Jill Kelley, who prompted the FBI inquiry leading to Petraeus's resignation as CIA director, reportedly made numerous journeys on military-owned jets, including a flight to Washington with General John Allen, the US commander in Afghanistan.
One of the socialite twins at the centre of the David Petraeus sex scandal took taxpayer-funded military flights with the second US general involved, it was claimed yesterday (Tuesday), as her sister broke cover to seek support for a bitter custody battle. Jill Kelley, who prompted the FBI inquiry leading to Petraeus's resignation as CIA director, reportedly made numerous journeys on military-owned jets, including a flight to Washington with General John Allen, the US commander in Afghanistan.
General Allen and Kelley, both of whom are married, are alleged to have exchanged flirtatious emails. These were discovered by agents investigating threatening messages allegedly sent to Kelley by Paula Broadwell, Petraeus's mistress and biographer. Kelley, a 37-year-old "social liaison" for the US military, is believed to have travelled with General Allen on a "mini Air Force One" jet available to him, according to Florida's 10 News.
A military spokesman said she also took an orientation flight to "see what hard-working military members are doing each day". The finding came as Kelley's identical twin, Natalie Khawam, became the first figure at the centre of the saga to speak publicly, in an attempt to gain publicity for her appeal in a custody dispute with her estranged husband.
Appearing at a press conference in Washington with the celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred, Khawam thanked Mr Petraeus and his wife, Holly, for testifying to her good character to assist a previous failed bid to regain rights over her four-year-old son. "She will be forever grateful to them for not abandoning her when she needed them most," said Allred.
Khawam was alleged by a judge in the case to have been unstable and to have provided misleading testimony. Miss Khawam, who received a similar affidavit in the case from General Allen, said: "I look forward to the day when I'm able to explain what really happened in this matter". She wept while paying tribute to her sister, whom she described as "the kindest, most generous person I know".
Attempting to turn the appearance into a women's rights crusade, Allred said the case of Khawam, who claims to have been subject to domestic abuse, was "extremely important to single mothers across the nation". She said her bankruptcy earlier this year was caused by unfair legal costs paid to her husband. Khawam appeared after as it was alleged that the emails sent to Kelley by Broadwell were more menacing than previously thought.
The emails are said to have promised to make Mrs Kelley "go away" and boasted of the sender's high-powered connections. "This wasn't just a catfight," a friend of Kelley told the New York Daily News. "Any normal person who got emails like that would have immediately called the police."
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