Fabulous! One of eight anti-gay New York Senate Democrats who voted against marriage equality has been outed in a federal corruption probe. NYS Sen. Carl Kruger surrendered to federal authorities on corruption charges on Thursday. Video and audio surveillance show Kruger accepted more than $1 million in bribes which his live-in boyfriend helped launder, reports the New York Post.
Kruger and his secret longtime companion, Manhattan gynecologist Michael Turano, were among eight men arrested in a sweeping government "pay-to-play" corruption scandal. The charges include allegations that Kruger, Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland and previously convicted Queens Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio—who died in prison in January—received bribes and other largesse to help two competing health-care companies buy hospitals, and direct state funds to those firms.
Kruger's constant companion, Turano, is accused of using bribe money he deposited in two shell companies for Kruger to pay the lease on a Bentley luxury sedan, credit-card bills and the mortgage on the garish, multimillion-dollar Mill Basin home where the two men for years have shacked up with Turano's mom and brother, authorities and neighbors said.
And:
"[Kruger] spent his free time with the Turanos, shared holidays with them, went shopping for them, and managed the affairs of their residence. Kruger was closest with Michael Turano. The two men were in nearly daily contact, Kruger picked Turano up from work, and people even called Kruger's cellphone in order to reach Turano," [US Attorney Preet Bharara] noted. A source close to the investigation told The Post that Kruger—who voted against a state gay-marriage bill last year—was particularly "intimate" with Michael Turano.
Kruger has long been rumored to be a closet case. In December 2009, gay activists picketed Kruger's home after the marriage vote, claiming "he only voted against same-sex marriage to shield his own homosexuality," adds JoeMyGod.
Glass houses, stones, etc..
The *only* circumstances where I approve of outing someone is this circumstance. I'll be 100 here and say that I'm not out, myself, but I also don't disrespect anyone, bash anyone, or try to deny others the right to live as they please. Men like this guy, however, deserve to reap what they've sown.
Posted by: Osiris | 11 March 2011 at 10:10
What!?! Why does the thought of that old closeted queen and his doctor boyfriend going to jail have me hear cracking up. Disgusting hypocrites.
Posted by: FREELEO | 11 March 2011 at 11:13
*here
Posted by: FREELEO | 11 March 2011 at 11:15
Great turn of events! Kruger deserves to be outed and convicted. What a scumbag!
Posted by: jstheater | 11 March 2011 at 12:11
wow a closeted dem for a change. Though I guess he is a DINO/Blue Dog
j/k. glad his hypocrisy has been exposed
Posted by: dfs | 11 March 2011 at 15:49
MY MOMMA USED TO ALWAYS SAY:
You can hide your head, but your feet will show!!!
Posted by: TheRevKev | 11 March 2011 at 15:51
And, what's GANGSTA @Osiris, is that NO ONE OUTED HIM. The courts, in doing their job, simply stated facts. The state of their "relationship" came out in the ways that they co-mingle their monies and lives and were bilking people. Their actions outed them.
Posted by: TheRevKev | 11 March 2011 at 15:53
@TheRevKev
The whole matter of the outing was my question.
Surely I think that a number of New York A-Gays knew about this. Why didn't they say anything after Kruger's marriage vote (although they may have leaked that picture of him at a strip club to the papers).
Posted by: Chitown Kev | 11 March 2011 at 20:31
Chitown, I think they did. I clicked the link in Rod's article and it mentioned that a group of gays picketed Kruger's house after his marriage vote and stated that he only voted that way to hide his own lifestyle.
Posted by: Osiris | 11 March 2011 at 23:19
Chitown/Osiris: Did you miss the last graph?: "Kruger has long been rumored to be a closet case. In December 2009, gay activists picketed Kruger's home after the marriage vote, claiming "he only voted against same-sex marriage to shield his own homosexuality."
It is also at the linked NYP report, but Rod clearly mentioned the Dec 2009 picketing then and now.
Posted by: Tristan | 12 March 2011 at 00:55
Yep. Thanks, Tristan.
Posted by: Osiris | 12 March 2011 at 07:00
@Osiris and Tristan
You didn't read what I said, it was very precise (the picture of Kruger at the strip club was released at about the time of that picket).
I'm not talking about "rumors."
I'm asking about what New York "A-List gays" knew for certain, I'm talking about what some members of the press most certainly had to KNOW and could more than likely substantiate (Michael Musto wouldn't have missed out on that juicy dish for all the world)
Posted by: Chitown Kev | 12 March 2011 at 09:58
The mainstream media will not report "rumors" or allegations by the gay community against an anti-gay closet case like Kruger. Ironically, they will be quick to run with reports of other kinds of hypocrisy, but conservative closet cases almost always get a pass. Blogger Mike Rogers at blogactive and others have nudged the mainstream media toward seeing this properly as exposing hypocrisy and not as "outing" or invading someone's private life. Exposing the hypocrisy of politicians is a time-honored tradition of investigative journalism. Unfortunately, most of today's so-called journalists and their play-it-safe employers don't have the balls to go after creeps like Kruger.
Posted by: harlemboy | 12 March 2011 at 12:17
My question is for his live in boyfriend ... How could you be sucking his dick knowing he is voting against gay people's rights ?
Posted by: chris malone | 12 March 2011 at 19:12
@chris -- Read the articles. Turano (the boyfriend) had all the rights he needed. None of those votes were going to hurt him.
Posted by: iByron | 15 March 2011 at 12:30
I missed this when it broke. Thanks.
Posted by: Joe B. | 16 March 2011 at 11:41