A prominent New York doctor, embroiled in a courtroom saga with a former Long Island stripper he once had an affair with, has labeled the relationship the “worst mistake of my life,” as disclosed in recent legal documents.
Dr. Keith Hoerning, a 51-year-old affluent family physician, responded to accusations from his 39-year-old former mistress, Rosana Kissoon, by submitting a court filing on Thursday. This filing included screenshots purportedly showing text exchanges that illustrate the dancer’s mounting threats as their once-passionate romance unraveled, the Daily Mail reported.
Previously, Rosana Kissoon initiated a $1 million lawsuit in Suffolk County court against Hoerning, claiming an 18-month tryst bursting with affectionate “I love you” texts. This legal action followed Hoerning’s attempt to have her arrested as their illicit relationship disintegrated, as detailed in earlier reports by The Post.
Describing the affair as the most regrettable decision of his life, the married doctor asserted that the significant sums of money he gave to the exotic dancer were not tokens of affection. Instead, they were responses to her increasing demands—a desperate bid to thwart her threats to destroy his family and harm his father-in-law, according to the filings accessed by the Mail.
In one of the alleged text conversations, Kissoon inquired of her married paramour, “Are u willing to pay me to let this go and leave u alone?” This was succeeded by a series of messages expressing her frustration that Hoerning prioritized time with his wife over her.
“All I wanted was for you to try and make us happy. You never even try,” Kissoon allegedly wrote. “U are only doing this for that relationship not ours.”
But other exchanges between the pair paint a much more sordid picture of their scandalous lovefest.
Kissoon allegedly threatened the life of Hoerning’s father-in-law after suggesting he was standing in the way of their illicit affair, one text exchange shows.
“I will get him killed,” the stripper allegedly wrote. “If he’s why we cant be together.”
Hoerning then allegedly responded with “I don’t want you to hurt anyone,” and repeatedly begged her to stop.
In another exchange, Kissoon allegedly ordered Hoerning, “From now on you will only pay me,” and followed up with another text minutes later declaring, “I want u dead.”
“If i [cant] be with u I’ll end ur family,” Kissoon allegedly threatened.
The married doctor allegedly apologized to Kissoon and wrote, “I’m sorry,” and “I don’t understand what happened.”
Other alleged text exchanges reveal the pair fought over the exotic dancer blowing up the affair and exposing Hoerning’s infidelities to his wife and demanding money.
“I want it all,” Kissoon allegedly wrote. “You said you will pay for my car…You want her ok…It will be a price ok.”
“I can’t be if you keep acting this way,” Hoerning allegedly replied, and later admitted “I paid bc you told me.”
Kissoon allegedly admitted in another text thread, “It’s over…I never cared about u…I used u,” followed by nine separate messages that read, “I want to call her,” seemingly referencing Hoerning’s wife, Nicole.
“I don’t know why u are being like this…Please stop…Pleas [sic] just stop,” Hoerning allegedly begs in response.
In a sworn affirmation, Hoerning admitted, “I met Rosana Kissoon and developed a relationship with her that reflects the worst mistake of my life.”
“Capitalizing on my mistake, Ms Kissoon began demanding money from me on the threat of exposing our secret relationship to my family, and she engaged in other threatening and menacing behavior.”
“The present lawsuit appears to be an attempt to continue menacing and embarrassing me, now out in the spotlight of public litigation filings, even though the suit is completely meritless on its substance,” Hoerning claimed.
Hoerning’s attorneys argue that the messages between the pair demonstrate Kissoon was using the threat of exposing their affair as a way to elicit money from Hoerning.
However, Kissoon disputed the claim and alleged that the payments were instead voluntary financial support during the relationship.
Kissoon’s attorney, Michael Treanor previously rejected allegations that his client pursued Hoerning for financial gain and insisted she believed the couple were building a life together, according to the Mail.
“When I took on this case, it didn’t strike me as a gold-digger situation,” Treanor previously told the publication. “It struck me that she cared for him.”
“She found out she wasn’t going to have that, and then Keith brought the whole legal system and judicial and police force on her,” he added.