Friday, June 12, 2009
LYNNLEY BROWNING, New York Times
LYNNLEY BROWNING, New York Times
Ruth Madoff, The Loneliest Woman in New York
Ruth Madoff, 68, has not been charged with any crime or even questioned by prosecutors. But she has become perhaps the most vilified spouse of a financial rogue in history. And, rightly so.
When her husband, Bernard Madoff, divulged his Ponzi scheme, a $65-billion fraud for which he awaits sentencing later this month, Mrs. Madoff’s life was also ruined. Although no evidence has emerged to date that she conspired or even knew about her husband’s crimes, her plight has evoked no apparent public sympathy. She has been pilloried and turned into a pariah.
There is simply no possible way that Ruth did not knowingly conspire in his twenty year crime spree. She deserves a concrete room.
Posted by Editor on 06/12/09 at 12:15 PM •
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