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Greg Kelly's Texts With Rape Accuser Were "Two Days Of Foreplay"
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Ben Yakas
Published Jan 29, 2012
Modified Jan 29, 2012
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This week, Greg Kelly, son of NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and co-host of "Good Day New York," was accused of—but not charged with—raping an unidentified young woman in her Manhattan office. Sources have told the dailies that Kelly had text messages from the woman after the encounter of a "flirtatious" nature, including lines like "‘It was good time? Was it as nice for you? Do you want to do it again?’” Now a Post source is being even more clear-cut about those texts, which occurred both before and after the alleged rape: “The texts were explicit. They were sexual. They talked about what they wanted to do to each other. It was two days of foreplay.”
The woman, a 29-year-old Long Island native who works at a Manhattan law firm, met Kelly (who is single) in the street in early October—and the Post claims she was star-struck. “I’ve seen you on TV. You’re so cute,” she allegedly said after she stopped him in lower Manhattan. The two exchanged numbers and arranged to meet for drinks on October 8th—the Post claims that "48 hours of marathon sexting" led up the date. They met that Saturday night at Jeremy’s Ale House, a bar which the Daily News notes attracts a fair amount of retired firefighters and cops, and features bras hanging from the ceiling.
After drinks there (a source said they had a “laughably low” tab), sources say they went to her office because her boyfriend was home. The Post's source says, “They continued to text. Part of it was about arranging another date.” Altogether, there were 17 text messages between the two. “You don’t text your rapist—other than to say, ‘You’re awful,’ ” the source said. Which is not always necessarily true: in 2010, a woman texted with her alleged rapist after he allegedly broke into her parents house in Ozone Park, raping her twice by knife-point.
Investigators are trying to determine whether the woman was too drunk to consent to sex with Kelly, which ultimately led to her getting pregnant and having an abortion, and it's unclear whether Kelly knew about it. Some investigators have previously told the Post that they believe, “everybody [the woman and Kelly] was a happy camper until the boyfriend found out.” They believe her boyfriend grew suspicious because she refused to have sex with him—she eventually confessed that she couldn’t sleep with him because she had undergone an abortion, which allegedly made the boyfriend furious. He even confronted Ray Kelly at a police event and told him his son “ruined my girlfriend’s life.”
The woman, who has been described as "an aspiring model and actress," also has a family member in the NYPD—her brother is a crime-scene investigator for the NYPD who previously worked in the Internal Affairs Bureau. And DNAInfo reported that she was inspired to report the alleged rape because of Kelly's famous dad encouraging New Yorkers to come forward to report all crimes: “Her boyfriend was telling her, ‘You see, even his father is telling people to report crime,’” a source told DNAinfo.
One thing's for certain: the Manhattan D.A. office is not going to rush this investigation. “They’re getting no political pressure, and even if they were, at the end of the day, they’re going to do what they want,” another source told The Post. “They say they’re going to do a thorough, diligent job and make sure that whatever the truth is, that’s what they uncover.”
Another certainty: there is no shortage of off-record "sources" talking to the media.
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Ben Yakas
Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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