O'Reilly' style is somehow stomached and even adored by many of Fox News' audience. His ridiculous statements make him sound 'out of the box' and even resembling a journalist if you count someone that only attacks people that are on the left and disagree with him. Well one of those disagreements may land Bill O in some serious trouble, to the tune of $10 million dollars.
From the Associated Press:
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prince Frederic von Anhalt has sued Fox and Bill O'Reilly after the talk-show host called him a fraud for claiming he could be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby.
Von Anhalt, who is married to Zsa Zsa Gabor, filed the defamation lawsuit seeking at least $10 million in damages Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
The claim stems from comments the talk-show host made during a Feb. 22 segment of "The O'Reilly Factor."
"Look, this guy's a fraud," O'Reilly said, according to a transcript of the show posted on the network's Web site. "We know he's a fraud. But let's - what I want to talk about is - he's done. His credibility is - is finished."
Now Zsa Zsa's husband is claiming that he is being harassed in public because of O'Reilly's accusation. He says people give him dirty looks and send 'bad-mouthing' emails. The staff at the O'Falafel Factor won't comment citing that they don't have a copy of the lawsuit yet.
Whether or not he is the father, this fact remains that this soap opera will just not die. For O'Reilly to stick his big ugly nose in the matter entitles him to being sued in my opinion. Calling someone a fraud is over the line, especially since von Anhalt is more of a private than public citizen for all intensive purposes. I don't think he needs the money but this is America, and people sue others for everything under the sun. This case certainly has some daylight to it.
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