New York Adult Entertainment: Jailed New York City’s former police chief Bernard Kerik is in a psychiatric …
Judge Stephen Robinson said the pretrial session Friday in U.S. District Court that he received a memo from Dr. Robert Mahler, medical psychiatric director of the Westchester County jail in Valhalla, then spoke with the doctor by phone. The doctor reportedly said Kerik, 54, was “at risk.”
He said Mahler felt there was more behind Kerik’s problem than just the normal stress of incarceration. Kerik has been jailed since Oct. 20 to await trial on corruption charges.
“There were things, unexplained, described to me that were either said or done … that raised the level of concern,” the judge said. “I left the conversation with Dr. Mahler feeling this was an issue that cannot be ignored.”
The judge also expressed doubt that Kerik’s trial could still begin Nov. 9
Bernard Kerik, a prostitute’s son once nominated to become America’s homeland security chief, by Former President George W. Bush found himself behind bars after a New York judge revoked his $500,000 bail pending his corruption charges.