Monica Lewinsky's father asked to help Clinton
By Michael Miller
LOS ANGELES, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Talk about Chutzpah.
First, President Bill Clinton had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and now his legal defense fund is asking her father to help pay for the consequences.
Dr Bernard Lewinsky is letting all of Los Angeles know he is madder than hell and is not going to take it anymore.
When the elder Lewinsky, a Los Angeles cancer specialist, received a letter from The Clinton Legal Expense Trust asking him for a donation to help the president clear his attorneys' bills, he put it back in the mail marked ``Return to Sender. You must be morons to send me this letter.'
But he also sent a photocopy of the envelope to Los Angeles Times reporter Steve Harvey, whose ``Only in L.A.' column focuses on the wild and wacky side of the city. Harvey proudly published a photo of the envelope on Wednesday.
Lewinsky told Harvey it was the second begging letter he had received from Clinton's legal expense fund people, who said that the president owes about $5 million in legal expenses.
The Lewinsky family have not revealed the extent of their legal expenses stemming from the investigation into Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky, but they are believed to be considerable.
A Los Angeles radio disc jockey told his listeners the letter from the Trust should be enshrined in the Smithsonian Institution as ``The stupidest junk mail of the millennium.'
Meanwhile, Monica Lewinsky is busy on a campaign of her own -- losing weight.
Often derided by comedians and talk show hosts for being plump, she has gone on a diet.
In a statement issued Wednesday by the La Jolla, Calif.-based Jenny Craig (NYSE:JC - news) group, Lewinsky said, ``Anyone who has struggled with excess weight knows that this is a very personal issue, and it's not an easy one to talk about ... but I want to clarify rumors and news reports by saying that I'm on the Jenny Craig program, and I love it.'
Janet Rheault, senior vice president at Jenny Craig. said Lewinsky, 26, joined the program in early summer and meets regularly with a consultant who assists her in planning her weekly menus and offers suggestions on ways to increase her level of exercise. She is not being paid by the company.
Company co-founder Jenny Craig said Lewinsky is doing well in shedding her excess fat. ``From the very beginning, she has been a very motivated client and, as a result, she is progressing toward her goals,' Craig said.
The company did not say which of its centers Lewinsky is attending but the former Los Angeles resident now makes her home in New York's Greenwich Village. |
