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According to Laurie Johnson, the fiancee of Kelly A. Frank, ( Montana man charged with plotting to kidnap David Letterman's son) her husband-to-be is being falsely accused by a childhood friend he had a falling out with. In interviews published Saturday, Johnson told the New York Daily News and New York Post that the estranged friend has a "personal vendetta" against Frank because of a fight they had at work, and has been trying to incriminate him ever since. Johnson said the informant twisted an offhand remark Frank had made about Letterman increasing security at the ranch into a threat against the child.
Kelly A. Frank was arrested Monday after the estranged friend told authorities that Frank had confided a plan to kidnap 16-month-old Harry Joseph Letterman and his nanny for $5 million in ransom.
Frank, 43, and the informant not only had been friends since they were 10 but also had worked together at the talk-show host's ranch, west of Choteau, Mont., said the fiancee.
Frank is charged with felony solicitation, felony theft for allegedly overcharging Letterman for painting work and misdemeanor obstruction for allegedly lying to an FBI agent who first questioned him about the plot. Frank previously pleaded guilty to stalking and intimidating a woman who alleges he also kidnapped and raped her reports AP.
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