Listen, smarty-pants, her allegation is that he FORCED her to have phone sex. The last time I checked, phones can be hung up. She never alleged an affair. You MIGHT want to look up the facts.
"Forced" phone sex sounds ridiculous..However, if you have a good job and your boss is hinting that your job is in jeopardy if you do not cooperate, you might reason that anything short of outright physical assault is manageable. I agree with the postings here that believe this is mostly about money, though I do think O'Riley did talk dirty to her, on the phone or otherwise because for months I have perceived his "exciteability" around attractive female hosts and guests. What a terrible shame. It is not at all unusual, though, that "narcississtic" types (aggressive because they think no one should question or disagree with them) who are nationally visible will step over the line regarding their own "entitlement" and will fall hard. We were fiercely devoted to O'Riley for a long time, because we thought he was bringing into the public conscience many issues which needed to become visible to the American people. However, in recent months, we have noticed a drastic change in the values we thought he held. Perhaps he decided to take a number of liberal stances because liberals generally do not place boundaries around sexual aggression. I hope these perceptions are wrong and all of us have to "eat crow."