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Natalie Khawam, accompanied by her attorney Gloria Allred, leaves a news conference in Washington, Nov. 20, 2012.
Attorney Gloria Allred and Natalie Khawam, the twin sister of Jill Kelley, held a press conference Tuesday to “help the public understand” Khawam and "correct misconceptions" regarding her involvement in the scandal that led to the resignation of former CIA Director David Petraeus.
“Everything that is said has an impact on [Khawam’s] life, and she’s worked very, very hard to earn her position as a well-educated attorney, someone who cares about her family, and she values her reputation, and, of course, she’s hurt, as anyone would be hurt when there are mischaracterizations of what she has done, what she has said or what is going on in her life,” Allred said at the press conference in Washington, D.C. “This is, in part, an opportunity to set the record straight.”
A friend of Petraeus, Khawam has so far only bore a tangential relationship to the scandal that forced Petraeus to resign his post about a week and a half ago.
After the FBI began an investigation, Petraeus admitted an extra-marital affair in his resignation letter from the CIA. He is believed to have conducted that affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell.
Khawam is the twin sister of Tampa socialite Jill Kelley, who received “alarming” emails from an anonymous source, according to a spokesperson for Kelley. The FBI investigation into those emails identified Broadwell as the sender, officials said.
“My sister Jill and I aren’t just twins, we’re best friends, literally inseparable,” Khawam said. “During my darkest times, Jill held a light for me. She and my brother-in-law took me in when we needed refuge and protection. Jill is the kindest, most generous person I know.”
Both Petraeus and Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, intervened in Khawam’s custody battle in September, writing letters in support of her.
At the time, Khawam was seeking to relax a judge’s order restricting her visits with her now 4-year-old son. The judge hearing the case took issue with Khawam’s claims of domestic violence, calling them “patently incredible” and “obviously fabricated,” and she harshly criticized her for a “stunning willingness to say anything, even under oath, to advance her own interests.”
Holly Petraeus previously signed an affidavit also in support of Khawam, according to the lawyer for Grayson Wolfe, Khawam’s ex-husband.
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Allred said Khawam's family law attorney has filed an appeal in the custody case and that the briefs in that appeal "articulate why the lower court decision should be reversed" and full child custody granted to Khawam.
“I contacted Gloria Allred in order to assist me and help guide me through what is a very difficult time for me and my family,” Khawam said. “I look forward to the day when I’m able to answer everyone’s question and explain what really happened in this matter.”
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that picture of those two yentas just made me throw up in my mouth
Whenever I see Allred, I curl up in a fetal position so I can protect my genital region. I feel it is the prudent thing to do when she is around.
“I contacted Gloria Allred in order to assist me and help guide me through what is a very difficult time for me and my family,” Khawam said.
But mainly, to try and elongate and preserve her 2 minutes of fame, seeing as how she won't even get the usual 15 minutes out of her role in this whole soap opera.
Allred? Glroia f'ing Allred? Who's balls are about to get kicked, cut off, put in a blender, and then drank through a straw?
Allred! Yea, that adds credibility!
Well... I guess she'll get "her" money now.
This is really pi$$ing off Kim Krashdashian that these Twin wanna be's are getting all the attention now! Can't wait till these two idiots face a Senate Sub Committee to hear and see if their stories fall in line! This is too big for Allred! Plead the fifth is all everyone is going to hear....
Well if this lady wanted any respect, she just lost it hiring the tabloid blackmailer Gloria Alred...when will people realize to JUST SHUT UP !!! they only make it worse trying to explain things...
the fact is her sister was a joint chiefs groupie and liked going to special functions at the white house and she got a little close to General Patraeus and his girlfriend got mad and started sending emails and then got a important official involved and "made a federal case out of it" and is ruining the careers of great military leaders, because these little hens can't get along..shameful and this idiot will make it worse.
Once Gloria comes in you know her client is a joke.
Didn't bother reading this article. Saw the photo of Gloria Allred and already know it's a @!$%# show that has no importance.
I don't want to hear her explanation about what "really" happened! This started as a cat fight between two prima donnas...it's like a bad soap opera. Unfortunately, we lost a well-trained head of an intelligence organization because Jill Kelley thinks the world revolves around her.
As far as her fund-raisers to help the troops, if wealthy people want to help the troops, they can just write a check and mail it. They don't have to be at a party to do it. I think fundraisers are just excuses to get together, drink, and look at the women's party dresses...
Both are attention wh-res
If she's trying to be an attorney, this is a good start and case to defend YOURSELF...not hire another person.
So sick of these people that leech off the taxpayer (and yes the socialites do).
Gotta give Gloria credit. She knows how to chase an ambulance.
What misconception, that she's a publicity seeking, military wife wanna be who can't control herself enough to keep custody of her children.... OH, I get it.... to lie to the press.
I was wondering whose coattails Allred was going to latch onto to get her face into this story. The sister who had no involvement in this other then a letter of recommendation from General Allen.
Broadwell, Kelly and sister. Damn!, It's evident Petraeus and Allen can't see very well. Either that, or they like 'em gone over with a course toothed rasp first. Wonder if they invested money in theses, ahem, women?
And who is going to correct Allred?
I was indifferent to these 2 social climbers until they hired that spot light seeking wind bag who would due anything to stand in front of a camera so she can portray her next female client as a poor victim being picked on by an this unfair society run by evil men. She is to women what Al "The Pimp" Sharpton and Jessie "The Reverend who produces Bastard children" are to Blacks! Laughable...
Am I just seeing things or does it look like the Kwaham woman has a man's face on a woman's body?
I see it too.
"Celebrity" tagteam deathmatch.......Kelley's vs. Kartrashians..........and they all kill each other. Sounds like a win/win.........for us anyway. You know when Allred gets involved, it's gonna be a media circus. She gives lawyers a bad name.
That is a lot of makeup.
i gree, Wakehead.... some IHOP fry cook wasn't able to fulfill a customer order for a Tall Stack because of all the pancake makeup used on the faces of The Womens Of Betray-Us. BWA. bWAAAAhahahaha. I krak me up.
You know, I don't care anything about the politics of The Generalissimo's Concubines... I just enjoy the sets of Jiggle Twins on those New Joizey Mob Housewife Twins, and also Gloria Esquire has some nice Big'uns. Betray-Us's bang-tidy Main Squeeze, Ms. BangWell, has much more normal-sized, manageable, cute cupcakes.
Somebody tell me... is this Betray-Us Fiasco a Think Tank-scripted cover-up, stealing our attention away from something much more heinously important going on in The World? Israel/Gaza? Iran? Slave Labor? Blood Diamonds? Sleazy Wall Street moguls? What? WHAT ?!? WHAT????
Amazing how the guilty need Gloria Allred as their mouthpiece to extort $ from the other guilty party and extend their 15 minutes of fame to a week. When will society quit falling for these bimbos?
Come on, I want to hear about Kwamiee's husband. What does he do for a living, does he have a high government job, is he a rich middle eastern person? She's an attorney and the judge kicks her in the knees, OMG this is getting good. A freaking soap opera couldn't come up with this. OK, so who is this Mr Khawam, and why does he have custody of the kid. Out with the information.
I smell a tax loop hole. The cost of a lawyer or publicist to repair the image of a public figure is 100% deductible. This can only be used if your wealthy and or a public figure. 98% of us can-not use this tax loop hole.
Shut up.
Maybe some will begin to see why it's important for a dick like Petraeus to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. This is his private life gone wild.
this entire family seems to be bat-s--t crazy so here comes Gloria to explain. its all pretty clear isn't it? her sister is nuts, these general officers couldn't keep it out of the ditch, the crazed FBI agent not only violates his oath by sharing sensitive information but BTW likes sending half nude photos to other guys wives, the CIA has no tabs on its director, the Army has no tabs on its theater commander, the Republican party wants desperately to make something of it but cannot find a way to make this Mr. Obama's fault regardless of how hard they try. Cant wait for the movie!
HAHAHAHA! Well put, my friend.
Who cares????
well there is that too! :)
Amen, Cecilia.
really, who cares. what reputation? the judge at ther child custody gave her a piece of the judge minds. do you smell book deal?LOL
“I look forward to the day when I’m able to answer everyone’s question and explain what really happened in this matter.”
Yep, there's Jill Kelley's side of the story, General Petraeus' side of the story, then this crazy nobody's side of the story. As if she has all the right answers.
Explain what really happened?
Who the hell cares what she thinks? says? Or does?
This wanna be somebody famous she hired has a 'nothing but contempt' person for the people who she 'represents' and she is a perfect poster child for ABORTION.
Come on America there is more to life than the abuse this illegal, immoral and abusive regime is saddling us with.
TERM LIMITS, drug tests, financial reports, IQ tests and complete release of background are needed in all elective offices, the Supreme Court (the Chief Justice is drug dependent !) and the highest levels of the Military as well.
no one.
Don't forget there's also Paula Broadwell's side of the story, too. What a circus!!!
And you choose Gloria Alred because she brings an air of legitimacy to your plight? Right. Anyone else hear carousel music playing the background?
Hey Bernny... Nope didn't hear any music... but I did hear "CHA F'"ING CHING"...
first, who cares, 2nd, why does she needs a lawyer, 3rd, why gloria?, 4th go away.
Does every 'socialite' in DC have Allred on speed dial for when the time is right to capture their 15 minutes of fame? I agree with Uncle Henry... what a pair of painted... well, I won't say it.
Gloria All-Ready has them on speed-dial.
OMG...THEY look like twins...were they really triplets? Another cover up...when will it END!!!! LOL
So sorry ladies, your days of Military groupies are done. No amount of spin and twist is going to fix your "reputations" you did that all by yourselves. Go home and stay home, could care less what you two do or not do in Tampa. Not worth space and time to deal with either of you.
Wisconsin, they are twins, arrrggghhhh, birds of a feather.
That might be easier said than done. The "home" is in foreclosure.
Bisco: The home is an issue no one seems to want to hear about. Million and a half dollar mansion and they haven't paid mortgage since 2009! Thats 2009! And yet they still live there. Why? Why are others evicted and yet they live free?
unable to pay the mortgage but throw out parties for high profile military men? let's the tax payer, pays their mortgage in order for them to entertain our high officials in the military. huh
Yeah, none of this makes sense. Is it true that Jill Kelley and her husband spent money they had collected in a fund raiser? Wouldn't that be a crime? I don't understand how any of this goes on let alone understand how the CIA head and former General could be so involved.
Her sister is pretty ugly, it's pretty slim for anybody to confuse her for someone who had an affair with a general.
The sister kind of looks like a dude dressed up as a woman.
i thought the same thing when i first saw the pictures.
All one has to do is read the judge's findings and order to recognize how mendacious and crazy these women are. Hiring Allred just brings more buffoonery to the matter.
Aaaah the main act will be seen in the center ring in January . Step right up folks, step right up!
The publicity chasing b*tch calling herself "Gloria" reminds us that abortion can be beneficial for society will unleash such a stunning defense of this obviously 'misunderstood' set of evil twins that only the National Enquirer and the Star will mention , I said MENTION it.
How does :Gloria" think she is to be paid for her whoring in court or the press? Haven't we been informed that this incompetent mother and attorney are in bankruptcy court ?
Who knew ?
They're all a bunch of freaks.
You just had to know that somehow, somewhere, sometime, Gloria Allred would enter this soap opera. Where women are involved in highly publicized legal issues, good old Gloria will be there.
Yep. I wonder sometimes what some man did to Gloria in the past that made her such a rabid man-hater.
High Maintenance !!
Birds of a feather... could not have said it better. Allred is a baracuda... especially where women vs men are concerned.
These twin sisiters are something else. Pity the guys they married. VERY high maintenance!!
Boo freekin hoo. She is better off saying nothing. A lot of people were. She was not responsible for their behaviour but she really needs to shut up and stay on the DL.
This was the PERFECT way for the twin sister to interject herself into the train wreck....what a bunch of losers!!!!
so explain to me again how being an ugly gold-digging skank qualifies you to receive celebrity treatment in the media? None of this matters in the grand scheme of things, this nations has more pressing issues, we really don't have the time to play a game of "he said she said" with the skank sisters. I don't care who was screwing who, the only one who should care who General Petraus was screwing is Holly Petraus. I could care less if the whole lot of them stripped off their cloths and screwed in a pile every night, as long as he was able to do his job the next day. We place way too much emphasis on sex in this country and way to little emphasis on the real problems we have. It's almost as if the people who are causing the real problems purposefully keep us focused on the trivial BS so we can't see them stealing our freedom and our wallets.
Gimme a break!
More publicity seeking by Allred.
Get lost!
You mean you need time to concoct a 'really good' story? Maybe a book deal?
p.s. - The picture makes Kelley look like a guy in drag.
Twins can be female/female, male/female, male /male.
What do we have here ?
OMG why am I even reading this drivel. It is clear that one or both of these women are liars, cheats, frauds and possibly ILLEGAL , maybe foreign agents posing as military supporters ?
Aaah yes the anointing of Obama (if that is his real name) has brought out the worst elements in America.
Formerly the home of the free and the land of the brave it was.
Think about it.
FREE STUFF or the promise of FREE STUFF is the culture of America.
Hard to understand how anyone can buy this clap trap?
Nooo just look at the pernicious education system ruled by the Department of Education which is staffed and headed by communists.
Is that your answer ? YES!
Letusreason: You see it too? She really does look like a female impersonator. (Apologies to the guys who do it so much better than she does and who can look absolutely fabulous.)
In any case she's a candidate for correction on her nose job.
The picture with Gloria Allred is not of Jill Kelley but of her twin sister Natalie Khawam.
Whore and lying whore. Not quite identical twins.
Close enough for espionage work though !
And this qualifies as news?
I'm sure Allred is doing this pro bono.
WHAT, Allred is doing Boehner ?
Now we got the Speaker involved ?
Will the insanity ever end ?
Hahahahahahaaaa ! That is funny.
"Speaker" Boehner does not have the 'equipment' required to 'handle' these abnormal females.
In fact Boehner does not have the equipment needed to handle the SPEAKER duty.
And he is just two bodies from the big chair. (which stil seems to be vacant)
By the way who is fourth after this incompetent Boehner ?
The Secretary of State ?
OMG America the beautiful has just been turned into America the Landfill !
Good one, Dirp. Never saw that coming!
How did boehner get in this thread? Liberals not have anything else to say? Liberal not know what is going on?
Wait. Did I miss something? I thought the title said this woman was trying to "correct misconceptions"...but yet she hired Gloria Allred? There's a big disconnect there, as Gloria Allred doesn't do anything but confirm suspicions that her clients are, in fact, fame-hungry media circuses that screwed up in some major way--but who have their victim card in hand, ready to flash at any camera that will focus on them for two seconds.
Side note: I love how Gloria Allred always has this look on her face when she's walking a new client to the podium for her latest press conference. It says, "Oh, there's been another tragedy, but we're putting on a brave front", yet underneath you know she's thinking, "I don't know who the bigger sucker is--my client for hiring me, or the media people stupid enough to show up each time I have a press conference." Bless her heart.
Wait .... "Gloria" if that is her name always holds hands with her impoverished, damaged, and wronged clients. (remember the bimbo used by Axelrod to rid the campaign of the pizza guy ? )
"Gloria" if that is her name also walked hand in hand to the camera bank with that phony bitch.
How about that? the bitch walk of the campaign ?
It is the same 'trick' used by Obama (if that is his name) when he puts his hands (or in some case his lips) on a person he is greeting.
An old control trick but useless in most case except it makes the fool doing it FEEL GOOD and POWERFUL.
Pay no attention to the man not in the empty chair >>>>>
Awesome comment Josh!
Boy are you guys hard on Gloria, she is kindest sweetist girl in California and she will show these girls how to string a couple of generals along but how to keep their big mouth shut. I think I should contact Gloria because if we could get these three to go along with the Kardashians, Housewives of Georgia, NJ, and NY. what a helva party on a soap opera we could produce, you guys would be the first in front of th TV
Never mind what really happened let us tell you what happened. You betcha.