The
estranged wife of a high-flying investment banker claims her real-life
'Wolf of Wall Street' husband pressured her to have sex with a
businessman he wanted to become a client.
Sage
Kelly, 42, the $7-million-a-year head of healthcare investment banking
at Jefferies & Company, is portrayed in court papers filed by wife
Christina Di Mauro Kelly as a habitual drug user who was regularly
unfaithful and abusive to his children.
Mrs
Kelly, 39, who is filing for divorce in Manhattan, sent shock waves
across Wall Street by naming a string of high-level bankers and
businessmen who she claims her husband took cocaine with on a regular
basis.
Bombshell revelations: According to a
court filing, Jefferies Global Head of Healthcare Sage Kelly (right) had
his wife Christine (left, with their daughter) have sex with one of his
prospective clients
Day in court: Sage (above leaving a Manhattan courtroom), has denied allegations of using drugs in his divorce from his wife
Big money:
Sage (left) takes home $7 million a year while Christina (right in a
2010 mugshot following a DWI charge) is a former fashion publicist
She
claims she felt pressured by her husband into having sex with
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals boss Marc Beer whom he was hoping to land as a
client during an evening at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Boston in 2012, a
story that also involves Bjorn Koch, the Senior Vice President of
Wealth Management at UBS in Boston.
Describing the event in a sworn affidavit she said:
'The
evening started at a bar in the Ritz Carlton Hotel. Everyone in the
group drank alcohol and did lines of cocaine (except for Marc's adult
sons who had just joined us for awhile).
So, his girlfriend and I had sexual contact for a few minutes, while Marc and Sage watched.
'Afterwards,
the six of us retired to Bjorn's apartment, where everyone continued to
snort cocaine and drink alcohol. At one point, Marc's girlfriend, while
dancing wildly, removed her top to should [sic] everyone her breast
implants.
'Marc
sat next to me on the couch and told me that I was beautiful. With Sage
looking on with approval if not titillation, Marc started to touch me.
'Marc
then invited everyone to go back to Sage's and my room at the Ritz
Carlton. Once there everyone did more "lines" of cocaine.
'There was one room, with two beds.
Also
involved: The court papers claim that Marc Beer (left) did cocaine and
had sex with Mrs Kelly after spending time at the apartment of Bjorn
Koch (right), claims that Beer denies
Drug use: Christina (above leaving a
Manhattan courtroom), has admitted to her drug use but claims it all
began because of her husband
'Soon,
Sage and I were having sex with each other on one bed, and Marc and his
girlfriend were having sex on the other bed. Then Marc said, "Let's
switch." I did not know what to do.
'Marc
suggested that his girlfriend and I have sex with each other. I was not
happy about that, and I looked to Sage for guidance.
Then,
Marc's girlfriend joined Sage on our bed, and Sage and she started to
have sexual relations. Then, I joined Marc on his bed, and he and I
engaged in sexual relations.
'Sage
was so "wasted" that he could not give me a sign as to what he wanted
me to do. Mindful of his goal of securing business from Marc, I felt
responsible not to disappoint Marc.
'So, his girlfriend and I had sexual contact for a few minutes, while Marc and Sage watched.
'Then, Marc's girlfriend joined Sage on our bed, and Sage and she started to have sexual relations.
'Then, I joined Marc on his bed, and he and I engaged in sexual relations.
'The next morning, Sage expressed anger at me, testily saying: "I can't believe you did that [have sex with Marc]."
'I do not know, definitively, Sage's purpose in setting up what transpired.
'I
do know one thing, however. Following that evening, Marc Beer has been
an important client of Sage and, presumably, a substantial reason for
Sage's enormously successful career at his current investment bank,
Jefferies and and Company, Inc.'
A
statement released by Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Tuesday night said,
'Marc categorically denies the allegations. The board fully supports
Marc, and has confidence in his leadership and his character.
'The
board takes its governance responsibilities very seriously, but does
not comment publically on internal governance matters.'
Happy family: Christina claims her two daughters are afraid of their father, and that he frequently calls them 'f--king retards'
Swank swapping: Mrs Kelly claims her
husband pressured her into having sex with Beer and his girlfriend while
they were at the Ritz-Carlton in Boston (above)
Christina,
a former Ralph Lauren event planner and graduate of New York City's
tony Horace Mann School, said her husband often pestered her to engage
in threesomes and frequently asked her to allow him to have anal sex.
I
looked over to see Sage having sexual intercourse with Jessica while I
was still in the pool and while Jessica's husband, Sage's business
colleague, was in his bedroom
She
also alleges he bedded several women outside their 12-year marriage,
including the wife of a co-worker who he had sex with in the swimming
pool of their vacation home in Sag Harbor.
She says in her affidavit:
'Several
months later Sage invited his business colleague Dung Nguyen, and his
wife Jessica, to spend time with us at the Sag Harbor home.
'One
evening, after the Children had gone to sleep and everyone had ingested
both alcohol and cocaine, the four of us went for a nude swim in the
pool.
'At some point, Dung retired for the night.
'After a while, I noticed Sage sitting on the stairs in the shallow end of the pool.
'My
mind drifted for a while until I heard Jessica moaning, "Oh, Sage," and
I looked over to see Sage having sexual intercourse with Jessica - in
open view ... while I was still in the pool ... and while Jessica's
husband, Sage's business colleague, was in his bedroom.'
Nguyen said through a rep that he 'categorically denies the allegations made about him by Ms. Kelly.'
Mommy knows best; Christina (above
with her daughters) briefly lost custody of the girls after she was
caught on video snorting cocaine at the couple's Manhattan apartment
Office: Mr Kelley is the $7-million-a-year head of healthcare investment banking at the Jefferies & Co firm in New York
According
to Mrs Kelly's suit, her husband won temporary custody of their two
children - daughters Cameron, 10, and Logan, 6 - after secretly filming
her drinking and snorting cocaine in their Fifth Avenue apartment.
At
some point during most days, Sage will call Cameron or Logan a 'f--king
retard.' That the girls are deeply upset and hurt by Sage's ugly
comment is illustrated by Cameron's imploring me: 'Mommy, can you please
tell daddy too stop calling me a f--king retard?'
She says in court papers:
'Upon
information and belief, commencing in or about late May 2014 or early
to mid June 2014, defendant ceased to ingest cocaine, Molly, mushrooms,
or other illegal drugs so that he might test "negative" in the event a
court were to order him to submit to a drug test.
'In mid-July 2014, defendant caused the installation of hidden recording devices in the NYC Apt (the "Hidden Cameras").
'During
the period from on or about July 16, 2014 through July 30, 2014, the
Hidden Cameras detected plaintiff snorting cocaine and ingesting alcohol
in the NYC Apt - activities which defendant had encouraged and in which
defendant had participated throughout the course of the parties'
relationship.'
Mrs Kelly says she recognizes she has a problem and is attending meetings daily in an attempt to maintain her sobriety.
She
says she even began breaking into her husband's safe to steal drugs at
one point in her life, learning how to do so from a YouTube tutorial of a
child picking a safe with nail clippers.
Her visits with her children are currently supervised by a social worker st her husband's bequest she says in her court filing.
Mrs
Kelly claims despite all this however that her husband was the real
danger to the children, saying he once slapped one of the girls across
the face and routinely called them 'f–king retard' and 'f–king idiot.'
He held Cameron for about an hour. Then, thankfully, Sage emerged from the 'K-hole.'
She says in her filing:
'At
some point during most days, Sage will call Cameron or Logan a "f--king
retard." That thje girls are deeply upset and hurt by Sage's ugly
comment is illustrated by Cameron's imploring me: "Mommy, can you please
tell daddy too stop calling me a f--king retard?"'
There was also the time she claims he used Ketamine and scared their then 3-year-old daughter:
'After ingesting Ketamine, Sage started to act crazily.
'At one point Sage exclaimed, "Help me, help me; I'm dying."
'Cameron was very upset. She said, "Daddy, what is wrong?"
'Sage
held Cameron and said that holding her was the only thing that could
make him feel better. So he held Cameron for about an hour.
'Then, thankfully, Sage emerged from the "K-hole."'
Happier days: The couple began dating in 2000 and were married in 2003
Stay at home mom: Christina left her job in fashion PR after she gave birth to the couple's first child
On
another occasion she claims that one of her husband's friends
'inadvertently left a bag of cocaine on a pool table' at their home and
that one of the children had dipped her her finger into the bag before
she arrived to stop her ingesting it.
Mrs
Kelly said she had never used cocaine until she met her Mr Kelly and
that he later refused to have sex with her unless they were taking the
drug.
In
fact, she claims in her filing that the first time she ever used the
drug was the night they went on their date at his apartment in January
of 2000.
Defendant
snorted heroin at The Tavern, a club in Southampton, New York, causing
defendant to be so disoriented that without shoes, defendant attempted
to walk - barefoot - a distance of several miles.
She claims that Sage's precursor for sex with a woman was 'alcohol and cocaine.'
In fact, after the birth of each child she says it was Sage who pressured her into using drugs and drinking again.
She
says that two years after the birth of Cameron, their first daughter,
'Sage ratcheted up his requests that I start doing cocaine again.'
She says both did drugs when their children were present at both their Manhattan apartment and their Sag Harbor home.
She also says Mr Kelly snorted heroin while they were dating in her papers, writing:
'During
the period of the parties' courtship, defendant snorted heroin at The
Tavern, a club in Southampton, New York, causing defendant to be so
disoriented that without shoes, defendant attempted to walk - barefoot -
a distance of several miles from The Tavern to the home in which the
parties were then renting a "share house."'
Also named: Christina claims that her husband's boss at Jefferies & Comapny, Ben Lorello (above), did cocaine
According to another section Christina's affidavit:
'Sage had a "mushroom day" at the Sag Harbor Home.
'The
usual cast of characters - including most of the people to whom Sage
has requested this Court to direct my attorney and me not to contact -
was present.
We
were all stunned, therefore, at the sight of Sage– with his own blood
purposefully smeared on his face in several long lines– walking towards
us outside the home. After exclaiming, 'I found the bag!,' Sage popped
yet another mushroom into his mouth.
'By
11:00 a.m., Sage had consumed so many mushrooms and was so out of
control that his friends and business associates collectively decided to
hide the bag of mushrooms from Sage– out of their concern that one more
mushroom might lead to an overdose.
'We
were all stunned, therefore, at the sight of Sage– with his own blood
purposefully smeared on his face in several long lines– walking towards
us outside the home.
'After exclaiming, "I found the bag!," Sage popped yet another mushroom into his mouth.'
Among
the business associates who she lists in the affidavit as people her
husband would regularly take cocaine with are his boss at Jefferies
& Comapny Ben Lorello, Myriad Solutions CFO Mark Hosny and Seattle
Genetics chief executive Clay Siegall.
Mr Lorello and Mr Siegall have categorically denied these allegations.
Named: Christina also alleges in court
papers that Seattle Genetics chief executive Clay Siegall (above) did
drugs with her husband, a claim he denies
Then there are also what Christina claims are safety issues, and bathroom problems, when her husband uses drugs.
Sage
has been so "wasted" that he has defecated in our bed or on the bedroom
floor or has urinated on a bedroom wall because he was unable to find a
bathroom
'In
addition to the numerous times that Sage has been so "wasted" that he
has defecated in our bed or on the bedroom floor or has urinated on a
bedroom wall because he was unable to find a bathroom, when Sage has
been unable to get out of bed because of a severe hangover, or when Sage
has absented himself for days while binging on alcohol and cocaine or
other substances, Sage cannot safely patrol what goes on in either of
our residences when his crowd of friends, business colleagues or
business clients is over.'
Another time there was a problem when he hosted a work event at their Sag Harbor residence.
'Sage
became so drunk at the annual party that he hosts from members of his
department at Jefferies and Company, Inc. that he began to urinate -
with his penis exposed - while he sat on a lounge chair near the pool at
our home in Sag Harbor.
'I
placed Sage's penis back in his swim trunks - something Sage was unable
to do; then, I asked two business associates to help carry Sage to our
bedroom.
Drinking problems: Christina was
charged with felony DWI and endangering the welfare of a child after she
got into an accident with her two daughters in the car in 2010
Mr Sage claimed in his own papers that his wife once drove her Range Rover into a utility pole with their two kids in the car.
This story seems to be backed up by her arrest in May 2010 on charges of felony DWI and endangering the welfare of a child.
According to 27 East,
Mrs Kelly was 'constrained by shackles when she appeared in Southampton
Town Justice Court' after police determined she had been drunk at the
time of the accident, which happened at 4:30pm on a Tuesday afternoon.
It
was reported that, 'The 6-year-old suffered injuries to her head, arm
and knee, and the toddler had a minor injury to her face.'
Child
Protective Services placed the girls with their grandparents and Mrs
Kelly pleaded not guilty to the charges, with her parents paying the
$5,000 to bail her out.
The couple married in August 2002, and according to their New York Times wedding announcement,
she was working in public relations for Aeffe, an Italian fashion
company, while he was director of investment banking in New York at UBS
Warburg.
New venture: Christina started working
on a site, Christina Kelly Loves (above), this past April, but only
kept at it for a few weeks
Recently, Christina spent her time curating her own fashion blog, Christina Kelly Loves, though that only seems to have lasted for a month.
Mr
Kelly said in paper filed this summer of his soon to be ex-wife's
claims, 'While [she] and I used recreational drugs on occasion at
certain social events in the past, the Wolf of Wall Street tale she
tells this court is a work of fiction.'
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