why was the O'Reilly Harassment Case Settled out of court??

[Blue_Tires]

and why were the terms undisclosed??? this could have been the one chance to have him resign in disgrace!!!

[MADem]

1. Because:

The tapes were damning. They were probably also a HOOT!

He paid through the nose (all of the money she would have gotten from a court case, plus the book and movie rights, the TV special airing the tapes, the National Enquirer exclusive)

They would have RUINED him had he not paid.

He needed to save his career.

The price he finally offered was right.

Good for her--nothing better in the world than separating a self-righteous prick from his money. The only really sad bit about all this is that I did want to HEAR THEM, in all their salacious perversity.

[samwisefoxburr]

2. I don't get it...

...he paid this woman millions of dollars to destroy the tapes, right? So, that proves that they exist and proves that what is said to be on them is true. He loses either way, and I bet even if they were released nothing would have heppened to him, just would've been something fun to listen to. And the tapes probably would have been forgotten by the mainstream media within a week.

[TheDebbieDee]

3. I agree with you, but he'll think of another way to spin it..........

and his moronic viewers will believe what he tells them.

[Jade Fox]

17. He was on TV tonight describing the whole thing as a "brutal ordeal"...

and essentially ordering his supporters to never bring it up again.

Geezus!! It made me want to keep the story alive as a long as it takes
to make him endure a truely brutal ordeal!

[UTUSN]

19. He Talked about It TONIGHT (Friday)? He Said He Would NEVER

talk about it AGAIN-----that was YESTERDAY/tHURSDAY.

[Jade Fox]

20. It was likely a repeat of what he said on Thurs.....n/t

[KoKo]

21. Another RW Pervert gets off and his audience just slavers over him. (n/t)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. $$$$$$$$$$$$$....the trump card.

She got rich, O'Reilly got shown for what he is. Yawn.

I wish Rush Lugnut would try to buy off the D.A. or a witness.

[Blue_Tires]

5. i just don't like that "admits no wrongdoing" part

which will absolve him completely (at least in the eyes of the law, if not public opinion)

and i wanted those tapes released!!

[Heyo]

6. I didn't really pay much attention to this story...

.. dont pay much attention to O'Reilly...

But weren't he and his lawyer TRYING to get the tapes released, and she didn't want that?

Or was it the other way around?

:shrug:

Heyo

[DrRock]

7. ^

He settled because he was guilty. This guy is so obstinate and self-righteous, there is no way that he would have settled unless he had something to hide. If he truly was innocent, he would have fought this thing forever. If he claims to have settled to avoid a lengthy and costly court case, he's full of shit. It is the luxury of the wealthy to waste the time of the poor. That's why corporations will spend millions of dollars to prove that they don't owe someone thousands; because they can! If O'Reilly was truly innocent, he would have let the courts do their jobs, and prove his innocence.

As for the tapes, in this age of information, they will surface somewhere eventually. Someone probably already has a copy, and will release them at some point. Man, I hope that's the case and we get to see his smug ass squirm while the tapes are played everywhere.

[Heyo]

9. All of what you said may be true...

... but I still don't know the answer to my question. I had heard mumblings about the tapes recently. Which side was arguing to release the tapes, and which side was arguing not to? Was Ron Green trying to get the tapes relased? Are there even any tapes?

Heyo

[belle]

23. Right. Also, I think chances are excellent this will happen again.

As the Michael Jackson case shows, if someone is guilty as hell of perverse and abusive behavior, it is an ongoing theme throughout one's life. and, buying someone off this time will probably only give the little twerp confidence that he can continue to get away with said behavior. I give him about two years before the next complaint.

[MADem]

14. That sentence ALONE probably cost him a million

...so I am glad he is poorer for being allowed to say it. It probably would have cost him twice that had he not added that he would NEVER SPEAK OF the incident again.

[Robbie67]

8. so the tapes wouldn't be released n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

10. He Settled Because HE DID IT, & THEY HAVE TAPES!

It's obvious. Then, by sealing the record, he never actually has to admit he did it, and he'll wait until the sheep forget about it.
The Professor

[NervousRex]

11. Dil-Doh'Really won this one.

He's out a few million..and he remains to pollute the airwaves and the human race. She got rich, but we lost not being able to tear this piece of toe-jam down, permanently....I have no respect for her..she's a greedy slimeball.

[MADem]

15. I'm guessing it was less than sixty, but at LEAST

TEN, plus attorney's fees. And I'll bet the lawyer keeps the tapes in a safe forever and a day. If he ever gets caught doing this shit again, it will be Michael Jackson time, where the chickens come home to roost!

[belle]

24. Well, be fair; it's more than money. The pressure on her would have been

terrible and relentless. I don't blame her for wanting to take the money and let it die, although i am also sorry this one didn't go all the way. Still, I feel fairly confident that O'Reilly will be finding himself in another jam sooner or later, and eventually it'll be one he can't wiggle out of. He is: a big ol' mess.

[Tight_rope]

12. The tapes would have probably ended his career!

[Raster]

13. And besides, once a misogynist sex fiend and pervert, always a

...misogynist sex fiend and pervert. If he's done it once, he'll do it again. Just watch. This ain't over.

[walldude]

16. I can't believe she settled

Now he's going to spin it around to where he was the victim, she was just after his money and now noone has any proof. Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, now he's out there waiting for the next woman so he can do it again. I hope at least his wife has the guts to leave him and take him for all he's worth...

[LisaL]

28. Why wouldn't she settle?

They almost settled (according to her lawyer) before O'Reilly filed a counter-suit alleging extortion. I have no clue as to why O'Reilly did that, only to settle in the end anyway. Maybe she had tapes even more damaging than they thought originally?

[UTUSN]

18. Because

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2555792

[BensMom]

22. Not nice

This is not very nice of me....but where is Larry Flynt when you need him.

[vinnievin777]

25. What happened was

Bill O'Rightwing was taped but the accuser had sent emails during the alleged time that she loved her job and was having a great time. So he settled by paying her off. She was told that it was an uphill battle because of the emails and the fact that the defense would say "why didn't you just hang up the phone?" also O'Reilly has a lot of money and power and Fox was counter-suing in a fashion that would never have been allowed by you or me (suing a party after you talked about settling for extortion) --She said she felt intimidated but it is very hard to prove in court so they reached a settlement. O'Rightupyourskirt went back to attacking the NAACP tonight on his show so he obviously is never going to stop being a slime.

Vinnie Vin
http://www.vinnievin.com

[mikedemocrat]

26. Because he was probably guilty

Hypocrit too seeing how he rants about people like Michael Jackson settling out of court

[LisaL]

27. Actually, I am surprised he didn't pay her right away.

They were discussing payments with her lawyer, but then stopped and went with a counter-suit. Which obviously was stupid, since now everybody knows what pervert O'Reilly really is and they still had to pay her off.

[uncle ray]

29. might not be done yet

who's to say that her friend, who he wanted to have a threesome with, didn't take it upon herself to make her own tapes...or some other woman, there might be a dozen women waiting in line to string him up, and he just, ahem, blew his wad. let's hope her lawyers say some loophole in the settlement that will allow the tapes to get out somehow, without affecting the settlement.