Maureen McPhilmy is a celebrity and a Public Relation Executive by profession and was the ex wife of TV personality Billy O’Reilly who ill treated her and refused to own up to that.

Personal Life

Maureen was born on 11th May, 1966 in Chittenango, New York, USA. Her mother was a gardener while her father worked at the local market. SHEIS AN American by nationality and has a North American ethnicity. When she was just 5 years old, her parents got divorced. She studied in the local St. Peter’s School and was quite an introvert in her school days. She did not speak much and did not have many friends. There is no biography written on her till date

Maureen first met Billy O’Reilly in 1992 on the sets of a show called A Current Affair where he was hosting the show while she worked as a Public Relation executive. They both developed a good friendship which gradually took the shape of a bond of love. They fell in love and continued with their love affair for a long time and their love story was like common household news at that time thanks to the American paparazzi.

Finally, on 2nd November 1996 the lovebirds hosted a lavish wedding at St. Brigid Paris in Westbury and her long awaited marriage was solemnized under the guidance of Father Tom Jordan who was a Carmelite Priest from the Mexico City. They had over 100 guests in the wedding who were either celebrities or top notch business personnel. After this, they had two children with each other. Her firstborn was a daughter who took birth in 1998 and was named Madeline and in 2003 they had a son and named him Spencer.

However, things turned very ugly after 15 years of their marriage when Maureen became a prey to domestic violence and the marriage ended on 2nd April 2010. The PR executive reported that she was dragged by Bill down a staircase by the neck and she fought for the custody of her children. She finally won the custody of her children and received a handsome amount from Bill. Bill had on the other hand accused her of cheating on him and has filed a lawsuit of $10 million and also requested for the joint custody of the children. But in April 2015 the Nassau Country Supreme Court presented its own verdict.

Maureen then got married to Jeffrey Gross who is a detective in Nassau County Police Force and she lives with him and two of his sons from a previous wedding and her own children happily together. They live in Manhasset and try to be away from the eyes of the media and the pangs of her ex husband.

Career

Maureen began working as a waitress in a restaurant while she was still studying and in 1992 she started working in the field of Public Relation as an Executive. Here she looked after the promotion, management and maintenance of the public’s view of individuals, companies, products and services. Her net worth is of around $10 million at the present day.