My wife is all too aware of this, so she had plenty of questions as to how and why an allegation of this magnitude could end up on a daytime talk show. I handle lots of sexual abuse cases involving both adults and children. Phil was cross-examining a mother and grandmother who were making allegations of sexual abuse against the ex-husband/father on behalf of a 3-year-old daughter. My wife explained to me that from the small sample size she saw, it seemed that Dr. Also, it’s arguable he played on one of the worst Oklahoma-based college football teams to ever take the field. Regardless, he’s made a name for himself, he has established his audience, and he was born and bred an Okie (just like me). It’s probably not a fair assessment, as I had honestly never even watched a single episode of Phil McGraw’s show.įor whatever reason though, we’ve made him our sacrificial lamb to represent the absurdity and exploitation evident in most every other series in his genre. We both had a bit of a bias against him, as he’s sort of a running joke in our household. She was in the waiting lobby of some establishment, and the television was tuned to Dr.
Actually, it was more of a demand for an answer. Recently, my oh-so astute wife came to me with another legal question.