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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Wed May 20, 2015, 05:27 PM May 2015

Court Transcript Shows O’Reilly’s Daughter Allegedly Saw Him ‘Choking Her Mom’

Source: Mediaite

Two days after Gawker reported that Bill O’Reilly was accused of physically assaulting his ex-wife Maureen McPhilmy, the blog published portions of the court transcripts to prove it.

The allegations came from the couple’s teenage daughter during a custody trial that concluded three weeks ago. After Gawker’s initial report, O’Reilly released a statement, saying, “All allegations against me in these circumstances are 100% false. I am going to respect the court-mandated confidentiality put in place to protect my children and will not comment any further.”

But the transcripts obtained by Gawker confirm that O’Reilly’s 16-year-old daughter told a court-appointed forensic examiner that she saw the Fox host “choking her mom” while he “dragged her down some stairs” by the neck. Additionally, the daughter claimed that O’Reilly is an absent father with rage issues.

Manhattan psychologist Larry Cohen was assigned to evaluate each family member for the dispute, and reported his findings back to the Nassau County Supreme Court. Gawker’s transcripts come from the ex-wife’s counsel’s cross-examination of Cohen. The key transcript nugget centers around when the attorney asked the doctor if the daughter (identified as “M.”) hint of violence in the household:

Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/court-transcript-shows-oreillys-daughter-allegedly-saw-him-choking-her-mom/

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Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
6. Bill couldn't be reached for comment, as he was busy covering combat in the Falklands
Wed May 20, 2015, 05:46 PM
May 2015

and in Florida, pretending to be on the doorstep of a Texas suicide

Judi Lynn

(160,527 posts)
3. The rest of her life has to get far better, consider what a monstrosity she was dealt for a dad.
Wed May 20, 2015, 05:44 PM
May 2015

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No doubt they were all relieved he wasn't around much.

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)
10. "All allegations against me IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES are 100% false"?
Wed May 20, 2015, 06:10 PM
May 2015

Does that mean that he's dragged his wife down some stairs by the neck on OTHER occasions that his daughter may have witnessed -- or did she simply get the date wrong?


rocktivity

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
11. Having known 3 women who experienced this exact same bullshit, it dosen't sound 'alleged' to me.
Wed May 20, 2015, 06:53 PM
May 2015
He'll get away with it, they always do.

As Archae says, he'll get a promotion for promoting true Faux family values.

 

Beauregard

(376 posts)
15. But you know what?
Thu May 21, 2015, 10:17 AM
May 2015

This won't hurt his ratings at all. Just like Rush and his drug problem. Loyalty trumps all other values for his followers. And this is not just a problem on the right. There's plenty of it here, too.

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