Bill O’Reilly’s wife has moved out of their home and according to Gawker, he may even be divorced already. O’Reilly’s wife is reportedly romantically involved with a member of the Nassau Police Department, the town in which the O’Reilly’s reside. It’s alleged that O’Reilly used his fame and money to get the police department’s internal affairs to do an investigation into this policeman.
Gawker reports that, O’Reilly suspected his wife of having a relationship last year with a police detective in his town of Nassau and he used his influence to have the man investigated by his own police department’s internal affairs. Accusations from Gawker suggest that O’Reilly was due to give a massive donation to the Nassau County Police Department to build a training center around the time this favor was asked and this may be the reason his request was granted.
The man being investigated was not married and if he was having a relationship with O’Reilly’s wife, this would not have been an offense as a policeman or something internal affairs would normally investigate. Allegedly the investigation was to try and find some dirt on this officer. This was then supposed to have been used to tell the officer to stay away from O’Reilly’s wife of 15 years, Maureen McPhilmy O’Reilly.
When Richard Harasym, a veteran internal affairs police officer, was asked to start this investigation by his superior officer he was very uncomfortable with this, according to Gawker’s source. He wasn’t asked to investigate this officer around something he had done, but around who he was dating. He refused the assignment and was transferred out of internal affairs several months later, again according to this website. Whether or not the investigation through internal affairs ever happened after this is unknown.
Some evidence does exist that O’Reilly and his wife are separated as she moved out and has purchased her place, in which she uses as her new address for mail and voter registration. Bill O’Reilly is not wearing his wedding band in recent pictures.
Connecticut fans of Bill O’Reilly can watch his show weeknights at 8pm EST, on Fox Connecticut channel line up for your area.
Reference: Gawker, Connecticut’s Comcast Fox channel
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