Bill O'Reilly sues ex-N.J. politician for Facebook post

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

Source: CBS

NEW YORK -- Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly has sued a New Jersey ex-politician for writing on his Facebook page that O'Reilly sexually harassed his ex-girlfriend and wanted her to dig up dirt on another accuser.

A summons filed on Friday in New York state court seeks redress for Michael J. Panter's "intentional, malicious, and bad faith actions in making defamatory and false statements in a publicly available social media post."

O'Reilly is asking for at least $5 million in damages "for the public hatred, ridicule, disgrace, and permanent harm to his professional and personal reputations" as a result of the post, according to the court document.

In a Facebook post earlier this week, Panter wrote that his ex-girlfriend, a Fox employee he didn't name, had settled a claim against O'Reilly and was bound by a non-disclosure agreement. But he said he felt compelled to speak out after hearing "O'Reilly spinning his falsehoods almost daily."



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[AtheistCrusader]

1. What professional and personal reputation?

How does one 'harm' what he is perceived as?

[TexasBushwhacker]

2. Yeah, I was thinking O'Reilly was already hated and ridiculed

And rightfully so.

[rurallib]

3. This may be the best example ever of putting lipstick on a pig

O'Reilly has to pretty up his 'reputation' before he gets that gig on Sinclair.

[mackdaddy]

4. Legal question: Would discovery in a civil suit not over-ride a NDA?

If there really was a settled claim with a NDA, then this suit could cause the ex-girlfriend to have to testify in court and invalidate the NDA, I would think.

This would also open up O'Reilly to a reverse lawsuit.

Another question: Since O'Reilly is a public figure, would such a case even make it to court?

Of course I would never have heard about this if he had not filed this law suit. But, of course it did not change my opinion of him. I have thought he was a slime ball since the loofah days.

[onenote]

5. Most NDAs carve out an exception for compliance with a court issued subpoena

provided that the other side is given notice and an opportunity to object.

[left-of-center2012]

6. O'Reilly has the millions to sue anyone

He doesn't care if he wins,
it's just to harass the guy.

[Motley13]

7. God let him down, maybe he should sue Him

[Bengus81]

8. Pulling shit straight from the Trump playbook. SUE to deflect............

[mpcamb]

9. He's probably trying to pull together $ for his next sexual harassment defense.

It gets costly, ya know.