The drama between Maureen McPhilmy and her disgraced ex-husband of Fox, Bill O’Reilly, seems to be endless as more details and twists about her divorce come to light from time to time. The domestic abuse charges against O’Reilly, his habit of sexually abusing coworkers, and McPhilmy’s alleged extramarital affair were all major talking points in the divorce that took place in 2011.
All of these factors helped push McPhilmy into the limelight with many Americans eager to know more about his life. Follow us as we try to reveal facts about O’Reilly’s ex-wife and who she is now married to.
Maureen McPhilmy Bio
Maureen E. McPhilmy was born on May 11, 1966 in the United States. Not much is known about McPhilmy’s early life, education, and training. However, it is common knowledge that she works as a public relations manager.
Maureen McPhilmy married/husband
McPhilmy met the famous conservative commentator BillO’Reilly in 1992 and after four years of dating, they were married on November 2, 1996 at St. Brigid’s Parish in Westbury, New York. Their marriage produced two children, a daughter, Madeline, born in 1998, and a son, Spencer, born in 2003.
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The couple lived happily ever after (or did they?) until 2008, when their marriage began to suffer from O’Reilly sexually harassing her co-workers. You have to think their marriage had lost steam even before that, as O’Reilly began filing sexual harassment lawsuits from 2004 – at least that’s the date the media have, the former O’Reilly host ‘Reilly Factor might have harassed the women behind McPhilmy Returns long before that…
McPhilmy’s reason for filing for divorce included infidelity, domestic and emotional abuse. However, O’Reilly did not go down without a fight. McPhilmy claimed that O’Reilly once grabbed her by the neck and dragged her down the stairs after catching him half-naked talking on the phone.
Their daughter confirmed to a forensic expert that she had seen her father grab the mother by the neck and drag her down the stairs. O’Reilly flatly denied the charges calling him 100% false. Despite McPhilmy won sole custody of their two children.
Maureen McPhilmy Relationship with Jeffrey Gross
Maureen McPhilmy’s relationship with Jeffrey Gross has been controversial. After her split from O’Reilly in 2010, McPhilmy began dating Gross, a Nassau County police detective.
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Their relationship apparently angered O’Reilly, who reportedly opened an investigation into Gross and also filed a lawsuit against McPhilmy, accusing her of persuading him to agree to a consensual divorce so he could use the divorce payout to fund his extramarital affair with Detective Jeffrey Gross who she is now married to.
O’Reilly even went so far as to use his powers in the Catholic Church to ban his wife of 15 years from receiving Communion. Reportedly he told the church that his ex-wife was receiving communion which is not fair as she was divorced she remarried and even told their children that his second marriage was right in the eyes of God. As a result, Mc Philly received a reprimand from the church.
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Amid all the drama, McPhilmy’s second husband Jeff Gross remained silent. Gross, who was described by sources as a good cop, is a widower. His first wife, Kathleen McBride, succumbed to cervical cancer in 2006. She was 41 years old.
McBride and Gross had two children together. As of 2016, the children would be in their teens. Gross’s deceased wife was a model and actress. Among his film credits is the 1988 film Cocktail with Tom Cruise. McBride only had a small role in the film.
McPhilmy and Gross now live happily married lives as they raise their four married children.