The Battle of the Boncompagni Sisters May Be Drawing to a Close

"Upon my discovery of my sister's duplicity in misrepresenting to HarperCollins that she was the sole author of "Hedge Fund Wives", I have tried to handle this matter privately, amongst the parties involved. To that end, I submitted the many letters testifying to this fact as evidence in the Emergency Hearing today. These letters were written to my sister, her lawyer and HarperCollins-- not an attempt to "barrage" them as she alleges, but as an attempt to resolve this quietly and outside of the public's eye. I had hoped to avoid a public revelation of the my sister's well known-- and frequent--manipulations of the truth.

Having said that, with my sister's filing of yesterday, this matter has evolved out of my control and into a public spectacle. The media's attention that my parents and I have now have had to endure has been endless. Moreover, this has the potential to have extremely damaging repercussions to my career. While I was relieved today that the Financial Times did publish my Letter to the Editor (regarding the current state of America's economic crisis, sent this past weekend), if this media circus continues I risk losing my professional credibility. It should be noted that while I was at home being hounded by the media yesterday evening, my sister was out partying, basking in the attention.

In closing, I would like to state that in response to the Emergency Hearing regarding Tatiana's restraining order and temporary injunction, I voluntarily consented to unpublishing the websites (www.hedgefundwives.com and www.hedgefundwives.net) prior to being ordered to do so. I have a legal right to these websites in accordance with the joint Copyright filing of the manuscript under the names of Tatiana and I. That said, it is my intention to make this as little a public drama as possible. Furthermore, as I stated in the Hearing today, I have asked Tatiana's lawyers to withdraw this suit and let us resolve this matter within our family."

"I have been approached by every major network to do an interview on the story-- naturally I have not consented and in the cases where I was approached via email, I have not replied. I have no interest in exposing this private matter to further media spectacle as my sister insisted today. By parading these ungrounded emergency motions (i.e. Restraining Order and Emergency Injunction) in Court today, she is wasting the Court's time when there are much more important matters on which it could be focusing. Frankly, I'm embarrassed and ashamed for her right now more than anything."