Jill Kelley, the now-infamous whistleblower in the David Petraeus scandal, was blackmailed by his mistress Paula Broadwell, according to a new report.
Kelley says she was “terrified” late last summer when he told her about an email, later revealed to be from Broadwell, and the barrage that followed.
“There was blackmail, extortion, threats,” Kelley told the Daily Beast in her first interview since the Petraeus scandal erupted three months ago.
Jill Kelley, the woman who inadvertently blew the whistle on the Gen. David Petraeus scandal, claims she's been wrongly accused ... of trashing the Kardashians.
Kelley, who got to know Petraeus and Gen. John Allen as the social liaison of the Tampa base where they were stationed, is rich, hot and famous for sort of no reason.
For that reason, she's been compared to Kim Kardashian and her ilk after her role in the Petraeus-Paula Broadwell scandal made her an overnight celebrity of sorts.
Jill Kelley was said to have resented this comparison, deeming it "the worst thing to come out of" the scandal. But sources close to Jill are now denying that statement.
Kelley views Kim Kardashian as a "beautiful and successful business woman" whom she highly respects. Insert one of many possible rebuttals right here, right now.
And tell us: Who'd you rather ... y'know?
Jill Kelley, the Tampa socialite whose name is now synonymous with the David Patraeus scandal, is allegedly penning a book telling her side of the story.
Friends of Kelley told the New York Post that Kelley is shopping around a tell all book to publishers as her form of payback.
Kelley feels publicly humiliated after details of her personal life were leaked after she informed an FBI agent that she was receiving threatening letters from Paula Broadwell.
Broadwell is the infamous mistress of ex CIA head David Petraeus.
Jill Kelley, the Tampa socialite at the center of the David Petraeus scandal, is trying to change the narrative about her involvement with the general and the military.
Kelley hired a top Washington attorney and is opening up for the first time about her past and her role as an "honorary consul" to the country of South Korea.
Tuesday, Abbe Lowell released emails, phone recordings and other material that he and Jill Kelley say proves she never tried to exploit her friendship with Petraeus.
Lowell also demanded the U.S. Attorney's office reveal Jill Kelley's name was revealed during the FBI's investigation of Petraeus and his mistress, Paula Broadwell.
Jill Kelley is an unlikely figure to be involved in a major government scandal, but was instrumental in exposing the Paula Broadwell-David Petraeus affair.
How did the 37-year-old mother of three end up in that position?
Kelley, an event planner, had e-mailed the mayor of Tampa, Fla., mayor before, according to People's new cover story, but never under these circumstances.
On November 14, she e-mailed Mayor Bob Buckhorn about news crews camped outside her home.
Frederick Humphries has been identified as the shirtless FBI agent tied to Jill Kelley - the woman who indirectly blew the whistle on the David Petraeus scandal.
Humphries is the Florida-based FBI agent central to the ongoing, surprising sex scandal that brought down retired general and CIA Director Petraeus last week.
At nearly every key moment in this bizarre and head-scratching case, Humphries has been there, lurking in the shadows ... sometimes without a shirt on.
Even before anyone knew who he was, someone set up the faux Twitter account @shirtlessFBIguy. All kidding aside, his role in the case was highly substantive.
The content of the emails sent by David Petraeus' mistress Paula Broadwell to Jill Kelley - her perceived rival for the CIA chief's extramarital affections - are slowly being revealed.
In one email, Broadwell told Kelley she saw her touching Petraeus provocatively under the table and wondered if her husband was aware of her actions.
Most of the other messages sent by Paula Broadwell (left) were similar, with one investigator calling them "kind of cat-fight stuff," according to the Wall Street Journal.
Broadwell also accused Jill Kelley of "parading" around MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where Kelley was a volunteer liaison arranging social events.
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