"Late-night show host John Oliver took a musical victory lap around New York City last night to announce now-bankrupt Murray Energy Corp. has dropped its defamation lawsuit against him.

In 2017, the private coal company sued network HBO and "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" over a segment that sharply criticized former CEO and founder Bob Murray. Oliver said Murray, among other things, looked like a 'geriatric Dr. Evil.'

'We did, and he does,' Oliver said last night, adding he fully expects to be sued again.

'It is yet another Bob Murray attempt to bully people into silence.'"

Dylan Brown reports for Greenwire November 11, 2019. [2]