Keillor Attorney Wants Minnesota Public Radio To ‘Set The Record Straight’

**Hold for Jeff Baenen story** Radio show host Garrison Keillor resumes work in his Prairie Home Productions office in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, September 16, 2009. After suffering a mild stroke, Keillor is going a... **Hold for Jeff Baenen story** Radio show host Garrison Keillor resumes work in his Prairie Home Productions office in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, September 16, 2009. After suffering a mild stroke, Keillor is going ahead with his popular "A Prairie Home Companion" season as planned. (AP Photo/Janet Hostetter) MORE LESS
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After the president of Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) told employees Wednesday that longtime radio host Garrison Keillor was dismissed because of “multiple allegations” of sexual misconduct, Keillor’s attorney suggested the radio station official may be lying.

“We are aware of allegations against Mr. Keillor by only one individual,” attorney Eric Nilsson said in a statement sent to the Associated Press on Thursday. “We trust that Mr. McTaggart will set the record straight in this respect to avoid any misperceptions on that point.”

Minnesota Public Radio last week cut ties with Keillor, the longtime former host of “The Prairie Home Companion” show, after a former colleague complained about his inappropriate touching. During an off-the-record meeting with employees on Wednesday, MPR President Jon McTaggart said it was his personal decision to axe Keillor and he said he was aware of several allegations that spanned over a long period of time, according to employees who spoke to MPR News after the meeting.

Keillor has admitted that he touched a woman’s bare back when he was trying to console her and told the Star Tribune that he apologized afterward. His attorney said he wants to see the issue resolved quickly and said he “expects a full restoration of his reputation.”

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  1. I’m suspicious that Garrison has been Benghazied as a liberal counter balance to Roy Moore.

  2. What difference does it make? Al Franken is going down and he’s one hundred times as important as Garrison Keillor, much as I love Garrison Keillor.

  3. Of all of the powerful men who have been fired the charges against Keillor are the weakest. I think it is the obligation of any employer who is firing a public figure over allegations of sexual misconduct to provide sufficient information to the public to allow a his supporters to make an independent assessment. @Metoo shouldn’t be turned into cover for some organization destroying a reputation for reasons not related to sexual misconduct.

  4. Proof??! We are Democrats, we don’t need no stinken proof.

  5. Avatar for denisj denisj says:

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