Bill OReilly Vindicated

[Clicky_Bucks]

Funny how the media won't be all over this like they were when they broke the story.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...dia_oreilly_dc

O'Reilly Harassment Case Settled Out of Court

29 minutes ago Entertainment - Reuters


By Claudia Parsons

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fox News Channel commentator Bill O'Reilly and a co-worker who had accused him of sexual harassment have reached an out-of-court settlement, agreeing to drop all allegations against each other, lawyers for Fox said on Thursday.

The sensational case had turned the news spotlight on the outspoken O'Reilly, a darling of America's political conservatives who hosts the top-rated program on the nation's leading all-news cable network.

Andrea Mackris, 33, an associate producer for "The O'Reilly Factor," had sued the talk show host earlier this month, claiming he had repeatedly pressured her to engage in sexually explicit conversations over the phone, talking about vibrators, masturbation and pleasuring himself at times as he spoke.

Anticipating the complaint, O'Reilly and Fox News already filed their own suit earlier the same day, accusing Mackris and her lawyer, Benedict Morelli, of trying to extort $60 million in "hush money" from him by threatening to go public with false allegations of sexual harassment.

In a statement on Thursday, legal firm Becker & Green said all parties had agreed to settle the dispute out of court.

"All cases and claims have been withdrawn and all parties have agreed that there was no wrongdoing whatsoever by Mr. O'Reilly, Ms. Mackris, or Ms. Mackris' counsel," the statement said.

It said O'Reilly's allegation of extortion was withdrawn.

The statement gave no details of the terms of the agreement and did not say whether a financial settlement was involved.

"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," it said.

Mackris' lawyers could not immediately be reached for comment.

O'Reilly, 55 and the married father of two, had said in his lawsuit that his reputation had been damaged and that he had suffered "great mental strain, anguish and severe emotional distress."

His lawyers had sought access to tapes they believed Mackris had made of her phone conversations with O'Reilly as part of what they said was a plan to extort money from the commentator.

Mackris began working as an associate producer on O'Reilly's program in April 2000. She left for a few months earlier this year to work for rival network CNN but returned to Fox in July. Fox said she had been placed on paid leave since just before the exchange of lawsuits.

Fox News Channel is part of the Fox Entertainment Group, which is controlled by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

[freeadultcontent]

settlement does not equal vindication.
Vindication happens when you bust their ass and they just end up with a legal bill to pay.

[foolio]

wow - so they settled out of court... last time she tried that she got sued for extortion

And no shit he was going to settle out of court, he NEVER said he did not do it -- so he was stuck.

[bjs24]

If vindication means paying her hush money so everyone doesnt hear how he loves dildos and wanted to shove shit up her puss then yeah I guess he is vindicated.

[BRISK]

vindication

[Drake]

He wasn't vindicated. He settled. Although I doubt he did it and is trying to avoid a long drawn out high profile trial by paying her, which is what I think she was after to begin with.

But who really knows. Either way you look at it, it sucks.

[eroswebmaster]

Someone got a nice big fat check...and O'Reilly and Fox signed it.

And if you think he was "vindicated."

Come on over, I promise I won't come in your mouth.

[hottoddy]

The article is too vague. She was after $60 million initially. If he paid to make it go away, it may be a vindication. She probably got a significant sum though ...

[irishfury]

SHE'S RICH BITCH!!!!

[cherrylula]

man I can just hear him jerking off over the phone, thats classic.

[lloyd]

if paying her off means oreilly is vindicated i guess nobody jokes about michael jackson being a child fucker since he too was "vindicated"

[Joe Citizen]

Originally posted by Clicky_Bucks
Funny how the media won't be all over this like they were when they broke the story.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...dia_oreilly_dc

He paid her out you dipshit.

He was guilty and wanted it all to end.



Vindication... Jesus some people are stupid.

[baddog]

vindicated?

[Clicky_Bucks]

Ok, where is your source he paid her?

It looks like they both dropped charges.

Like I said, vindication.

[Thurbs]

crazyness. i thought he was perv.

[Joe Citizen]

Originally posted by Clicky_Bucks
Ok, where is your source he paid her?

It looks like they both dropped charges.

Like I said, vindication.

"Fox News Channel commentator Bill O'Reilly and a co-worker who had accused him of sexual harassment have reached an out-of-court settlement"

Goddamn moron.

[KC]

Bill o'reilly settling a $60 million "extortion" case out of court is the same as announcing...

"OK, she has tapes, she wins"

If you remember when they went public with the news.. they never claimed they had tapes. They just made it probable that they had tapes...

Her attorneys wanted to keep an "easy out" for O'reilly.

I think they played O'reilly beautifully.

What a pompus fucker.... hahaha

[Clicky_Bucks]

If it was financial, it would have said for an undisclosed amount of money.

Right now, it looks like it was done for both of them dropping charges.

But, you all hate OReilly so you will believe he paid her money.

[Gynecologist]

Originally posted by hottoddy
The article is too vague. She was after $60 million initially. If he paid to make it go away, it may be a vindication. She probably got a significant sum though ...

More cowbell please

[Joe Citizen]

Originally posted by Clicky_Bucks
If it was financial, it would have said for an undisclosed amount of money.

Right now, it looks like it was done for both of them dropping charges.

But, you all hate OReilly so you will believe he paid her money.

Your stupidity knows no bounds.

[Holly]

You don't need a source. Just some common sense.

Pompous media figure + god complex + loves dildo up ass + taped conversations = big $

The transcribed snippets that appeared in the court papers have already made him a laughing-stock. Just imagine what else she had taped. He would have never lived down the mp3s that would have resulted in the whole thing going public. We'd be hearing that shit for years.

[NickPapageorgio]

[MattK]

just wait to see if she buys a nice apartment in new york, then we will know how much money she got

[Drake]

Originally posted by MattK
just wait to see if she buys a nice apartment in new york, then we will know how much money she got

Oh, she'll be Big Pimpin', don't you worry.

[baddog]

Originally posted by Clicky_Bucks
Ok, where is your source he paid her?

It looks like they both dropped charges.

Like I said, vindication.

Wake up . . . she got paid off to shut up

[baddog]

Originally posted by Clicky_Bucks
If it was financial, it would have said for an undisclosed amount of money.

Right now, it looks like it was done for both of them dropping charges.

But, you all hate OReilly so you will believe he paid her money.

You are a funny, clueless guy

[Fletch XXX]

Originally posted by MattK
just wait to see if she buys a nice apartment in new york, then we will know how much money she got

kind of like the woman who had an abortion for George Bush in 1971.

Just before Larry Flynt could get it on tape she was contacted and went from being poor to living very well.

guess who footed the bill?

GWB.

Larry Flynt had signed affadavits but Bush council got to her before they could finalize.

http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/30/news-blume.php

In interviews with the Weekly, Flynt said he is convinced that the former Bush girlfriend had been bought off. He said that before his investigation, the woman had a low-wage job and her husband was unemployed. After his researchers started poking around, said Flynt, the husband emerged with a well-paid federal law-enforcement job and the family moved into an expensive house in a Texas resort area.

[Drake]

Originally posted by Clicky_Bucks
If it was financial, it would have said for an undisclosed amount of money.

Right now, it looks like it was done for both of them dropping charges.

But, you all hate OReilly so you will believe he paid her money.

Nobody "settles out of court" in a case like this without it involving money.

It's all about dollars, whether the article explicitly says the settlement was for an "undisclosed amount of money" or not.

[Drake]

Originally posted by Fletch XXX
kind of like the woman who had an abortion for George Bush in 1971.

Just before Larry Flynt could get it on tape she was contacted and went from being poor to living very well.

guess who footed the bill?

GWB.

Larry Flynt had signed affadavits but Bush council got to her before they could finalize.

http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/30/news-blume.php

In interviews with the Weekly, Flynt said he is convinced that the former Bush girlfriend had been bought off. He said that before his investigation, the woman had a low-wage job and her husband was unemployed. After his researchers started poking around, said Flynt, the husband emerged with a well-paid federal law-enforcement job and the family moved into an expensive house in a Texas resort area.

Nice find. When will people wake up and realize that the people shoving morality down your throat are just as, if not usually more immoral than you are. The big anti-abortionist likely fathered a child out of wedlock himself and used money to get it aborted and hushed. The rules they make apply only to you and not them.


For those of you voting Republican in the election:
"Flynt?s hatred of Bush is both visceral and principled. He?s a bona fide supporter of First Amendment rights and mainstream Democratic principles, and is commercially pragmatic ? he knows that Bush and his anti-sin crowd would shut down Flynt?s business if they could."

And your business too.

[BRISK]

PUBLIC SERVICE REMINDER: CONSERVATIVES ARE BAD BAD PEOPLE.

[QuaWee]

he's still an ASS.

[sickkittens]

So by him settling out of court, wouldn't that in some way mean that he was guilty of sexual harrassment?

And Fox has no problem with that.

[Wolfy]

Originally posted by irishfury
SHE'S RICH BITCH!!!!

Tell me this - do you know of anybody - I mean ANYBODY especially a Fox rep, in these times - that could have gotten something like this swept under the rug so fast? who cares if he paid her, it doesn't make him guilty or innocent, I would have done the same if I was him. Fact is - the man is GOOD.

[Rich]

Right, just like Michael Jackson was vindicated when he paid off the first kid he molested.

[Hey You . . . I Know You!]

Originally posted by Rich
Right, just like Michael Jackson was vindicated when he paid off the first kid he molested.

1994 Jackson reaches a multimillion-dollar out-of-court settlement in a 1993 sexual molestation lawsuit that arose from his friendship with a 13-year-old boy. Jackson denied the allegations. No criminal charges were ever filed.

2004 O'Reilly reaches a 20+ million-dollar out-of-court settlement in a 2004 sexual harassment lawsuit. The settlement included the destruction of the audio taped evidence that was sure to annihilate his career and any last shred of respect that O'Reilly might have still garnered from the most obstinate radical republicans. O'Reilly denied the allegations.

[Giorgio_Xo]

It means that the rumors about her recording the phone calls must have been true. O'Reilly and Fox couldn't afford the publicity.

[kamasutrababe]

If I were innocent and someone falsely accused me, I would fight to the end and not pay the accuser a dime, especially if I were rich and could afford the legal fees.

If I knew I were guilty, then I would pay the accuser to shut up.

[Drake]

Originally posted by kamasutrababe
If I were innocent and someone falsely accused me, I would fight to the end and not pay the accuser a dime, especially if I were rich and could afford the legal fees.

If I knew I were guilty, then I would pay the accuser to shut up.

In all fairness to O'Reilly, it' easier said than done. Once you go to trial, you're entire life is under the radar. They'll go back to your preschool years when you lit that girl's hair on fire to show that you grew up into a pervert.

Your name and face and it's association with "Pervert" on the headlines of papers everyday for months, will make a large portion of the population condemn you and find you guilty even if you're found innocent by the court.

I'm not saying I wouldn't fight tooth and nail until the end. I probably would. But I do see reasons why it may not always be the best/practical option, especially for somebody in the limelight.

[smashface]

Originally posted by Clicky_Bucks
Ok, where is your source he paid her?

It looks like they both dropped charges.

Like I said, vindication.

I think everyone is trying to tell you to read between the lines. The Yahoo story mentions that both sides won't discuss the settlement.

I have to believe that Oreilly/Fox paid out the ass. I dont see a reason for her to drop this without a payoff.