Back in April, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly abruptly announced he’d be taking a vacation. The trip, he said, had been scheduled since the previous fall. “I like to take time off around Easter, it’s calming” he told the audience.
That show ended up being O’Reilly’s last.
There was no shortage of suspicion that it would be his last, given the odd timing (he took off for Easter in the middle of the week), and the controversial New York Times report from earlier that month. On April 1st, the New York Times published a report revealing that O’Reilly and Fox paid $13 million to five woman as settlements for sexual harassment complaints. O’Reilly told the Times he signed off on the settlements to protect his family from controversy and had not admitted any guilt. A majority of advertisers pulled their ads from his show following the revelation, with the show down to only seven advertisers (from 33). After accuser Perquita Burgess also came forward following the publication of the Times article, O’Reilly was suspended from Fox.
And just like that, after two decades at the country’s largest conservative TV network, O’Reilly was gone. In an interview with Glenn Beck the week after his firing, he told the host that the smear job by the Times “was a hit.” He continued: “In the weeks to come, we’re going to be able to explain some of it. It has to do with destroying voices that the far left and the organized left-wing cabal doesn’t like.”
Many speculated that O’Reilly would reveal that he was forced out of Fox. After all, it wasn’t the lawsuit against O’Reilly that got him suspended and then fired – it was the New York Times reporting on the lawsuit. Did that give Fox leeway to cite backlash from the public to get rid of O’Reilly?
This all happened back in May. But now, it looks like O’Reilly is making good on his promise to have the whole truth revealed. Last night, the former Fox star posted the following to Facebook, which went viral instantly:
Sorry to have to post this article but it is necessary to expose the evil in play in this country. More to come.
Posted by Bill O'Reilly on Sunday, September 17, 2017
In the Newsmax article O’Reilly cites, we learn that in 2015, the key accuser in the harassment-related firing was arrested by a Detroit police officer after submitting a false crime report.
The key accuser, Perquita Burgess, claimed that O’Reilly made a number of sexually suggestive comments to her. Burgess had worked at Fox only for a few weeks back in 2008, serving as a clerical temp. It was her allegations that played a “significant role in O’Reilly’s termination” according to a Fox News source quoted by Newsmax.
But back to her false report. An investigation from the Detroit Police on February 11th, 2015, documents her arrest on charges of “making a false report and obstructing a court order.”
The document states that she claimed her boyfriend had struck her in the face with a gun. Police arrived at the scene, found no evidence of an assault, and an intoxicated Burgess.
The arrested officer stated in the report that “I asked Ms. Burgess where the gun was that she was struck with in the face, she replied there is no gun. I again asked her where the gun was, and if she had been assaulted. Ms. Burgess stated there was no gun, and he didn’t assault me!”
Nobody had bothered to look into her record. And she was paraded around on The View to spew her unsubstantiated claims. “The press just printed everything she said,” O’Reilly said in light of this revelation. “She’s on ‘The View,’ and nobody’s even checking her out? I mean, come on.”
What do you think? Was Bill O’Reilly falsely accused of sexual harassment? Should he get his job back at Fox News? Tell us your thoughts below and share this story over Facebook and Twitter!
The liberals will say and do anything to make the right the bad guy. Bill O’Reilly was the top show that was seen all around the globe and the libs didn’t like all the truths told to the world. I wouldn’t be surprised if Soros in involved in this somehow. He’s one evil S O B. We miss watching the Factor on a regular basis. The only show that even compares to the Factor now is Tucker. Here’s hoping Fox news doesn’t disappear.
What do you expect??? Take a look at her picture; its worth 1000 words, and they ain’t complementary!!! Perquita Burgess, HA HA HA!!!
It’s obvious to me that all these allegations against Fox News people are a conspiracy to take the network down. It’s hard to believe those who are on other networks or other walks of life are innocent angels, with no history of crimes. I’m not sure Bill O’Reilly would go back to Fox after the humiliating experience they caused him!
Who is paying this woman?
Nobody, that’s why she is so insulted and angry!!!
True Larry, so true. He will own them for sure. I would not blame him for not wanting to come back. People that do these kind of things will get their “come uppings” as I call them. Karma is heck !!!
it was a hit on him by the democratic party jsut like the women who came forward accusing trump of sexually harrassing them, notice once hillary lost those women went away? my bet is that the hillary campaign no longer wanted to pay them to carry on with their lies so the women took the money they had already been paid by hillary and flew the coop. the liberal progressive terrorist party needs brought to its knees and destroyed or things willo get even worse then they are with paid for hoax’s like the russian collusion and the women who supposedly were sexually harrassed and raped. it is time to take the dirt and corruption out of politics and send these corrupt heads of the DNC to prison for false accusations and wasting millions of tax payers dollars!
Keep finding out more facts and O’Reilly and other victims will OWN Fox News. Then it will be a reputable organization again.
People like her need to go down hard to send a message to the public that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated in our society. Shame on the FoxNews management for not spending the money to flush this story out more thoroughly. Bill seems to not want to blame Fox but I believe that most of their viewers saw through this and they need to apologize and offer him back the New Factor time slot!!
Of course he was falsely accused. Fox now has egg on their face. No bill should not return to Fox, He should come on some other cable channel.
When will the public come to it’s senses and realize that liberals cannot ever tell the truth. Look at the chief liberal liar Hillary Clinton who lied for months and is still lying trying to peddle her lie filled useless book.
She sounds like a disgusting person. Bill should drag her down the stairs by her hair.
It’s difficult to defend yourself against harassment complaints when your employer, in this case Fox Network’s Murdock brothers are interested in firing everyone that is conservative. Eric Bolling also felt their wrath. It’s not surprising that the accuser is a habitual,liar and is known to make false accusations. I wish O’Reilly would have challenged her, but he probably read between the lines what was going down internally with Fox. He will be better off in the long run.
Should Bill O’Reilly get his job back from FOX??? Hell NO !!! He just needs to sue the crap out of them for millions. Then let the liberals running FOX NEWS grin and bare it. Let it hurt their pocket books. It ruined his reputation and was flat out a LIE. Why sweep in under the rug and let this piece of human debris just keep the unlawful money and live a good life? Bill like I said sue the crap out of FOX NEWS and maybe in the end OWN IT!!!! Not a bad idea. Good Luck Bill “And the Spin Stops Here Because We Are Looking Out For You”.
I believe that Bill O’Reilly’s situation underscores the vile and disgusting atmosphere we are in. This entire country is filled with hate and rancor. The “kangaroo courts” of public opinion set up and fed by the dishonest media is working overtime to discredit ANYONE who dares to hold an alternative view. I have never felt so intimidated in my life! I’m angry at news reporting. I won’t watch sports. I won’t watch awards shows. I cant bring myself to read Vanity Fair and Conde Nast. It’s all politicized! Nothing is simply what it seems.
Of course he was railroaded, He was guilty, crucified even before he was proven guilty. Is this the way America works??
Remember what a sucker punch felt like as a kid. This is a modern day smack-down along with a sucker punch to say FOX is Fair and Balanced. They (owners. or should I say siblings) wanted you gone for personal reasons.
Do not delude yourselves into believing any of this crap. The simple truth is, Obama didn’t just simply hate Fox for daring to have commentators questioning his policies, for not falling in line with the Left Wing goose-step.
While Obama was out there doing the cry baby hustle about Fox, he had his justice department doing a deep colonoscopy at Fox news corp. Remember what he did to James Rosen, including his parents, his family. This after trying to prohibit Fox’s White House correspondents from access.
Do you honestly believe these internal issues are absent from ABC, CBS, NBC, NYT?
First they took out Roger Ailes knowing once gone, every other target would be easy pickings. The only one, at this point, who has escaped the Left’s war against Fox is Sean Hannity who IMMEDIATELY stood up to them, vowed to dedicate his, “life, his fortunes, his sacred honor,” taking them to the mat. He then commenced to using their same, despicable tactics against Leftist commentators starting with Rachel Maddow.
Before his firing, Roger Ailes was temporarily absent from Fox for health reasons. During just that brief absence, I immediately detected a change in Fox reporting. From the moment he was fired, the handwriting was on the wall for FNC.
Ruppert Murdock’s two sons are now in charge. They are both Progressives married to RABIDLY progressive women.
Just prior to his death, Ailes began working with others in the creation of a new, Conservative cable news network to challenge the ever more Left leaning Fox. From fired Fox co-president, Bill Shine to the now long and growing list of Conservative talent given the axe at Fox, the probability of this idea coming to fruition within the next year grows exponentially.
So, the wise-guy kids of Murdoch better be paying attention because, if this happens, I guarantee you Fox will become an epoch FAIL.
btw, I would DEARLY love to see CNN, etal, be treated to the same federal scrutiny as Fox.
The article does not say if Burgess’s case was settled. If it was, O’Reilly and Fox may have some grounds to counter-sue and recoup some of the settlement. If the case is still pending, O’Reilly may use her lack of credibility to help his defense. Either way, her filing a false police report does not mean that O’Reilly never harassed her.
If all of these claims against O’Reilly were false, he would have had textbook cases for defamation to file against these women. To date, he hasn’t filed any counter-suits.
I’m sure Bill got a settlement adequate for the rest of his life, but I’d still like (love, actually) to see him return. I thoroughly believe he was railroaded by the left. His commentary is sorely missed, IMO.
We miss Bill. The news is not the same since he left Fox. Hopefully he returns soon, but not to Fox.
They don’t deserve to get him back.
Yes – looks like he was railroaded.
Women are pawns in the Left’s unfounded charges of sexual abuse.
This is one out of 5. You do not pay 13 million dollars because you are innocent. This O’Reilly simply thought that no one would report the settlement of his sex harrassment suits. What kind of person would think that a story like that would not be reported by a newspaper.? Idiot is the only word that comes to my mind. Did this idiot think he had that much influence that he could silence the media on the subject of his sex harrassment lawsuits. If I were on the left, he would be one of the last people I would go gunning for. He gave the left too much help, too many times. I’m glad he is off the air. Never liked him, and I never liked the way he treated Trump during the campaign.
Suing Burgess would be a total waste of time and money she is broke has no assets besides people will believe what they want .
THE COMMUNIST PARTY IS VERY STRONG SINCE NAM THIS CANCER HAS GROWN IN THE SOUL OF ALL AMERICANS, HOW COULD WE LET A COMMUNIST LIKE OBAMA PAY 158 BILLION TO IRAN TO KILL AMERICANS. IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUMP WE ALL BE IN CAMPS NOW.
THE DEMOCRAT PARTY IS THE COMMUNIST PARTY . IN 2012 THEY KICKED GOD OUT AND THE FIRST MONUMENT THEY REMOVED WAS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. YOU YUBE FLAG BURNERS OF RECORD.ABUTOM
Just what I thought all along.
Liars need more liars around them so they all feel to have a mutual caring society…..Liars clubs are every where….just pick up and read the newspaper and watch any TV show or go to church or talk and or listen to your government representatives……..they are every where…sad….and sick
Maybe O’Reilly should sue Burgess for slander since obviously she is a complete liar! I wouldn’t go back to FOX if I was him. Can’t stand The View & those hags, especially Whoopi Goldberg & Joy Behar!
Do you remember “Baba Walters” referring to the “Venerable Bill Clinton” ? I never have and thought I would choke!
Interesting how people are so easily mislead. A little scandal, and away they go. I’m talking about O’Reilly’s sponsors on his show.
Remember how all the politicians tried to turn their back on Trump when his ‘grab em by the pussy,’ video came out? Ryan, everyone, even his vice presidential nominee for a while tried to distance themselves from Trump. But they all came back when they realized that the public was no longer falling for the liberal media’s tricks.
We know that the NWO wants to shut the conservative voices on Fox News out… Eric Boling is the latest victim of this agenda.
First, I am no fan of O’Reilly. I have long found him a total boor, constantly interrupting, his arrogance and overtalking guests to ensure that HIS view prevails. That said, second, it would be a cold day in hell when I would “accept:” reinstatement with FOX. Once the leading source for news after CNN and MSNBC and the alphabet outlets converted totally to FASCISM, Fox has been taken over by the perverted and communist oriented, hate spewing brothers Murdoch. Will we see O’Reilly grovel to the kommissars wannabes? Bet we do.
Knowing many people who have worked with this man over the years, the universal response I have heard from them was “about time.” So while this individual may have this stain on her record, the overall picture is what needs to be looked at. O’Reilly is widely viewed as a putz in the industry.
Give the Dems Californication, as their very own Independent Nation,and Make them ALL Move there! Almost all the U.S. Problems Solved!
I always deeply suspicioned that Perquita Burgess was a Clinton shill.
It is hard to imagine that anyone, much less Bill O’Reilly, would make any sexually suggestive comments to her if she was there for only a few weeks. Perquita Burgess’s record is catching up to her and it is clear that no one in the progressive media checked her out.
Why is it that when it is her word against his in the MSM that she always wins? However, in this case, the history of paying out $13M to multiple accusers helped carry the day for the MSM attack dogs. Clearly O’Reilly is making a come-back, but it is very questionable if Fox would reconsider.