Gabi Grecko — whose real name is Gabriella Curtis — shared her account of the notorious flight to Las Vegas on Super Bowl weekend in February 2013 that is central to the case against Deputy Inspector James Grant and businessman Jeremy Reichberg. Former Deputy Inspector James Grant was allegedly treated to a trip to Las Vegas via a private plane, where a prostitute was on board; a two-night suite at a hotel room in Rome; and countless lavish gifts, dinners and home improvement projects in exchange for granting special favors to Borough Park businessman Jeremy Reichberg, prosecutors said.
According to her story, she engaged in numerous sex acts with the Orthodox Jewish Jeremy Reichberg and other men on the flight to Las Vegas, and in the hotels.
She claims she was ripped off, and only got $1,500 for the three days of orgies.
“I was not very happy. It was not very much…That many days with those type of people,” Grecko, 29, said. “It was a long weekend.”
“James Grant let himself be bought,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Lonergan during opening arguments in the NYPD corruption trial Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. “He betrayed his oath as an officer of the NYPD and broke the law.”
Prosecutors claim the Hasidic businessman paid for new windows and railings at Grant’s home, and bought his wife and kids expensive Christmas gifts, including jewelry and a Nintendo gaming system.
In 2008, Reichberg met business partner Jona Rechnitz — a wealthy real estate developer who testified he made large donations to Mayor Bill de Blasio and other politicians and received special treatment — and the two teamed-up to get favors and NYPD access. De Blasio has denied Rechnitz’s allegations.
Rechnitz has since pleaded guilty to his role in the bribery scheme in exchange for cooperating with the feds. Defense attorneys painted Rechnitz — the government’s star witness — as a wanna-be rich guy who bribed cops to elevate his status in the community.
