Bill O’Reilly On Explosive Gawker Report: ‘All Allegations… Are 100% False’

** FILE ** In this Jan. 18, 2007 file photo, Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly appears on the Fox News show, "The O'Reilly Factor," in New York. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)
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Fox News host Bill O’Reilly denied an explosive report by Gawker on Monday that alleged he had been accused of assault against his ex-wife before they were separated.

“All allegations against me in these circumstances are 100% false,” O’Reilly told Politico later that day in a statement through his personal attorney.

“I am going to respect the court-mandated confidentiality put in place to protect my children and will not comment any further,” he said.

Gawker’s J.K. Trotter published a report, citing an anonymous source “familiar with the facts of the case,” that alleged O’Reilly’s daughter accused him of assaulting his ex-wife Maureen McPhilmy before they separated.

Their 2011 divorce, leading to a custody dispute that wrapped up three weeks ago, resulted in McPhilmy winning custody of their two minor children, Gawker reported.

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  1. Go ahead and “do it live”, Billo.

  2. Bill Oreilly was right.

    This is a conspiracy by militant feminists and their enablers to smear Oreilly, Christians and conservatives. All we’ve done is treat you pinhead Nazi feminist Christmas-hating pinhead assholes with respect and we never call you out of your name, asshole pinheads. When are you pinheads going to start showing us respect???

    Bill is honest. He never did anything being alleged. All you have to do is read his work to see how honest he is. Fucking pinheads. Leave Christmas alone.

  3. The vehemence of the denial is directly proportional to the likelihood of being guilty.

  4. Is he claiming his daughter lied ?

  5. Deny, deny, deny! Then slander, slander and slander some more! Billo digging out the standard rethug playbook.

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