Bill O'Reilly's Accuser Arrested for False Allegation of Crime

Bill O'Reilly was driven from his job at Fox News earlier this year. According to a recent news report, the primary accuser of Mr. O'Reilly has been arrested for making false allegations of a crime...

A 2015 arrest by Detroit police of a key accuser of Bill O'Reilly for giving a false report of a crime has raised serious doubts as to her credibility.

In April, O'Reilly was fired from Fox News shortly after Perquita Burgess claimed the host made sexually suggestive comments to her, including calling her "hot chocolate."

Burgess worked at Fox News for several weeks in 2008 as a clerical temp.​

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O'Reilly voiced frustration that the media had published harshly negative accounts about him without checking on the background of the accusers.

"The press just printed everything she said," he said. "She's on 'The View,' and nobody's even checking her out? I mean, come on."

"This is why people use the term witch hunt," he said.

O'Reilly, a best-selling author and star of the No. 1-rated cable news show for 16 years, maintains there is "not one shred of evidence to back any of these accusations."

In his 42-year career working for 12 major news organizations, O'Reilly says, he was never the subject of a single human resources complaint regarding his behavior in the workplace.

O’Reilly described the push to get him kicked off Fox's airwaves as "a well-organized political hit, very well-funded," and did not rule out future legal action against those who orchestrated it.

He added that he expects more revelations relating to his departure from Fox News.

"We have evidence, I can tell you, that is shocking. Physical evidence that will come out that is shocking," he said with emphasis. "I've seen it. So this is the first. There will be others."
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I hope O'Reilly ends up taking the person(s) most responsible for his losing his job to court, and that his vindication becomes crystal clear to anyone even the least bit interested in seeing justice served.

Your thoughts?

 

Fox is paying dearly in viewership for getting rid of O'Reilly.

 

Nobody cares. O'Reilly is gone. End of story.

The title of the OP is misleading. (It makes it sound like her "arrest" was recent).

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the story was complete BS and the Detroit cops deny that the "documents" even exist.

Just more unsourced fantastical BS (courtesy of the RW Fever Swamp) that found it's way to PF.

Nobody cares.

Next.

 

O'Reilly is desperate, and one can't blame him - the guy is toxic. O'Reilly has already used this item in his defense but, there is a problem - Burgess' lawyer has already addressed this with O'Reilly's source, Newsmax, and according to her, there are no records of open warrants, convictions or even a court case - in other words, a non event. As for FOX News, their audience is literally dying on them, their ratings will suffer badly, as will other cable news networks, as the population ages. This was going to happen with or without O'Reilly......

https://lawnewz.com/opinion/bill-oreilly-tweets-article-meant-to-exonerate-him-it-doesnt/

 

I see. So the fact that this woman has made some rather dubious statements in the past, nobody cares? Now that February 2015 report is made available for your consideration, and nobody cares? The article in question that I sourced (and whose title I used as the topic of this thread) was filed this past Sunday (September 17). And no, your assertion is incorrect: you don't care, but I care, and I believe a good many other people care as well.

So David Patten's article this Sunday is completely bogus? Is that what you're going with?

 

Delete

 

Hell you should be used to it after feeding on that sort of garbage after being here and "Past" histories and character assassinations regarding Trump. What's the matter, your caring only applies to selective individuals..

 

Where did I say Patten's piece was bogus? I said no such thing........

 

She wasn't arrested?

(I notice you sidestepped that assertion...)

 

She was arrested

But no information after that

 

The left never cares about wrongdoing as long as it silences speech they find offensive.

 

Well, I'm asking for clarification of this portion of your statement: "Burgess' lawyer has already addressed this with O'Reilly's source, Newsmax, and according to her, there are no records of open warrants, convictions or even a court case - in other words, a non event." Sounds to me as though you call into question a large chunk of what Patten says in the article. Have I misread what you said?

No information after that? Are you reading the same article that I'm reading?

According to the police document, Burgess called authorities and alleged her boyfriend had struck her in the face with a gun. Police said when they arrived at the scene Burgess "appeared intoxicated."

The arresting officer stated: "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!"

The boyfriend told police she had threatened him, saying she would call "the cops saying you hit me with a gun!"

According to the police document, Burgess was arrested for filing a false felony report and for violating a personal protection order.​

 

Why didn't you link the source of the article?

If she was the only accuser, I'd agree there O'Reilly may have been unjustly accused, but since there were several accusers, one having an "iffy" background doesn't give Bill absolution for a pattern of behavior.

http://time.com/4747075/bill-oreilly-fox-news-sexual-harassment-accusations/
In addition to the five women who were paid settlements, two other women spoke to theTimes about inappropriate behavior by O'Reilly, and more women came forward with sexual harassment accusations in the wake of the Times investigation.

 

I liked Bill O'Reilly, although sometimes I thought he was a pompous ass, he was very popular and spoke his heart. Unfortunately, some men in power think it comes with certain privileges against women. He's not alone in this by any means and political alignment has nothing to do with it as most of us know.

 

I linked to the source; click on "a recent news report" for the link.

As to the pattern of behavior, if the pattern is made up of accusations from people like this Burgess woman, we should revisit the question.

I don't disagree with this. The question is whether Bill O'Reilly is one of the men you speak of, or he's merely a victim of a concerted effort to silence his views on political subjects. I am not so sure the motivation here isn't meant to address the latter and not the former.

 

Yea but like, weren't there tons of women who came forward about O'Reilly?

 

A valid question, but weren't all of these women vetted by Fox News?

 

That's what CNN would have us believe. I think we should require details. Who are these tons of women? Are they reputable? What is the nature of their accusations? If O'Reilly was treating women inappropriately, there should be repercussions, but if powerful opposing personalities are using women as a means of silencing views that they'd prefer not be aired, we should be made aware of that as well.

Well, supposedly this Burgess woman was vetted by Fox News, no?

 

Isnt it amazing how some get their underlovelies in a wad when presented the truth.

IMO I always thot that O'Reilly was smarter than to do something like that. He had too much to risk.

 

One of the reasons I continue to think this smells a little funny.

 

Bill Clinton was the subject of the same kind of targeting... but, you did not care about that ...did you ?

 

Well yeah, my position was exactly the same. That is, until a certain blue dress showed up. If the Bill O'Reilly situation ends up having a similar little blue dress, I would be the first to call for his head. You recognize the difference between an accusation and irrefutable evidence, yes?

 

Read this; tell me what you think afterwards.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/chokin...-oreilly-piled-up-for-years-before-his-demise

 

Yeah, this is one of the latest strategies to prohibit speech they don't like. Leftists threaten phony lawsuits over imagined actions, and then threaten their advertisers they won't use their products unless they drop ads with them.

It happened to Rush Limbaugh in 2012 when he joked about Sandra Fluke having an unusually high need for contraceptives that we should pay for. Rush temporarily lost almost all his advertisers but they were smart enough to realize leftists don't actually listen to Rush on the radio, therefore it was all bogus actions to get Rush thrown off the air. It didn't work.

Leftist have become fascists, literally.

Steve

 

Putting O'Reilly (and I've never been a fan) down for the count is akin to putting Michael Corleone down for the count when he spent some cooling off time in Sicily. I have a strong hunch he will be back to MSM with a pronouncedly less centrist message than prior due to the way he has been treated by the Complex.

This should concern the Complex more than a little re their efforts at attracting back the center, middle class, independent older voters O'Reilly appeals to. Time will tell of course.