Bill O'Reilly accused of choking his ex-wife, dragging her down the stairs
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The alleged transcripts - which we have not been able to verify on the record - come from O'Reilly's divorce from Maureen McPhilmy, his ex-wife.
As part of their divorce, Trotter reports that the court justice overseeing their child custody dispute "assigned a Manhattan psychologist named Larry Cohen to interview and assess each member of the family: Bill O'Reilly, Maureen McPhilmy, and their son and daughter."
Cohen allegedly testified in court that O'Reilly's daughter reported, "having seeing an incident where I believe she said her dad was choking her mom or had his hands around her neck and dragged her down some stairs."
This is Trotter's second story on the matter. He initially reported this news on Monday, but that story didn't have the alleged transcripts. Instead, it relied on "a source familiar with the facts of the case."
After Trotter published his story on Monday, we reached out to O'Reilly about the allegations, and the following statement was issued to Business Insider: "All allegations against me in these circumstances are 100% false. I am going to respect the court-mandated confidentiality put in place to protect my children and will not comment any further."
O'Reilly's lawyer Fred Newman and two Fox News spokespersons did not return calls for comment from Business Insider on Wednesday regarding the latest report that includes the alleged court transcripts.
The psychologist also allegedly testified that the couple's daughter told him that O'Reilly was never around to have a relationship with her for 11 years and that O'Reilly told him he sometimes had trouble with impatience and with "going ballistic."
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