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Thursday, November 03, 2005
 Talk About It ...Dr. Phil Backs Chester High's Ex-Principal "I'm a pretty good judge of horse flesh. I've been doing this for 30 years. If there's nobody that's willing to stand up for you, let me stand up with you right now," Phil McGraw said yesterday on his TV show to former Chester High principal Eboni Wilson. In April, a 16-year-old female student accused Wilson of having consensual sex with her. Charges were filed, he was suspended, and the news was splashed everywhere. Although the student later said she lied, he's had trouble finding full-time work again. Even in a country with a presumption of innocence, accusations linger as suspicions. WCAU-TV's Dawn Timmeney, in the audience, explained she'd profiled Wilson and was impressed. So, after he was charged, she sought out the girl and not only got the first interview, but a confession the story wasn't true. Wilson's wife, Eva, teared up as Dr. Phil made a pitch: "This man needs a job, and you need this man. So if you're in a school system, let me be his agent right now. Give this man a job." Another way to help, McGraw said, was to buy a copy of Wilson's self-published escaping-poverty saga, Breaking the Cycle. More.
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