Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Thursday, March 19, 1998
Author: Willey left hate note
Cornwell ties event to her GOP move
> Richmond celebrity novelist Patricia Cornwell says she
> lists herself among those who've felt the sting of
> Kathleen Willey's wrath.
>
> In a tale that may make the best-seller list of
> anecdotes spawned by the long-running sex, lies and
> videotape saga enveloping the White House, Cornwell
> says Willey trespassed on her property 4½ years ago and
> left a hate note and a stack of her books.
>
> A spokesman for Willey said last night he was unable to
> confirm whether the book delivery came from her.
> Cornwell was out of the state and could not immediately
> provide a copy of the letter.
>
> The alleged incident followed George Allen's comeback
> gubernatorial win in November 1993 over former Attorney
> General Mary Sue Terry, a victory aided in its last
> weeks by the well-publicized defection of Cornwell from
> the Democratic to Republican camp. She took with her a
> $10,000 campaign contribution.
>
> "She wasn't very fond of me," Cornwell said of Willey,
> a fervent Democrat whose firsthand account of an
> alleged Oval Office grope by the president captivated a
> national television audience Sunday night on CBS' "60
> Minutes."
>
> According to Cornwell, the incident occurred soon after
> Allen's election and within days, she now realizes, of
> when Willey had the Nov. 29, 1993, meeting with
> Clinton.
>
> Cornwell, author of nearly a dozen best-selling crime
> novels and one of the world's wealthiest writers,
> described Willey as "a big Mary Sue Terryite."
>
> "Way back in 1993, after the election, she trespassed
> on my property -- that's the only way to put it -- when
> I lived in Windsor Farms, and left books and a very
> vicious letter on my doorstep."
>
> Cornwell said the signed note was written on Kathleen
> Willey stationery and blasted the author for what
> Willey termed a self-serving political agenda.
>
> "She said she was returning the books, which isn't true
> because I never gave them to her. . . . She said I was
> a disgrace to other women and that George Allen and I
> deserved one another.""It was very ugly and
> grandstanding."
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