Posted on 07/13/2012 7:39:14 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
GOVERNOR Andrew Cuomo's ex-wife, Kerry Kennedy, has been arrested for driving while impaired by drugs after she accidentally struck a tractor-trailer and fled, police say. Kennedy is the seventh of 11 children of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. State police said she was found on Friday morning behind the wheel of her disabled vehicle on the side of a road in Westchester, just north of New York City.
Authorities say emergency services callers reported the car was driving erratically on Interstate 684 and collided with a tractor-trailer in the town of North Castle. The car was damaged and had a flat tyre, police said.
A spokesman for Kennedy, who lives in nearby Bedford, denied that she was driving under the influence of drugs.
"Kerry Kennedy voluntarily took breathalyser, blood and urine tests - all of which showed no drugs or alcohol whatsoever in her system," spokesman Ken Sunshine said in an emailed statement. "The charges were filed before the test results were available."
...Police said Kennedy was issued traffic tickets that must be returned to the town of North Castle Court on Tuesday.
Members of the Kennedy clan who reside in the Westchester area have been beset with a string of public troubles in recent weeks.
Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, hanged herself in May at the family's estate in Bedford. A divorce was pending when she died. An autopsy report released last week showed she had antidepressants in her system.
Kerry Kennedy, 52, described her sister-in-law as her "best friend" in a eulogy published in the Huffington Post after her death.
"We were inseparable - we shared friendships, a closet, a cash card," Kennedy wrote.
Her brother, Douglas Kennedy, the 10th of the 11 siblings, is embroiled in a legal battle after two nurses claimed he injured them on January 7 when he tried to take his newborn son from a hospital maternity ward.
Kennedy, 44, said he was protecting his son "from a complete stranger who tried to grab him from my arms". A judge is expected to rule by August 9 on charges of physical harassment and child endangerment.
Kerry Kennedy and Andrew Cuomo wed in 1990 in Washington, joining two of America's important political families.
The couple split in 2003 in a messy public divorce that played out in the tabloids. They have three daughters.
Another Kennedy in trouble should be given “Sticky Status”.
Damn Lace Curtain Irish are ruining us Drinking Irishmen!
LOL!!!!
She LEFT the scene of an accident that she caused!! That gets MOST people in trouble with the law, but since she’s “ROYALTY”, never mind.
Oh those elitist utopian families are a riot! This is the future impoverished classes (formally the middleclass) comedy hour.
Will she be smart enough to use the Kennedy sympathy ploy in public?
Some guy running the drug test just got rich.
Tis a pity she survived
Old Joe Kennedy, a bootlegger during Prohibition, left a really rancid legacy that his money could not hide. The only bright moment was JFK’s presidency, and that was achieved by the worst voter fraud in Illinois and Texas that the nation has ever seen.
The nation has not benefited from this family. The sooner they go broke and have to get real jobs, instead of riding on the tax-free gravy train of their foundation, the better off the family will be.
Skank she is.
Geez, I didn’t realize Robert had 11 brats. Will we never be rid of this vermin?
Wait, she’s white otherwise this would just be a ‘mood disorder’ thingy.
Wait, she’s white otherwise this would just be a ‘mood disorder’ thingy.
If Grandpa Joe hadn't been a successful bootlegger, the whole damn family would just be Southie white trash, "known to the police", wife beaters, drug abusers, car thieves, petty criminals. What would have become of Patches if he had been born to a janitor in Southie?
I think American Catholics and the Kennedy made the proverbial deal with the devil. A Catholic will finally be elected to POTUS but the Kennedy’s will be around for generations bringing shame and embarassment.
“God created whiskey so the Irish wouldn’t rule the world.”
Is somebody feeling guilty for assassinating the character of her dead “friend” to cover up her POS brother’s inhumane treatment of her?
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