NY AG Sues Former NARAL President Over Sushi, Lavish Spending
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The alleged abuse of funds is particularly evil, especially now with the wingnut tide of repression of women’s rights on the rise in so many states.
The New York Attorney General’s office has sued Kelli Conlin, former president of NARAL Pro-Choice New York, accusing her of using more than $250,000 in charitable funds to finance a lavish lifestyle.
The lawsuit was filed a year after Conlin pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
Conlin spent some $50,000 at the likes of Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys New York, $17,000 on a five-bedroom Hamptons rental and over $70,000 in car services, according to the lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court on Thursday.
She also used charity money to pay more than $12,000 of her nanny’s salary and spent more than $50,000 on personal meals, including more than 120 meals from a sushi restaurant near her Brooklyn home, the lawsuit said.
Conlin was president of NARAL Pro-Choice New York and its charitable foundation for 19 years. She pleaded guilty in June 2011 to falsifying business records, paid restitution of $75,000 and got a conditional discharge.