'Rockefeller' Considers Plea

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 3, 2009 4:45 PM CST
'Rockefeller' Considers Plea
Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, right, who calls himself Clark Rockefeller, speaks with his attorney Jeffrey Denner.   (AP Photo)

The bizarre case of “Clark Rockefeller,” nee Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, may soon come to a close, the Boston Globe reports. The conman, awaiting trial for kidnapping, fraud, and assault, has been offered a deal consisting of 5 years' jail time and 15 years' probation. He must decide by February 11. “We are fully prepared to bring him to trial,” a DA spokesman said.

The charges against Gerhartsreiter stem from the July kidnapping of his daughter while on a supervised visit in Boston. The German, who had been masquerading as a well-to-do American for decades, then absconded with his child to Baltimore, where he was arrested. When the case became public, his story began to unravel.
(More con man stories.)

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