Tonight on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly and his panel of two former female prosecutors expressed sympathy and outrage over David Copperfield's false rape charge after it was revealed that Copperfield's accuser, a prostitute, was arrested for falsely accusing another man of rape. They agreed Copperfield had been damaged. One of the women expressed sympathy for Copperfield because the charges hung over him for too long; she noted that Copperfield would prevail in a civil action against the woman; and she said that the woman should go to jail. A couple of excerpts:
BILL O'REILLY: Any accusation against a famous person damages that person even if they're innocent, because the accusation hangs out there, people don't follow the case, they don't remember.
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KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE: And she should be punished, and she should go to jail . . . .
BILL O'REILLY: I hope she does.
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LIS WIEHL: The . . . problem is, when you look at the actual statutes for this, 90 days in jail, max.
KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE: And a thousand dollar fine.
LIS WIEHL: Big deal.
BILL O'REILLY: Alright, but at least we want everybody to know that Copperfield didn't do it, because I'm sure there are a lot of people out that just remember that accusation. And that's all.
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Well isn't that nice. They are finally admitting that a famous guy getting falsely accused of rape is a bad thing. Now if only they could get around to the rest of the non-high status, non-white male populace.
It was a first. There was none of the usual screaching tempering any sympathy for the falsely accused male about how important it was for accusers to come forward (as if the men accused are but collateral damage in the more important war on rape). Nor was there any discussion about how "something" must have happened. Nor was there any victim blaming.
One step at a time.
It would be cool if every famous man who has been falsely accused of rape would bring attention to this growing crime epidemic.
I knew he was innocent! Jesus our system sucks.
This false allegation aka a lie took place in the Bahamas. These US prosecutors didn't even have the jurisdicition to prosecute the case so why are they sticking their noses into these things?
LIS WIEHL sticking up for a falsely accused man? LOL!
Does this mean Marc Rudov has become obsolete ... ?
Anyone want to contact O'Reilly and thank him? Or better yet, mention this site?! Pierce -- ready to be interviewed by him?
Thank god for Bill o-Reilly and fox news!!
Not so fast By the sword, False Rape accussations may have been primarilly race related 80-90 years ago, but now it is all men of all demographics..and in fact it may be men with more money to lose, that are now the targets!!
I would sign a thank you letter to Bill O-Reilly if pierce was to manufacture one.
I like O'Reilly, despite his populist leanings and strained and corny talk about "looking out for the folks." I see his interest in this story as more related to famous people -- and I think he relates to it because there are numerous false and nutty claims against him (not of criminality but related to his views) and I think he takes it personally. Nothing wrong with that, but his opening sentence shouldn't have been limited to famous people. It should have said "anyone, but the problem is largely confined to men." Yes, famous people are destroyed by false rape allegations, but so are not famous men. In fact, middle class guys and guys from the lower social strata arguably have more to lose because they often don't have any money -- or fans, or friends -- to fall back on when a malicious rape lie bankrupts them.
and the name of the prostitute who made the false charges is??????
Ok. So, get on his show and tell him that, Pierce!
Finally, something on the mainstream news about FRA. Big step!!!
It would be great if Pierce/Steve could do a follow up story with O'Reilly about FRA.
I think he would be open to it.
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Bill O was sued for sexual harassment and lost...I am pretty sure.
I remember him walking out of court looking ticked off...so you would think this stuff would really outrage him.
Fox news was one of the few that stuck up for the Duke Lacrosse boys and actually named their false accuser.
Notice that they didn't have the guts to name the false accuser or show her picture even though it has been made public.
Now the fun part begins.....wait and watch how she gets away with it with either nothing or 10 hours of community service....and perhaps a book deal and scholarship.
I can't think of an example where a single celebrity was accused of rape and it turned out to be true. Even the accusation against Mike Tyson seems false based on the accuser's own story and that she made a previous FRA.
Not one ten-thousandth of the outrage over the Tiger Woods and John Edwards infidelities will be directed against this monster who has destroyed David Copperfield's life. If it isn't all about middle class women and their imaginary pain then our deformed media doesn't cover it.
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