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RandalFlagg
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O'Reilly settles sexual harrassment lawsuit
#3291994 - 10/28/04 11:29 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'd give ANYTHING to hear those tapes of O'Reilly panting into the phone like some perv. Hehehehe. This whole situation is just too funny.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=st..._reilly_lawsuit By SAMUEL MAULL, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK - Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly said Thursday he and a former producer of his talk show have agreed to settle their legal dispute over her allegations of sexual harassment, and his accusations that she was trying to shake him down.
"This brutal ordeal is now officially over, and I will never speak of it again," he said on his talk show, "The O'Reilly Factor."
Andrea Mackris, 33, who was a producer on the show, filed a lawsuit against the top-rated TV host Oct. 13, alleging O'Reilly made a series of explicit phone calls to her, advised her to use a vibrator and telling her about sexual fantasies involving her.
Earlier that day, O'Reilly, 55 and married with two children, had filed a lawsuit accusing Mackris and her lawyer of trying to extort $60 million in "hush money" to make the case quietly go away.
O'Reilly is host of the top-rated prime-time cable news program ? and he's seen his ratings go up by 30 percent since the case was filed.
He told his viewers Thursday night, "This matter has caused enormous pain, but I had to protect my family, and I did. All I can say to you is please do not believe everything you hear and read."
Shortly before "Factor" aired, O'Reilly's lawyer, Ronald Green, issued a statement saying the cases and claims had been withdrawn and all parties agreed there was no wrongdoing by O'Reilly, Mackris or Mackris' lawyer Benedict Morelli.
Morelli did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.
Green's statement about the settlement did not mention money, and it could not be learned immediately whether it was a factor.
"Out of respect for their families and privacy, all parties and their representatives have agreed that all information relating to the cases shall remain confidential," Green's statement said.
When the accusations began, Green refused to confirm or deny specific things that Mackris claimed O'Reilly said to her, but he said at the time that "Mr. O'Reilly denies that he has done anything that rises to the level of unlawful sexual harassment."
Green also had said he believed there were tapes of conversations between the two and asked a court to compel Mackris to produce them so they could be played publicly.
"I know that he does not fear what is on the tapes," Green said at the time.
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sir tripsalot
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Re: O'Reilly settles sexual harrassment lawsuit [Re: RandalFlagg]
#3292007 - 10/28/04 11:32 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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So much for seeing who is left standing.
-------------------- "Little racoons and old possums 'n' stuff all live up in here. They've got to have a little place to sit." Bob Ross.
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Gijith
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Re: O'Reilly settles sexual harrassment lawsuit [Re: RandalFlagg]
#3292016 - 10/28/04 11:33 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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I could personally care less.
O'reilly Clinton Rono
Whatever they want to behind closed doors is their business.
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Re: O'Reilly settles sexual harrassment lawsuit [Re: Gijith]
#3292170 - 10/29/04 12:22 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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I couldn't care less if O'reilly sticks bowling balls up his ass...Its just the fact that he would be the first to condemn somebody else in that situation and organize a lynching. I hope she took him for everything he is worth.
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