Clark Rockefeller Appeal Rejected

SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- The story of Christian Gerhartsreiter is what crime fiction novels are made of. The German fraud who called himself Clark Rockefeller will be spending some more years in prison after his appeal got rejected in court on Thursday. The Appellate Division of the Superior Court in Suffolk which comprised Superior Court Justices Barbara Dortch-Okara, Wendie Gershengorn, and Peter Lauriat took no time in deciding against the amendment or reduction of the sentence. The man was arrested for kidnapping his daughter an 2008 after losing the custody battle with his wife. He was been charged with assault and battery custodial kidnapping, and assault with a deadly weapon after he reportedly attacked a social worker who monitored his visits to his daughter after the divorce.

Christian Gerhartsreiter interacted with the rich and the famous in New York, Boston and Los Angeles under various names and disguises. Depending on the situation he was a financial advisor,a physician, a captain of a ship and even an art collector. His dynamic personality and charm, along did convince a well-off business executive Sandra Boss to marry him. Later when he refused to reveal his identity to his wife, she filed for divorce. Christian Gerhartsreiter was also married to Amy Jersild Duhnke in 1981 whom he reportedly left one day after marriage. This marriage gave him a green card that helped him settle in America. The names that Christian Gerhartsreiter assumed while in America are Clark Rockefeller, Chris C. Crowe, Chris Chichester, Charles Smith, and Chip Smith.

For a man who fooled the world for years has been called legally insane by his defense lawyers. A recent American television film -’Who Is Clark Rockefeller?’ which stars Eric McCormack and Sherry Stringfield was made on the life of the German criminal.