Governor Cuomo’s ex-wife Kerry Kennedy was arrested on drug-related charges. Click below for more information.
Kennedy was nabbed by State Police after taking off following a collision with a tractor-trailer on I-684 in the town of North Castle in Westchester County.
State Police said they found Kennedy, 52, sitting behind the wheel of her disabled 2008 Lexus RS 350 on state Route 22. The car had sustained damage, including a flat tire.
An investigation is said to have found Kennedy had been operating the car while her ability was impaired by drugs.
Police did not say immediately what she had taken. Kennedy was issued traffic tickets returnable to the town of North Castle Court on Tuesday.
A law enforcement source told our Glenn Blain that the DWAI charge is a misdemeanor. Kennedy consented to have her blood taken, the source said.
Police said they were alerted to the situation after 911 calls reported a white vehicle collided with a truck while operating in an erratic manner in the southbound lanes south of Exit 4. The car took off, getting off at Exit 3 before becoming disabled. It’s not clear if there were any passengers. Update: There were none.
Kennedy is the sister of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose wife, Mary, recently hanged herself.
She called Mary Richardson Kennedy her best friend.
Kennedy is the seventh child of the late Robert F. Kennedy, a former U.S. senator from New York and U.S. Attorney General under his brother, the late President John F. Kennedy.
She was married to Cuomo from 1991 to 2003 and is the mother of his three daughters.
She has worked as a human rights activist, heading up the Robert F. Kennedy Center For Human Rights.
Kennedy could not be reached for comment. Cuomo’s office had no comment.
