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In reply to the discussion: niyad's request: Why I'm BEYOND THRILLED that roger ailes is in trouble. [View all]Miles Archer
(24,170 posts)34. Turns out that Trump's "I've got plenty on this guy" remark probably wasn't an idle boast
Now, whether Trump was talking about this specific aspect of Ailes or something completely different is another matter.
And, as always, Trump could have been simply talking out of his ass.
The biggest payback, of course, is that this is happening to him during an election cycle...it's the last kind of publicity Fox needs right now.
And if they can make the charges that he demanded oral sex from a 16 year old girl stick, this boy is going away for a L-O-N-G time.
Susan*, 66
Former model
I was 16 years old living in Radnor, Pennsylvania. I was sent over for a walk-on part on The Mike Douglas Show in the winter of 1967. It was 6:30 in the evening and the place was totally closing up. Ailes took me into this big office and locked the door with a key. He reclined on a couch in a seating area under a map that had flags of all the cities they were syndicated in. He proceeded to pull down his pants and very gingerly pull out his genitals and said, Kiss them. And they were red like raw hamburger. He was pretty meticulously dressed, with long white shirttails coming out. It was like he was just at the end of a long day and I was supposed to know what to do. I was a kid, Id never seen a mans privates before. I jumped up, but the door is locked and nobodys out there. He chased me around the office and at some point it dawned on him that this just wasnt going to happen. He finally pulled up his trousers. He was very angry and rushed over to his desk, pulled open a door and had a reel-to-reel tape recorder going. He said to me, Dont tell anybody about this. Ive got it all on tape. I think he knew I was sixteen.
*Pseudonyms.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/07/six-more-women-allege-ailes-sexual-harassment.html
Former model
I was 16 years old living in Radnor, Pennsylvania. I was sent over for a walk-on part on The Mike Douglas Show in the winter of 1967. It was 6:30 in the evening and the place was totally closing up. Ailes took me into this big office and locked the door with a key. He reclined on a couch in a seating area under a map that had flags of all the cities they were syndicated in. He proceeded to pull down his pants and very gingerly pull out his genitals and said, Kiss them. And they were red like raw hamburger. He was pretty meticulously dressed, with long white shirttails coming out. It was like he was just at the end of a long day and I was supposed to know what to do. I was a kid, Id never seen a mans privates before. I jumped up, but the door is locked and nobodys out there. He chased me around the office and at some point it dawned on him that this just wasnt going to happen. He finally pulled up his trousers. He was very angry and rushed over to his desk, pulled open a door and had a reel-to-reel tape recorder going. He said to me, Dont tell anybody about this. Ive got it all on tape. I think he knew I was sixteen.
*Pseudonyms.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/07/six-more-women-allege-ailes-sexual-harassment.html
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niyad's request: Why I'm BEYOND THRILLED that roger ailes is in trouble. [View all]
calimary
Jul 2016
OP
Several women say they were indeed badly harassed. How is that harrasment calimary's fault?
emulatorloo
Jul 2016
#14
Ok. I still don't follow your logic that calimary's post caused Ailes to sexually harass women.
emulatorloo
Jul 2016
#28
Oh, he's guilty and he is the responsible party, not those who call out his wretchedness
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2016
#18
This is kinda like people who proclaim Black Lives Matter doesn't include other lives
justiceischeap
Jul 2016
#60
It is said Murdoch's sons would like to edge Ailes out and make Fox less hard right.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2016
#16
Turns out that Trump's "I've got plenty on this guy" remark probably wasn't an idle boast
Miles Archer
Jul 2016
#34
Yep...I thought about statute of limitations about 30 seconds after I posted
Miles Archer
Jul 2016
#59
Some prissy person will undoubtedly alert on "bimbo-ized," but that's exactly what happened
Warpy
Jul 2016
#51