You have proof he didn't? You don't settle multiple claims if you're innocent.
Chris
Who wrote THAT law?
While I certainly understand that settling
FIVE sex harassment charges sure looks BAD, the fact is that the corporate lawyers (who defend the CORPORATE'S interest -- not the "defendant's") have long maintained the nasty habit of paying off ... "troublemakers" to make them "go away." It has been viewed as an economy measure -- the fear of losing in court and having to pay off big $$$$$ and suffer the publicity that results ... or paying the complainant off with a few million and a nondisclosure agreement, thus limiting the public awareness of the problem.
From what I glean, people who gain power and sexually harass tend to keep doing it. A habit they maintain so long as they can get away with it, until they are stopped .... like an "irresistable force" that finally discovers an "immoveable object." From this logic it would appear, perhaps (and not unreasonably) that O'Reilly is guilty.
Perhaps he is.
But, people who "pay off" troublemakers tend to create patterns as well. As I said, lawyers pay them off even when the accused is innocent. But this means, to the unethical "gold-digger" that all she need do if she wants a big settlement is to create a situation where, as they say, it's "he said versus she said," and if the pattern rings true, the lawyers will again settle.
To add to the matter, there's other motives as well. With O'Reilly, his perceived rightwing bent as well as Fox News' could easily create a political motive -- someone who is a strong leftist out to "get" both O'Reilly and maybe Fox News as well.
Of course, it might also not be quit this simple. Some COULD be phony charges and some COULD be legitimate charges where O'Reilly DID sexually harass a lady. Or maybe he just looked at her too long without blinking. I hear in someplace the cut off is 6 seconds......
I wasn't there. I DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH. AND NEITHER DO YOU. AS the credit on the old
"X Files" stated;
"The truth is Out There." Maybe, but it's not in either of ours' heads!
Maybe it will come out someday, maybe not. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
But let's not be so sure we actually have some real insight into the truth, 'cause we don't.
