1. Judith Exner was an American woman who claimed to be the mistress of US Senator, then US president John F Kennedy and Mafia leaders Sam Giancana and John Roselli.
25 Facts About Judith Exner
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Judith Exner was known as Judith Campbell Exner, and Judith Campbell.
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Judith Exner was born Judith Eileen Katherine Immoor in Fort Lee, New Jersey; Her parents were Frederick Immoor, an architect of German descent, and Katherine, who was of Irish descent.
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In 1952, at the age of 18, Judith Exner married actor William Campbell; they divorced in 1958.
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Judith Exner was not the first or only party to claim she had a relationship with President John Kennedy.
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Judith Exner described the circumstances of the 18-month relationship she had with then-Senator John F Kennedy, beginning in 1960, which continued after he was elected President of the United States.
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Judith Exner had a son, David Bohrer, from a later relationship.
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Judith Exner's account was supported by phone records and other documentation, although Kennedy staff and supporters attacked her veracity when she published her memoir.
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Judith Exner became involved with him and knew his associate John Roselli.
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Judith Exner received additional media attention on a national level when she testified in 1975 before the Church Committee investigating CIA assassination attempts on Fidel Castro.
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Judith Exner said that Frank Sinatra later introduced her to Sam Giancana, with whom she became intimate.
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Judith Exner said that Giancana never asked her for any information related to Kennedy.
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Many other authors and sources besides Judith Exner, including Kennedy's letters, Kennedy's friends, the FBI, and FBI tape recordings have detailed Kennedy's relationship with Arvad.
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Judith Exner said that Kennedy brought prostitutes to the White House swimming pool.
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Judith Exner said that President Kennedy's Special Assistant David Powers helped set up encounters with President Kennedy.
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Judith Exner said that she had lied to the Church Committee and in her memoir out of fear of Mafia retaliation.
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Judith Exner said Kennedy had asked her to contact Giancana, and she helped set up a meeting between them during the 1960 presidential election.
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Judith Exner crisscrossed the nation carrying envelopes between the president and Giancana, and arranged about 10 meetings between the two.
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In 1997, Judith Exner alleged more details and changed her story, in separate interviews with Liz Smith of Vanity Fair and Seymour Hersh.
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Judith Exner said Kennedy told her of his plans related to Cuba, and used her to carry money to Giancana, as well as to arrange numerous meetings between Kennedy, Giancana and Roselli.
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Judith Exner claimed to Smith to have terminated a pregnancy resulting from a last encounter in 1962 with Kennedy.
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Judith Exner said that she had carried payoffs from California defense contractors to the Kennedys, including Robert F Kennedy.
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Judith Exner has been described as an "unreliable witness," with a history of instability, depression and paranoia and, by then, she was suffering from cancer.
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Judith Exner died on September 24,1999, in Duarte, California, from breast cancer.
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Judith Exner's memoir was adapted as a made-for-TV movie, Power and Beauty, directed by Susan Seidelman, in which she was played by Natasha Henstridge.