303:. Clearly, her extramarital affair with a former President made her story controversial, and her association as a channel of information between the American Mafia and Kennedy, greatly increased the public interest and controversial nature of the relationship. The additional attention brought to bear on her story caused by the investigation performed by both the Senate and FBI greatly increased the level of public interest in her relationship with the President and her version of the story that would be told by her book.
238:. With her father a successful architect, she was raised in the prosperous neighborhood of Pacific Pallisades which influenced her future lifestyle and the social circles in which she would find friends and make social contacts. After her mother nearly died in an auto accident, Judith withdrew from school at the age of 14 and was tutored at home. Her older sister Jacqueline later became an actress and took the professional name
295:. In her 1977 memoir, she said that she became one of JFK's mistresses for about two years, frequently visiting him in the White House after he was elected president. Her account was supported by phone records and other documentation, although Kennedy staff and supporters attacked her veracity when she published her memoir. A few months later in 1960, Sinatra introduced Campbell to "Sam Flood," who was actually
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President John Kennedy. An FBI investigation into JFK’s assassination and certain mob dealings uncovered Exner’s name and brought them to expose her to the nation. She described the circumstances of the 18-month relationship
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Seymour Hersh. She said Kennedy told her of his plans related to Cuba, and used her to carry money to Giancana, as well as to arrange numerous meetings between Kennedy, Giancana and Roselli. According to one source, in all, Exner claimed she arranged 10 meetings between Giancana and Kennedy to
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to make her testify. By then, married to Dan Exner, Judith Exner called a press conference that month and denied any knowledge of Mafia involvement with
Kennedy. Exner may have changed certain aspects of how she told her story largely in the interest of her own safety and security and that of her
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Kennedy's letters, Kennedy's friends, the FBI, and FBI tape recordings have detailed Kennedy's relationship with Arvad. Exner also said that Kennedy brought prostitutes to the White House swimming pool.
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234:; Her parents were Frederick Immoor, an architect of German descent, and Katherine (née Shea), who was of Irish descent. When she was a child, her family moved to southern California, where she grew up in
242:. Judith's association with the acting community was established through her sister's choice of careers, her own work as a model, and her association with her future husband, film actor William Campbell.
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