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Ex-Wife: Abuse Drove Me From Rockefeller

Posted Sep 30, 08 8:03 AM CDT in Crime & Courts 

(Newser) – Clark Rockefeller repeatedly abused his ex-wife before she finally left him last year, prosecutors alleged yesterday during the con man’s trial for the kidnapping of his young daughter. Sandra Lynne Boss tried to leave Rockefeller— actually Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter of Germany—in 1999 but was “wooed back” and became pregnant with Reigh “Snooks” Boss, now 7, reports the Boston Herald.

Boss said she ended her 13-year relationship with Rockefeller, 47, because of his “emotional and occasional physical abuse.” The German national pleaded not guilty to Reigh’s kidnapping yesterday and was ordered held on a hefty $50 million cash bail. Meanwhile, Rockefeller has been identified as a “person of interest” in the disappearance of his former landlords.
Source: Boston Herald

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The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller, left, is seen with his attorney Stephen Hrones, right, during his arraignment on kidnapping charges Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 in Boston.   (AP Photo/Mike Adaskaveg)
The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller is seen during his arraignment on kidnapping charges Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, Ma.   (AP Photo/Mike Adaskaveg)
Photographs of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, also known as Clark Rockefeller, are seen on display during a news conference Friday, Aug. 15, 2008 at an FBI office in Boston.   (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)
Attorney Stephen Hrones speaks to members of the media after his client, Clark Rockefeller, was arraigned on kidnapping charges Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston.   (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)
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