He’s such a mild mannered fellow too
by digby
Papa Bear’s in the spotlight again:
Gawker’s J.K. Trotter reported Monday that O’Reilly had been accused of physical assault during a three-year custody battle with his ex-wife, Maureen McPhilmy. “A court-appointed forensic examiner testified at a closed hearing that O’Reilly’s daughter claimed to have witnessed her father dragging McPhilmy down a staircase by her neck, apparently unaware that the daughter was watching.” Trotter’s report cited “a source familiar with the facts of the case.”
O’Reilly and McPhilmy were legally divorced in 2011. Their custody dispute ended three weeks ago, with McPhilmy winning custody of their two minor children.
I have no idea what the guy did or didn’t do. He claims the accusations are “100% false” and won’t speak about it again because of a court mandated gag order. Custody battles are always ugly affairs. Maybe his daughter lied when she accused him of dragging her mother down the stairs.
But since he’s one to constantly lecture people on morality and ethics and condemn the alleged violence of certain ethnic and racial communities, it’s only natural that people might seize on this, especially since he’s known to have a very short fuse, even when he’s in public: