A STONE-FACED Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly showed no emotion Friday as he faced the media for the first time since a bombshell rape allegation against his son grabbed headlines.
The city’s top cop appeared stoic as he calmly deflected a barrage of questions about “Good Day New York” host Greg Kelly.
“I’m not, with all due respect, going to answer questions on this matter,” Kelly told about 50 reporters after a promotions ceremony at Police Headquarters.
“All those questions should go to the Manhattan district attorney’s office.”
The NYPD referred the case to the district attorney’s office to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. Asked how he was holding up amid the allegations, Kelly remained tight-lipped, revealing no hint of his possible torment.
“I respect that question, but I’m not going to answer anything related to that matter,” said Kelly, a former Marine.
Kelly was put on the defensive two days after reports surfaced that a paralegal accused his 43-year-old son of rape. Greg Kelly, who has not been charged with a crime, has denied the allegation through his lawyer.
The 30-year-old woman told cops she met Kelly on the street in October, exchanged numbers and then texts — and agreed to meet him for drinks at the South Street Seaport. Sources described the texts — sent before and after the alleged assault — as flirtatious between Kelly and his accuser.
At the tail end of the pair’s boozy date on Oct. 8, she led the Fox newsman to her Wall Street-area law office because her boyfriend was home, sources said. She told cops she was raped in the office while in a drunken stupor.
Despite the reported tenor of the texts, sources said the accuser called Kelly and demanded an explanation.
“Why’d you do that,” she asked, according to a police source.
She also told investigators she got pregnant and had an abortion. Her much-older boyfriend — who had gotten a vasectomy — found out about the tryst and angrily confronted Raymond Kelly at a recent public event, sources said.
It wasn’t until Tuesday night that the woman reported the alleged crime.
While the city’s top cop faced the glare of news cameras, his son remained out of sight on Friday. He has requested time off from his television gig and isn’t expected to return until the probe is resolved.
A source said Kelly’s lawyer, Andrew Lankler, met with prosecutors Thursday, but wouldn’t elaborate.
Experts said prosecutors would have to gather a raft of evidence against Kelly to support the accuser’s claims.
