Tough break for Danielle Staub.
She lands a role on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, only for her past to suddenly be dug up and her former life of drugs, sex and kidnapping to be exposed in front of a national audience. What unfortunate timing!
Now, days after Bravo aired an episode that focused on Staub's shady past as a stripper named "Beverly Merrill," the author of Cop Without a Badge, the book that started it all, is speaking out.
From knife-wielding and cocaine-snorting to reality TV, it's been quite a journey for Danielle Staub.
According to Kevin Maher, an ex-con turned police informant, Danielle lived as an escort, stripper and drug addict in the 1980s; she was also arrested on felony kidnapping and extortion charges by the FBI.
“She’s very smart, and when she wants something, she’s one of the most determined women in the world,” Maher told Star Magazine. “But she’s also a pathological liar. I believe she’s been psychologically scarred since childhood, and when you live that kind of life, you have to be a liar.”
Now a private investigator, Maher says he and Staub met at a party in Miami and proceeded to have sex in a bathroom. But the relationship didn't last because she once slashed his arm with a knife and continually cheated on him.
Then again, he can't really blame her for the latter incidents. After all, Maher labels his ex as a"raging nymphomaniac."
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June 4th, 2009 9:34 AM
I don't see why a "raging nymphomaniac" is such a big deal. If she were a man, they would label that as "normal."
June 4th, 2009 10:31 AM
Consider your source. That man lied about things in the book as simple as his father's death in order to make himself look a little better. Not that I think Danielle is the sweetest most sane person, but I am not sure Maher or his book is that reliable of a source.
June 4th, 2009 6:26 PM
It's time someone took a long, hard look at Kevin Maher. It's easy to pile on Danielle Staub, but this guy is so self-important and full of himself!
Maher routinely identifies himself as a private investigator, and in the Star Magazine article quoted above, he's referred to as a "P.I. with the L.A. firm Americo Mercado Investigations." Except that it's probably not true. If you check here ( http://www.bsis.ca.gov/online_services/verify_license.shtml )
Maher is not a licensed private investigator in California, and Americo Mercado Private Investigator, License #11294, is not in LA, but in Oceanside, (San Diego County) California, E-Mail: wudaguy007@cox.net
In fact, Kevin Maher very likely cannot qualify for a private investigator's license in any state that issues them. He couldn't clear the background check, even if he's "turned his life around", according to him.
June 4th, 2009 6:40 PM
Ha! She doesn't hold a candle to the maniac nympho I wound up with on my last blind date! Check it out:
November 27th, 2009 7:33 PM
Beautiful site!