Ray is also the source of many of the most lurid revelations regarding Kerik's links to the criminal underworld.
Until his indictment in March of 2000, Ray was a close confidante and financial supporter of Kerik's, serving as best man at Kerik's wedding in 1998, as well as making him gifts of more than $7,000 in cash and valuables.
Last week Ray was vague with me concerning how and when he first met Kerik or who had introduced them to each other. But Ray did say that when someone he grew up with and who turned out to be "real bad" entangled him in what developed eventually into a securities fraud case involving a mob-infested company called U.S. Bridge of New York, Kerik introduced him to the FBI.
Whether or not he wound up helping the government (and he is vague on that point, too), he was nonetheless eventually indicted anyway. The U.S. Attorney in the case declined to discuss the matter.
It's kind of quiet around here.
I guess folks aren't interested in "the rest of the story."