who accused Chris Matthews of sexual harassment: report
Chris Matthews
NBC paid thousands of dollars to an assistant producer on MSNBC’s “Hardball with  Chris Matthews ” nearly two decades ago after  she  brought a sexual harassment complaint against the longtime host  The Daily Caller reported Saturday.
The website  citing two sources  reported that NBC paid  the woman  $40 000 to settle  her  claim against  Matthews  in 1999. An NBC spokesperson told The Daily Caller the network paid a smaller  unspecified amount as part of a severance package.
 The woman  complained to executives that  Matthews   now 71  had made inappropriate comments to  her  and made inappropriate jokes about  her  to others.
An MSNBC spokesman told The Daily Caller that  Matthews  had been slapped with a formal reprimand at the time  the woman  made  her  complaint. The website reported that the network decided that the complaints were “inappropriate and juvenile ” but were not intended as propositions.
 Matthews  has hosted “Hardball” on MSNBC since 1997.  He  also hosted the syndicated “Chris Matthews Show” between 2002 and 2013 and has authored eight books  most recently a biography of Robert Kennedy.
NBC paid thousands of dollars to an assistant producer on MSNBC’s “Hardball with [TGT] ” nearly two decades ago after  [TGT]  brought a sexual harassment complaint against the longtime host  The Daily Caller reported Saturday.
The website  citing two sources  reported that NBC paid  the woman  $40 000 to settle  her  claim against  Matthews  in 1999. An NBC spokesperson told The Daily Caller the network paid a smaller  unspecified amount as part of a severance package.
 The woman  complained to executives that  Matthews   now 71  had made inappropriate comments to  her  and made inappropriate jokes about  her  to others.
An MSNBC spokesman told The Daily Caller that  Matthews  had been slapped with a formal reprimand at the time  the woman  made  her  complaint. The website reported that the network decided that the complaints were “inappropriate and juvenile ” but were not intended as propositions.
 Matthews  has hosted “Hardball” on MSNBC since 1997.  He  also hosted the syndicated “Chris Matthews Show” between 2002 and 2013 and has authored eight books  most recently a biography of Robert Kennedy.