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THEY WILL CATCH THE OTHER GUY.
THEY'VE CAUGHT THE FIRST GUY.
COTMAN IS BEING HELD ON A
MILLION DOLLARS BAIL.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE
ALLEGED ***-FOR-HIRE PLOT
IN ROCKLAND COUNTY.
A WELL-KNOWN PODIATRIST AND
HIS GIRLFRIEND ARE ACCUSED OF
OFFERING A PHONY HIT MAN
$100,000 FOR THE JOB.
CBS 2'S LOU YOUNG TELLS US THE
GRAND JURY TOOK ACTION JUST AS
THE DOCTOR MADE BAIL.
Reporter: DR. IRA
BERNSTEIN'S PARENTS AND SISTER
LEFT THE ROCKLAND COUNTY
COURTHOUSE MOMENTS AFTER
POSTING $600,000 BAIL FOR THE
DEFENDANT.
THE PODIATRIST HAS BEEN IN
JAIL SINCE MONDAY NIGHT WHEN
HE WAS ARRESTED WITH HIS
GIRLFRIEND FOR ALLEGEDLY
TRYING TO HAVE HIS WIFE
MURDERED.
BERNSTEIN'S FATHER A LOCAL
ACCOUNTANT PUT UP $450,000 IN
PROPERTY WHICH ADDED TO
$150,000 IN CASH SECURING HIS
SON'S RELEASE.
NO COMMENT.
Reporter: THE 42-YEAR-OLD
FOOT DOCTOR NOW STANDS
INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY
PLOTTING TO HIRE A HIT MAN TO
END A PROTRACTED DIVORCE
BATTLE WITH THE MOTHER OF HIS
THREE CHILDREN.
THE GRAND JURY SAYS BERNSTEIN
AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, 35-YEAR-
OLD KELLY GRIBELUK ARE ON TAPE
AND VIDEO NEGOTIATING WITH
AUNE AND COVER INFORMANT THEY
THOUGHT WAS A KILLER.
BEFORE RELEASING BERNSTEIN,
THE JUDGE CAUTIONED THAT BEING
OUT OF JAIL ISN'T THE SAME
THING AS BEING FREE.
IT APPEARS YOU'RE GOING TO
BE RELEASED TODAY.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE FREE.
QUITE THE CONTRARY.
Reporter: BERNSTEIN HUGGED
HIS PARENTS AS HE WAS RELEASED
FROM JAIL.
THE INDICTMENT SAYS HE SOUGHT
TO ROUGH UP THE INSURANCE
INVESTIGATIONS TO PREVENT
FRAUD INVESTIGATION.
THE LURED CHARGES HAVE SHAKEN
UP THE FAMILY.
THESE ARE DEDICATED PEOPLE.
THEY ARE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.
THEY ARE FINE PEOPLE.
THE FATHER AND MOTHER AND THE
SISTER AND BROTHER ARE GOING
THROUGH HELL AND THANK GOD HE
IS OUT OF JAIL NOW AND WE'RE
FIRMLY BELIEVING THAT HE WILL
BE EXONERATED.
Reporter: ALTHOUGH
BERNSTEIN'S OUT ON BAIL, HIS
CO-DEFENDANT AND GIRLFRIEND
REMAINS BEHIND BARS UNABLE TO
RAISE $600,000 OF HER OWN.
SHE IS ALSO A MOTHER OF THREE.
WE ARE AT THE ROCKLAND COUNTY
JAIL IN NEW CITY, LOU YOUNG,
CBS 2 NEWS.
COURT PAPERS SHOW THE
*** OF BERNSTEIN'S WIFE WAS
TO LOOK LIKE AN ACCIDENT.
THE PLAN WAS TO RUN HER DOWN