The Manhattan district attorney is investigating an allegation that New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly's son Greg Kelly, a Fox TV personality, raped a woman last year, multiple sources close to the investigation told ABC and the lawyer for Kelly confirmed.
"Mr. Kelly is aware that the New York county district attorney's office is conducting an investigation," said his attorney, Andrew Lankler. "Mr. Kelly strenuously denies any wrongdoing and is cooperating fully with the district attorney's investigation. We know that the district attorney's investigation will prove Mr. Kelly's innocence."
Sources close to the woman who made the complaint say the alleged rape took place at a party last October.
Police officials declined to comment on most aspects of the case, and the Manhattan district attorney declined to comment.
Kelly, 43, is the co-host of weekday morning news show "Good Day New York." He was previously a White House correspondent for Fox News and the co-host of Fox News' "Fox and Friends." Kelly was also a Marine pilot before joining Fox.
Sources told ABC News that the young woman has accused Kelly of attacking her in lower Manhattan last October. Deputy Police Commissioner for Public Information Paul Browne said that to avoid any suggestion of conflict of interest his office was making no calls to detectives or District Attorney Cyrus Vance to establish any details of an investigation.
Sources confirmed that the woman was first interviewed by detectives on Wednesday. The case was then passed on to the district attorney because of the risk of conflict in investigating a rape allegation against the police commissioner's son.
Friends say they met at South Street seaport where she was attending a party with coworkers from her firm, which is located nearby on Wall Street. According to a close friend of the woman, the incident allegedly occurred at the woman's office after the two left the party.
According to sources close to the investigation, the accuser was in touch with Greg Kelly following the alleged assault. Messages between the accuser and Kelly sent after the alleged assault are under review as part of the investigation, sources said.
According to the alleged victim's boyfriend, she has been "an emotional cripple" since then.
"The boyfriend was outraged and out of his mind when he realized what had happened," a friend told ABC. "He went and picked her up from the office where she was distraught, and he said later that the rape had taken place there."
According to Browne, the boyfriend told Commissioner Kelly that his son "ruined my girlfriend's life," but did not provide details. So the commissioner suggested that he write a letter. According to the alleged victim's friend, the boyfriend shouted to Kelly, "You better keep an eye on your son."
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