Jill Kelley Hires Lawyer To Defend David Petraeus Friendship
Jill Kelley hired a Washington attorney to defend her friendship with former CIA director David Petraues and prove that she never tried to exploit her relationship with the top military official, according to The Associated Press.
Kelley's attorney, Abbe Lowell, released emails, telephone recordings and other material on Tuesday that reportedly prove that Kelley never tried to take advantage of her friendship with Petraeus. Lowell also wrote to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa, Fl., demanding to know why Kelley and her husband were brought deeper into the FBI investigation regarding Petraeus and his mistress, Paula Broadwell, according to the news report.
Reportedly, Kelley, 37, received threatening emails from an unknown source. When she reported the incident to authorities, investigators who looked into the matter and the email correspondents found not only that the Broadwell sent the emails, but that she also had an affair with Petraues, whom she wrote a biography. An FBI investigation followed with rumors of classified information being linked by way of Petraeus and Broadwell's extramarital affair.
"You no doubt have seen the tremendous attention that the Kelleys have received in the media," Lowell wrote in his letter to the U.S. Attorney's Office. "All they did to receive this attention was to let law enforcement know that they had been the subjects of inappropriate and potentially threatening behavior by someone else."
Not only is Kelley's legal team trying to defend her reputation in light of the Petraeus/Broadwell scandal that she was mixed in, they also alleged that "government sources" are responsible for the leaks to the media about her personal life, starting with her name, according to CNN. Lowell asked whether the Department of Justice is investigating these alleged leaks, which he referred to as potential violations of the Privacy Act.
The report added that Lowell filed a complaint to the Attorney Consumer Assistance Program in Florida against Kelley's former lawyer who may have violated Kelley's attorney-client privilege, and another letter to a former business associate of Kelley's, claiming he said false public statements about the mother of three.
