OTTAWA – A Peruvian woman claiming to be the daughter of Mike Duffy says the suspended Senator had an affair with her mother – a convicted drug mule, Maclean’s Magazine reports.
The bombshell article quotes Karen Duffy, 32, who says she and her mother tried to reach out to the former broadcaster on numerous occasions but have never heard back.
Karen Duffy has now filed a lawsuit in Peru seeking to prove the former Conservative senator is her father, the magazine says.
In an email to Global News, Duffy said: “The Maclean’s story contains untrue allegations, made by a convicted narcotics smuggler, and which go back more than 30 years. I will respond to any legal process from Peru in an appropriate manner. I will have no further comment.”
The article says Yvette Benites, Karen Duffy’s mother, served less than two years at Kingston Penitentiary for Women after being found guilty of importing drugs.
In prison, Benites met Mike Duffy’s sister, Moira, who asked her to deliver a birthday present to her brother when Benites was paroled, it says.
After a brief affair, Benites discovered she was pregnant, the article says. Before being deported she left a letter for Mike Duffy in his apartment telling him about the child, the report says.
According to the article,Karen Duffy has for years sought her father’s attention.
“I don’t know how else to get his attention,” she told the magazine. “I write to him, but I don’t know if he reads it. Or if he’s ignoring me, or he’s just scared.”
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The magazine also features photos of Karen Duffy side-by-side with her alleged father.
Duffy, who was suspended from the Senate, is currently under investigation for fraud, breach of trust and frauds on the government.
The police investigation relates to living and travel claims he made as a Conservative senator, as well as his use of office resources and a $90,000 cheque given to him by former chief of staff Nigel Wright to repay the expenses.
The RCMP announced in April Wright will not be criminally charged.
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