 Andrea Mackris, and her lawyer Benedict Morelli at a news conference in New York City, Wednesday, 13 October 2004. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Andrea Mackris (born 1971) is a former FOX News television producer in the United States who accused cable talk show host Bill O'Reilly of sexual harassment. She alleged both of the legally cognizable types of sexual harassment, quid pro quo and hostile work environment. Image File history File links Andrea_Mackris_Benedict_Morelli. ...
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Quid pro quo (Latin for something for something[1]) indicates a more-or-less equal exchange or substitution of goods or services. ...
A hostile work environment exists when an employee experiences workplace harassment and fears going to work because of the offensive, intimidating, or oppressive atmosphere generated by the harasser. ...
On October 13, 2004, after settlement talks had failed, Mackris filed suit against O'Reilly and FOX News in the New York Supreme Court (in that state, the "Supreme Court" is a trial court) for $60 million dollars in damages, which exceeds the jurisdictional allowances of the court. October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The allegations
In her complaint, Mackris produced what she claimed to be quotations from phone conversations between herself and O’Reilly in which he suggested various sexual practices for the two. A widely publicized such conversation included a scenario where O'Reilly would massage her with a loofah (a scrubby sponge) in the shower. At one point during the conversation, O'Reilly mistakenly referred to the loofah as "the falafel thing." "Falafel" eventually became a short-hand reference to the affair for O'Reilly's critics. The complaint detailed a number of other sexual conversations and encounters between O'Reilly and Mackris [1] [2], as well as some of a non-sexual nature, such as O'Reilly stating that radio talk show host Al Franken would "get what was coming to him" [3], and that any woman who crossed him or Fox would be destroyed. A loofa, loofah or luffa (genus Luffa), is a gourd which is used as a bath sponge after being processed to remove everything but the network of veins in the fruit. ...
Falafel balls Falafel (Hebrew: ‎, Arabic: ‎ , also known in Egypt and Sudan as طعمية) is a fried ball or patty made from spiced fava beans and/or chickpeas. ...
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The response Fox and O'Reilly responded aggressively to Mackris's allegations. On October 15, 2004, Fox sought judicial permission to fire Mackris, and sought to convince the court that the firing was not illegal retribution for the sexual harassment lawsuit. On October 19, 2004, Mackris filed an amended complaint, adding further details to her complaints of sexual harassment, noting that O'Reilly had not denied her claims of sexual harassment but only responded with procedural arguments, and asked for further damages for what were described as illegal retaliatory actions taken against her by O'Reilly, Fox News [sic], and the similarly owned newspaper, The New York Post. October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ...
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On October 21, 2004, both sides agreed to a one-week postponement of legal proceedings, leading to speculation that settlement negotiations would resume. Press reports had said there had been prior discussions of a potential settlement of about US$2 million, but no formal offer had been made. Mackris' attorney, Benedict P. Morelli—one of Manhattan's leading employment discrimination lawyers—had said that the figure was too low to be accepted. October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ...
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Rep. Mark B. Cohen of Philadelphia, an attorney, and Democratic Pennsylvania state legislator familiar with sexual harassment law, said, "If proven, the allegations in her complaint spell trouble for Bill O'Reilly and the corporate defendants. They document O'Reilly's knowledge of the illegality of his actions, his knowledge of her disinclination to participate with him, and her persistent reminders to him of their employer/employee relationship. The fact that she returned to The O'Reilly Factor after a period of absence does not indicate her acquiescence in O'Reilly's actions to her in and of itself: Civil rights law is clear that sexual involvement is never a permissible condition of employment." Mark B. Cohen is a state legislator in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ...
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Allegations of debt On October 21, 2004, The Drudge Report allegedly obtained documents showing Mackris to have a very high debt load at the time of the lawsuit. Mackris reportedly had close to $100,000 of personal debt, a combination of credit cards and student loans. Drudge quoted an anonymous source who was close to the situation as saying, "It appears Ms. Mackris was living way beyond her means." A spokesperson for Mackris's attorneys was unaware of Mackris's debt and laughed at the question of a financial motivation for the suit. October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ...
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The settlement On October 28, 2004, O'Reilly and Mackris reached an out of court settlement, and dropped all charges against each other. No immediate announcements were made about Mackris' future work with O'Reilly, the amount of the settlement, or any plans for a public explanation or apology by O'Reilly. Information released by Nielsen Media Research showed that O'Reilly's television viewership on October 25, 2004 had hit 3.7 million, near the all-time high. October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 64 days remaining. ...
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After the settlement In 2005 Mackris purchased a condo in New York City's Upper West Side neighborhood for $809,000. Proceeds from the settlement were probably used for the down payment, given that Mackris's former salary of $93,000 per year was about half the down payment [4]. Estimates in the press suggested Mackris was paid somewhere in the $2 million to $10 million range to silence her accusations. One year later, in May 2006, Mackris spent another $430,950 on an adjacent unit in the building, according to deed-transfer records.[5] The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River above West 59th Street. ...
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