Jared Paul Stern
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Jared Paul Stern is a freelance reporter and former columnist for the New York Post who gained national prominence when he was accused by California billionaire Ron Burkle of extortion. Prior to the scandal, Stern had written for the popular Page Six column from time to time for eleven years."Gossip Scandal Altering Tabloid," Ellen Barry, Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2006, p.A4 He edited the first issue of Page Six magazine, and also wrote the New York Post column "Nightcrawler" for several years. He worked briefly at Star Magazine.
Stern is a 1994 graduate of Bennington College, where he studied literature. He was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Canada. Stern often wears dated clothing items such as a fedora or monocle in public.
In April 2006, supermarket magnate and Democratic fundraiser Ron Burkle released six minutes of videotape of two face-to-face meetings he had had with Stern the previous month."Post cans four gossip scribes," William Sherman, New York Daily News, April 21, 2006 In the sections made available to the media, Stern appears to try to extort $220,000 from Burkle in exchange for "protection" from inaccurate reporting about the billionaire in Stern's gossip columns. Burkle has also released copies of e-mails from Stern in which Stern inquires about the status of expected payments. Burkle had previously complained about erroneous stories about himself in the Post to Rupert Murdoch, his neighbor and owner of the newspaper, in a personal letter. Murdoch never responded.
Stern claims in a series of published interviews that he had been "set up" by Burkle, and was only in meetings with him to discuss a possible investment in his clothing company, [Skull & Bones].
The New York Post suspended Stern when the video clips were made public, and fired him on April 21 2006..
Criminal charges have not yet been filed against Stern.
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