An Ohio Supreme Court justice who is running as a Democrat
for governor has created a firestorm in a Facebook post asserting he was
“sooooo disappointed by this national feeding frenzy about sexual indiscretions
decades ago,” reported the ABA Journal.
Justice Bill O’Neill wrote the post Friday, the Cincinnati
Enquirer and the Dayton
Daily News report. “Now that the dogs of war are calling for the head
of Senator Al Franken, I believe it is time to speak up on behalf of all
heterosexual males,” he said.
He went on to say he has been “sexually intimate with
approximately 50 very attractive females” during the last 50 years. One woman
was “a gorgeous blonde” with whom he made love in the hayloft of her parents’
barn, and another was a “drop dead gorgeous red head,” he said.
O’Neill confirmed that he wrote the post. It was shortened
from a previous version with more identifying information about two women he
mentioned.
Then on Saturday, O’Neill offered this apology: “If I
offended anyone, particularly the wonderful women in my life, I apologize. But
if I have helped elevate the discussion on the serious issues of sexual
assault, as opposed to personal indiscretions, to a new level … I make no
apologies.”
He later deleted the Saturday apology and apologized
a second time on Sunday. He wrote: “There comes a time in everyone’s life
when you have to admit you were wrong. It is Sunday morning and I am preparing
to go to church and get right with God. But first I have to get right with my
family, my friends, and the thousands of strangers who have been hurt by my
insensitive remarks. I am sorry. I have damaged the national debate on the very
real subject of sexual harassment, abuse and unfortunately rape. It is not a
laughing matter. It wasn’t when I prosecuted sexual misconduct for the state of
Ohio, and it is not now.”
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