RFK Jr. Accused of Bullying Ex-Wife Mary Kennedy in New Book

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing new accusations in an upcoming book.

A new book about the 72-year-old United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, called RFK, Jr.: The Fall and Rise by investigative reporter Isabel Vincent, claims ex-wife Mary Richardson Kennedy feared him during their divorce and accused him of bullying behavior.

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In new excerpts, the biography alleges that Mary was terrified of RFK Jr. during their split, and friends claimed he was cruel towards her amid the divorce.

The two were married in 1994 and had four kids together. He filed for divorce in 2010. She was found dead two years later, and her death was ruled a suicide due to hanging.

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“Mary did not want a divorce, and she did not want to lose custody of her children. Following her arrests, she attended AA meetings, but most of all, she pored over Kennedy’s diaries. In many ways, she was trying to reassure herself that she had been married to a chronic philanderer for nearly 20 years,” the excerpt reads, referring to reports of his multiple affairs.

“He definitely gaslit her and told her that she was crazy and that her accusations about other women were fantasies,” a source said in the book.

“’Mary was waiting and hoping for Bobby‘ said a source who had spoken to Mary daily during the last year of her life. ‘And Bobby was cruel about her weight, telling her that she had squandered her beauty. He would put his arm around her and criticize her. It was ugly.’ She was terrified of his bullying, another friend said, especially during the divorce negotiations. But, Mary fiercely wanted to remain married. ‘It was the Kennedys or nobody,’ said the source.”

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