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To: longnshort who wrote (358289)	11/14/2007 2:32:34 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573094

Regan throws kerosene on Kerik/Giuliani fire Posted November 14th, 2007 at 8:25 am Share This \| Spotlight \| Permalink In the sordid scandal surrounding Rudy Giuliani and Bernie Kerik, celebrity book publisher Judith Regan has always been an embarrassing side note. After 9/11, a wealthy real estate developer donated use of a Manhattan apartment to the city, so relief workers could have a place to rest. Instead, Kerik used the apartment as a love nest for an extramarital affair with Regan (among other women). Their relationship ended when Regan found a love note to Kerik in the apartment from a female city employee. (Kerik allegedly proceeded to stalk Regan and her kids.) But Regan’s role the broader scandal is about to become quite a bit more dramatic — and drag Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. into the debacle. Judith Regan, the former book publisher, says in a lawsuit filed yesterday protesting her dismissal by the News Corporation, the media conglomerate, that a senior executive there encouraged her to lie to federal investigators about her past affair with Bernard B. Kerik after he had been nominated to become homeland security secretary in late 2004. The lawsuit asserts that the News Corporation executive wanted to protect the presidential aspirations of Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Kerik’s mentor, who had appointed him New York City police commissioner and had recommended him for the federal post. […] In the civil complaint filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Ms. Regan says the company has long sought to promote Mr. Giuliani’s ambitions. But the lawsuit does not elaborate on that charge, identify the executive who she says pressured her to mislead investigators, or offer details to support her claim. A Regan attorney said his client has evidence to support her claim that News Corp. encouraged her to lie to federal investigators, but it’s not clear what that evidence includes. This is probably not the distraction the Giuliani campaign was hoping for.