{"id":24272,"date":"2020-01-27T17:30:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T23:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=24272"},"modified":"2020-01-28T12:41:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T18:41:33","slug":"rafer-weigel-fox-32-let-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2020\/01\/27\/rafer-weigel-fox-32-let-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafer Weigel: \u2018Fox 32 let me go\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Rafer Weigel<\/p><\/div>\n

Rafer Weigel, the Chicago television news anchor who got caught up in a tawdry scandal<\/a> involving texts of nude photos and allegations of revenge porn, said he was fired Monday from Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32.<\/a><\/p>\n

Weigel, 50, had been on unpaid suspension as anchor of \u201cGood Day Chicago\u201d since October when three-way allegations of harassment and revenge porn surfaced involving a woman from Valparaiso, Indiana, with whom he was having an affair, and a former fiancee.<\/p>\n

Although a Northwest Indiana court earlier this month dismissed the Valparaiso woman's revenge-porn case for lack of evidence, the damage to Weigel's reputation was done. He was never charged with a crime.<\/p>\n

Fox 32 declined to comment on the matter or disclose its plans to replace Weigel on the newscast he co-anchored from 4 to 6 a.m. weekdays with Roseanne Tellez. But insiders confirmed that he\u2019s out.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday my career at Fox 32 has come to an end,\u201d Weigel wrote in a statement on social media. \u201cDespite having my case cleared in court, Fox 32 let me go. I absolutely acknowledge I made some poor decisions in my life and have learned from them. For the past 90 days I have been in treatment for my addictions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weigel\u2019s statement was not specific, but friends said he was being treated for sex addiction. He also is a recovering alcoholic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am grateful for the awareness this has brought me,\" he wrote. \"It has put me on a permanent road to be a better man, father and worker.\u00a0 My hope is my story will help others to get the help they need.<\/p>\n

\"I want to thank those at Fox 32 who lent their support. I will miss you.\u00a0 While this journey has been more than difficult, I look forward to the future with my newfound perspective and dedication to wellness.\"<\/p>\n

Weigel, son of the late Chicago sports anchor Tim Weigel and brother of radio talk show host Jenniffer Weigel, worked as a sports anchor and reporter at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 and news anchor at KTVI, the Fox affiliate in St. Louis, before joining Fox 32 as a reporter and weekend anchor in 2017.<\/p>\n

From March through October of last year he had been co-anchoring \u201cGood Day Chicago\u201d with Tellez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rafer Weigel, the Chicago television news anchor who got caught up in a tawdry scandal involving texts of nude photos and allegations of revenge porn, said he was fired Monday from Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32. Weigel, 50, had been on unpaid suspension as anchor of \u201cGood Day Chicago\u201d since October when three-way allegations of harassment and... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24272"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24289,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24272\/revisions\/24289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}