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Stating that he was motivated by hearing O’Reilly make public statements that "he's been persecuted", Panter stated that "Bill should be aware that not everyone is bound by a non-disclosure ... I am not." He described a phone call he witnessed in which he claimed O’Reilly sought damaging information
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that O’Reilly should be "a little smarter than that if they read a little bit about my background. You don’t need to be a lawyer to know that the absolute defense of defamation is that you’re speaking the truth" and suggesting O’Reilly could face his own defamation suit, adding to CNN that "His
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from his former partner on another accuser, saying "He asked if anything was known about her sex life. He asked if she used any illegal drugs. He also asked if anything was known about her financial situation and marriage."
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reported that a federal judge had dismissed O'Reilly's suit, with Panter stating that the pundit "learned today that no amount of wealth or fame can silence the truth when people with shared principles band together."
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In 2007, Panter introduced legislation to exempt military members stationed overseas from paying state income taxes due to their official New Jersey residency.
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and data collection company serving as a government vendor in New Jersey, which has conducted inspections of over 300,000 properties for municipal governments.
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actions give me a small sense of what victims must feel when speaking up against powerful men, and why more men hesitate to do so."
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