May 22nd, 1975. Geraldo Rivera on his Good Night America program sits with Bill Walton in San Francisco as they discuss the FBI searching for Patty Hearst.
“One afternoon, when I was in Cleveland…these two dudes knock on my door, said they were from the FBI, ask me if I knew where Patty Hearst was….”
With a brief introduction from Jack Scott and scenes from some of Bill Walton’s latest games, we go to San Francisco for an interview on the grass. The subject is FBI behavior while attempting to locate Patty Hearst, then a fugitive. Mr. Walton continues to explain that the FBI visited every number that showed up on his phone bill after he refused further interviews, and shares his thoughts on that sort of surveillance.
Bill Walton would go on to have a legendary career in the NBA. He passed away in 2024.
This day, Geraldo’s television history.