Ruth Madoff Knew Nothing: Mistress

Oh, and forget about her being in the clear—Weinstein says she 'had to know'

(NEWSER) - Sheryl Weinstein is still expounding on Bernie Madoff’s “not very large” penis, most recently to Cindy Adams of the New York Post. “It was narrow,” she says. “Tiny in terms of girth, not length.” Still, he somehow convinced scores of women to sleep with him—“he was a player,” Weinstein says—thanks in part to the wonders of sexual positioning: “Did you ever hear of being on top?” More»

Zionist group's CFO, bankrupted by Ponzi schemer, writes tell-all

(NEWSER) - An accountant says Bernie Madoff didn’t just steal her money, he stole the shirt—and various other articles of clothing—right off her back. In her upcoming book Madoff’s Other Secret: Love, Money, Bernie, and Me, Sheryl Weinstein, former CFO of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, says she and the infamous Ponzi schemer once had an torrid affair. So far no details about the relationship have leaked. More»

Secretaries were paid off to be discreet

(NEWSER) - Bernie Madoff practically had his own harem, and former mistresses were often paid off—to the tune of $250,000 in one case—to keep quiet, the New York Post reports in a look at the latest Madoff book. “He started having affairs all over the place,” one insider tells Jerry Oppenheimer in Madoff With the Money. A former employee recalls, “They were gorgeous. They were blond. They were young. They were like baby Ruths—the same type as Ruth, with the same hair color and eye color.” More»

(NEWSER) - "When we made love, I was on fire"—that is the frank admission by Bernie Madoff's married mistress in a new tell-all book about their years-long affair. Sheryl Weinstein, who worked for a Jewish women's group and lost her life savings with Ponzi schemer, reveals that she and Madoff smoked marijuana during their hotel-room trysts in New York and Washington. She also coldly notes that "this man was not well-endowed." More»

Ponzi schemer linked to exec assistant at media firm: insider

(NEWSER) - His investors may not have been the only ones Bernie Madoff cheated: sources tell the New York Daily News that the Ponzi schemer had at least one extramarital affair . He was involved with an executive assistant at a big media firm "eight or nine years ago," one insider tells the News. “He was quite generous with her. He used to fly her around,” the source said. Ruth Madoff found out and “kept him on a short leash after that,” said another. More»