Monday, October 18, 2004

Gee...another powerful person having problems of a sexual nature
President's, Priests, and Pundits
But what role does force play in each?

TV Host O'Reilly Accused of Harassment
Producer Alleges Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly Sexually Harassed Her Over Phone

Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly poses on the roof of the Fox building in New York in this Oct. 13, 2003 file photo.A Fox News Channel producer sued O'Reilly for sexual harassment Wednesday,Oct. 13, 2004 alleging her boss had phone sex with her against her wishes three times. Fox filed a countersuit, saying the complaint was a politically motivated extortion attempt. (AP Photo/Jim Copper)
The Associated Press
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O'Reilly takes harassment claim to airwaves
By Adam Nichols
New York Daily News

New York — Fox TV host Bill O'Reilly took to the airwaves Wednesday night to slam an employee's claims he subjected her to sleazy phone sex and other lewd harassment — charging he's the victim of a $60 million shakedown attempt.

Andrea Mackris, an associate producer of "The O'Reilly Factor," accused the conservative talk show host of making "disgusting" calls to her — and threatening to ruin her career if she complained.

In her lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Mackris, 33, charged that O'Reilly pelted her with sexually explicit phone calls, pestered her for three-way sex with another woman and bragged in lurid detail about his prowess in bed.

It was the latest — and most personal — controversy to envelop O'Reilly, a best-selling author and writer whose syndicated column appears in the New York Daily News. His popular TV show has become a lightning rod for criticism from the left.

Mackris, of Manhattan, had worked with O'Reilly since April 2000, apart from six months earlier this year, when she moved to CNN.

She said her boss started making lewd comments after she split with her fiance in May 2001, and the alleged harassment escalated after she returned to Fox in July.

In three calls since August, O'Reilly, 55, who is married and lives on Long Island, spoke graphically about his sexual fantasies during a series of "perverted ravings," she claims.
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More here on this.
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Note: Yeah, O'Reilly is a bully...and it's not hard for any woman to see he would be quite capable of doing this. Maybe he's innocent; but I'll take bets on Mackris's version being the one that's proven true.

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