Double Life The Shattering Affair Between Chief Judge Sol Wachtler and Socialite Joy Silverman |
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| Author:
| Wolfe, Linda |
| Read by:
| Marshall, Qarie |
| ISBN: | 979-8-8747-4092-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2024 |
| Publisher: | Dreamscape Media, LLC
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| Book Format: | CD-Audio |
| List Price: | USD $45.95 |
Book Description:
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He was the top justice of New York's highest court. She was a stunning socialite and his wife's step-cousin. In 1993, Sol Wachtler was convicted of blackmail and extortion against Joy Silverman, his former mistress. How did a respected jurist and one of the most prominent men in America end up serving time in prison? Linda Wolfe starts at the beginning--from Wachtler's modest Brooklyn upbringing through his courtship and marriage to Joan Wolosoff, the only child of a wealthy...
More DescriptionHe was the top justice of New York's highest court. She was a stunning socialite and his wife's step-cousin. In 1993, Sol Wachtler was convicted of blackmail and extortion against Joy Silverman, his former mistress. How did a respected jurist and one of the most prominent men in America end up serving time in prison? Linda Wolfe starts at the beginning--from Wachtler's modest Brooklyn upbringing through his courtship and marriage to Joan Wolosoff, the only child of a wealthy real-estate developer. Joy Fererh was three and a half when her father walked out. When she and Sol met, he was fifty-five and nearing the pinnacle of his legal career. She was a thirty-something stay-at-home mother who, with Sol's help, made a career for herself as a Republican Party fundraiser. They kept their affair a secret--until an explosive mix of sex, power, betrayal, and prescription-drug abuse set the stage for the tabloid headlines of the decade.