Scott and Jill Kelley had some money problems

[riverwalker]

http://www.tampabay.com/news/military/macdill/article1261272.ece

Petraeus friend Jill Kelley found place hosting military parties

Just three months after they posed with David and Holly Petraeus, strands of Gasparilla beads hanging from their necks, the Kelleys were hit with a foreclosure lawsuit.

The suit, brought by Central Bank against the Kelleys and Kelly Land Holdings, centered on a three-story office building at 300 E Madison St. in downtown Tampa. Court records show they owed the bank nearly $2.2 million, including attorney fees.

In 2011, a judge ordered the property to be put up for sale.

In the decade since the Kelleys arrived from Pennsylvania, it proved one of several examples of court cases seeking payment of real estate and credit card debts intermingling with catered parties and A-list guests as the couple sought to establish themselves in Tampa.

And now the Kelleys have a national scandal to contend with — one that is quickly growing more and more curious
Since the Kelleys have been in Tampa, records show, one or both have been subjects of lawsuits nine times — including an $11,000 judgment against them that originated in Pennsylvania.

Ongoing cases, the court records show, include an indebtedness case from Chase Bank; a foreclosure case from Regions Bank; and a credit card case from FIA Card Services.

[Horse with no Name]

1. Wow. This is getting so twisted

So...perhaps another layer of the onion--and WHY she involved the rogue FBI agent--was for blackmail purposes?

Interesting agendas being served.

[Berlum]

10. Jilling off (R) with a jaunty double-V for venal & vice

[Whisp]

16. ah ha!

Petraeus had to stop the relationship with Paula because Twin knew about it and was using it for pressure/blackmail. Paula knew about this.

Paula sent those emails to her to protect her maaaaan, and then Twinsey got the FBI involved for spite.

All these people are truly stupid. Sofas have more common sense.

[riverwalker]

2. and so does her twin sister

According to an August story in the Tampa Bay Times, Kelley's identical twin sister Natalie Khawam, a Tampa lawyer who represents whistleblowers, is embroiled in a nasty lawsuit with her former employer, whom she has accused of sexual harassment and other charges. The employer has fought back with court documents claiming Khawam has a "history of abusing the litigation process." According to a bankruptcy petition she filed this year, Khawam lives with the Kelleys in Tampa, and owes $3.2 million in unpaid debt.

http://www.businessinsider.com/jill-kelley-sex-scandal-petraeus-cia-allen-emails-2012-11

[Fumesucker]

7. I was wondering if she had a twin after seeing this picture

[Sheldon Cooper]

9. What in the world is she wearing?

It looks like a baby-doll nightie. Good lord.

[flamingdem]

13. Maybe she's trying to raise money for the 350,000 she owes in legal

fees - trying to prevent her ex husband from seeing her kids and a custody battle she lost

[Poll_Blind]

3. "Attempted to pay off mortgage with Afghani opium delivered by Chinook helicopter."

Waiting for other shoe to drop. This story has more shoes than Imelda Marcos.

PB

[Horse with no Name]

6. Who the fuck gave this woman clearance to get on a military base

as an unpaid liaison? Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch.

We need to start barking up THAT tree as well. This does NOT make sense.

[flamingdem]

14. We could only dream

anything with drugs would take out this repuke flank, they could all be replaced with Democrats, hey I will be the "social liason" sounds like fun!

[Whisp]

17. we'll see how far our wonderful 'press' decides to go with this publicly.

I doubt they will even mention the fact is that most of these cretins are all Republicans.

I can hear it now, from Anderson Cooper:
BOTH SIDES DO IT!

[flamingdem]

18. True, they may offer them cover, but then again

this scandal sells news!

[tblue37]

20. In a recent post I linked to a STUPID Howard Fineman

blog post in which he claims that the Petraus scandal will damage Obama! He seems unaware that all the players are RW Republicans--or he is aware and is doing his darnedest to muddy the waters:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021806461

[riverwalker]

4. maybe they used their socialite

position with top brass to make some extra money, blackmail? This dingbat is taking down two 4 star generals?

[boomerbust]

5. Next shoe to drop

Sex tape. This is all to easy.

[tblue37]

21. Yeah-those twins could maybe give Kim Kardashian a run for

her money on a reality show of their own!

[Sheldon Cooper]

8. If money was so tight, perhaps Mrs. Kelley should have looked at paid employment,

instead of volunteering to do seating arrangements for military dinners. Or whatever it was that she actually did.

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. And how can she afford to hire

"Abbe Lowell, a formidable white-collar attorney who defended John Edwards, the former US presidential candidate, against corruption charges that were dropped earlier this year. "
AND
"Judy Smith, a Washington-based crisis manager and former spokesman for George W. Bush, who represented Ms Lewinsky after her affair with Bill Clinton. Neither Mr Lowell nor Ms Smith returned requests for comment."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9673429/David-Petraeus-ordered-lover-Paula-Broadwell-to-stop-emailing-Jill-Kelley.html

[Horse with no Name]

19. Another weird twist...Rielle Hunter is Paula Broadwell's neighbor.

[hedda_foil]

11. Sounds like she spent big bucks on those parties

Her caterer absolutely gushes about her. Re the pirate party.

"Jill was such an awesome client," said Linda Baldwin, the owner of Events by Amore, which catered that party. "Did so much for the military, fabulous mother and amazing wife; can't say enough nice things about her. She never spared anything for the military. It was all about them."

[flamingdem]

15. Various tweeters point to the fact the Kelleys needed $

and that might have made them vulnerable to involvement in blackmail... ya never know