Andrea Mackris, one of the first women to accuse ousted Fox News star Bill OReilly of sexual misconduct, broke her silence and a nondisclosure agreement about the ordeal for the first time in an interview with The Daily Beast on Tuesday.

Mackris, who was a producer on Fox News The OReilly Factor at the time, sued the conservative news personality for sexual harassment in 2004 and settled in an agreement that forbade her from speaking about her experience with OReilly.

I may not get the past 17 years back, but there is one way I can retrieve my power from this storm of lies, loss, greed and grief, she told The Daily Beast . Its the same thing I did back in 2004 before Fox, Bill OReilly and their teams of willing executioners bound me to a contract that promises to ruin whatever is left of me if I dare do it again. Tell the truth. Walk free.