Judith Regan, pictured in September, was served with a subpoena Tuesday at her book-publishing office by lawyer for jailer who is suing city.
Posted on 01/08/2005 4:01:55 AM PST by Quilla
Media titan Judith Regan could be forced to testify about illicit trysts she had with former top cop Bernard Kerik in a secret Battery Park City apartment. The shocking development in a lawsuit against the city came about because the Daily News revealed last month that Kerik once carried on simultaneous extramarital affairs with Regan, who published his memoir, and another woman, Correction Officer Jeannette Pinero.
As Kerik's nomination to become homeland security czar imploded last month, The News reported that he had separate liaisons with Regan and Pinero at the apartment in the weeks after Sept. 11, 2001.
Just days before The News story was published, Kerik and Pinero had both testified that their romantic affair ended in late 1996, before Kerik met his current wife and while Pinero was separated from her husband.
The timeline could prove crucial to allegations in the lawsuit. Eric DeRavin 3rd alleges that Kerik denied him a promotion in 1998 from the rank of assistant deputy warden because he had disciplined Pinero.
DeRavin's attorney, Gregory Lisi, argued in a letter to the judge in the case, U.S. Magistrate Kevin Fox, that The News story showed Regan could establish that Kerik still had a motive to retaliate against DeRavin in 1998.
"Your article was the main piece of evidence that I gave to the judge," Lisi told The News.
Lisi said he served Regan with a subpoena at her book-publishing office on Tuesday.
He added that Regan's testimony could show Kerik and Pinero were not truthful under oath.
Last month, Fox gave Pinero and Kerik 30 days to "review and, where necessary, correct" transcripts of their testimony.
He denied Lisi's request to reopen the discovery case so he could depose Regan, but the lawyer has asked him to reconsider.
On Thursday, city attorneys wrote a letter to Fox arguing that Regan's testimony could have no bearing on the case.
City attorney Diana Goell Voigt said Lisi "relies solely on inadmissable, unsubstantiated newspaper articles to assert that Judith Regan may have knowledge of the relationship between" Kerik and Pinero.
City attorneys have argued that DeRavin's case is frivolous and intended only to embarrass Kerik.
The Regan subpoena comes as city investigators and the Bronx district attorney's office explore ethical breaches by Kerik that were first reported in The News.
The apartment overlooking Ground Zero had been donated by its owners, the Millstein real estate family, to give rescue workers a place to rest, but Kerik adopted it for his personal use, sources told The News.
During one visit to the love nest, Pinero found a note Regan had left for Kerik, sources with intimate knowledge of the affairs told The News. The two "other women" later spoke on the phone, the sources said.
Regan's spokeswoman did not return a call yesterday.
The Kerik-Regan relationship first drew attention in 2001, when Kerik dispatched detectives to question employees of Fox News whom Regan suspected of stealing her cell phone and jewelry from a makeup room.
Kerik, 49, had long denied an affair with the raven-haired Regan. But after the News story, he acknowledged a "very close relationship."
The results of a six-month News investigation showed Kerik had failed to report thousands of dollars in gifts, and that he had assisted a company long suspected of mob ties after the firm hired his brother and a close friend.
The News also reported that in 1999, when Kerik was having trouble meeting financial obligations, he bought two Riverdale, Bronx, apartments that were combined into one during an extensive renovation. The Bronx district attorney has opened a preliminary examination of the apartment.
Kerik's affair with Pinero already has cost taxpayers. In 2003, the city paid $250,000 to settle another suit claiming he had retaliated against an officer who crossed Pinero.
Pinero has since reunited with her husband and the father of their three children.
Judith Regan, pictured in September, was served with a subpoena Tuesday at her book-publishing office by lawyer for jailer who is suing city.
No kidding. Who's to know when a secret affair actually starts or ends except for the players involved.
This article reads like a soap opera script.
I get the impression he was single at the time. He is still a jerk though.
I think that he was married at the time. 2001 and his current marriage has at least 2 children.
I went back and reread the story. Actually the dates are contradictory, so who knows?
He's not even that good-looking.
Just business as usual in NYC....
"Media titan Judith Regan could be forced to testify about illicit trysts she had with former top cop Bernard Kerik in a secret Battery Park City apartment."
Really? You can force someone to testify? Can't they take the 5th and keep their mouth shut?
You can't "take the 5th" unless you're accused of something. If she doesn't testify, she could be held in contempt of court, and fined or even jailed.
Blue staters at play.
Yes, but this is curious -- think back to the timeframe of late 2002 and early 2002. There were a slew of stories in the NY press with a similar storyline, namely, that firemen (and police officers) had curiously become the hot objects of NY women.
There were plenty of stories quoting, i.e., firemen, where they experienced all kinds of women throwing themselves amorously at the firemen, at bars, restaurants, etc. Seems the news coverage of heroic public servants had stirred something frisky in these women.
Well, if that's the case, then Kerik was certainly an Alpha Male in those days.
To me, women are not attracted to men for their looks at all. They are attracted by qualities ... and definately to power.
Ah, see post 14. Include in that "men who are saviors". Believe me, it's not about looks.
A typical self-serving politician, in the Clinton mold, Guiliani gave his pal and business partner, Kerik .the bum's rush when the bum Kerik proved a lethal threat to Rudy's political and business ambitions. Even before the Kerik debacle, Rudy was in polical No-Man's Land.
Let's not forget, Giuliani ran three times for mayor on the state’s Liberal Party line. At the same time, he distanced himself from the state’s influential Conservative Party. He helped clean up New York after 911 but he raised eyebrows in the aftermath when he sought to suspend the city’s elections to extend his term of office. Rudy’s loyalty to the party is nil.
In the hotly contested 1994 gubernatorial race pitting incumbent Democrat Mario Cuomo against Republican George Pataki, Giuliani endorsed Cuomo in the closing days of the campaign, almost costing Pataki the election. Rudy figured Cuomo would ease the way for a later Giuliani bid. Wrong again, Rudy.
Kerik's atrocious personal behavior----which DOES reflect his public actions----was shared by RINO Rudy whose life reads like a sordid tale from an X-rated paperback romance novel. Rudy was first married to his cousin for 14 years, dumping her when he met Donna Hanover, then had the 14-year marriage annuled telling the Church he didn't *realize* his first wife was his second cousin. Yeah, sure Rudy. Mayor Rudy, while a married man and father of two, got involved with his present wife, and insisted his lover move into Gracie Mansion while he was still married to Donna.
RINO Rudy's Clintonesque political ambitions have been short-circuited by his own hand. Kerik was exposed. Now he and Rudy stand linked together as two consummate con men.
A good scandal crosses party lines. What's the old line about a "...live boy or a dead girl."
"You can't "take the 5th" unless you're accused of something"
Not quite right. The fifth gives you the right against selfincrimination. Suppose you were in a minor traffic accident and were drunk, but the cop doesn't notice you being drunk. You are sued civilly for the accident and asked under oath, were you drinking? How Much? How Soon before the accident? How much do you weigh? The answers to those questions could give enough evidence for a prosecuter to get an expert to testify that your blood alcohol level was above the legal limit and the accident proves you didn't have sufficient control. The prosecutor could then bring charges and they would be solely becaused you testified. Therefore, you do not have to testify even if no charges are pending.
Thanks! I learned something new :-).
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