You know, when I was a young veterinary practitioner I had this client who would always bring his mares to me to be palpated for pregnancy. This procedure involves inserting one's entire arm into the rectum of the mare and feeling through the rectal lining, picking up the uterus and determining whether the mare is pregnant or not. There were three other doctors in this practice - all male - that could have performed this procedure for this guy. He always asked for me. What makes it vile is that while I was up to my armpit in the mare, he'd proceed to lean into me and whisper dirty stories in my ear. Where could I go? Nowhere. What could I do about it? Not one d*mn thing - I was an employee of the practice, not a partner. Oh, by the way, I'm female.
I had to put up with that crap from that dirty old man. The short of it is, women sometimes have to put up with a lot of sexual harrassment in the workplace.
I have no clue whether this woman is telling the truth or not. But I'm sure not going to accuse her of every name in the book at this point. If she doesn't have tapes, she's a fool to have brought the suit and I don't blame O'Reilly one bit for going after her (assuming he's innocent).
My point isn't to defend her. I just don't think its smart to immediately assume she's an extortionist.
At the VERY LEAST, I would have stuffed my used glove somewhere on his person--with a smile, of course.
I have seen nothing yet where it is indicated that she was not a willing accomplice to the alleged conversations. I think it was a setup but IF he said those things to a willing 'partner' and she can show no harm then she has no case. She knows that, her lawyer knows that, O'Reilly knows that. So what is the motive? Extortion or something bigger. The timing is suspicious.
"My point isn't to defend her. I just don't think its smart to immediately assume she's an extortionist."
You just contradicted your point in two sentences. I just don't think it's smart to immediately assume O'Reilly is a sexual harraser either. See how that two way street works. Have a nice day. BTW I LOVE LOVE LOVE animals.