A married New York doctor locked in a bitter legal battle with his former Long Island stripper mistress has described their affair as the “worst mistake of my life,” according to a newly filed court document.
Keith Hoerning, a 51-year-old wealthy family physician, responded Thursday to claims from his ex-mistress, 39-year-old Rosana Kissoon, by submitting screenshots of alleged text messages that he says show her threats intensifying as their relationship unraveled, the Daily Mail reported.
Kissoon has sued Hoerning for $1 million in Suffolk County court, alleging the pair carried on an 18-month affair that included affectionate “I love you” messages before the relationship collapsed and Hoerning attempted to have her arrested, The Post previously reported.
In the filing obtained by the Mail, Hoerning said the extramarital relationship was the “worst mistake of his life” and argued that the large sums of money he gave Kissoon were not romantic gifts, but payments made in response to what he described as increasingly volatile demands — including alleged threats to “end” his family and have his father-in-law killed.
One alleged exchange shows Kissoon asking Hoerning, “Are u willing to pay me to let this go and leave u alone?,” before sending a series of messages accusing him of prioritizing 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.”
Other alleged messages included in the filing suggest the relationship had grown far more explosive behind the scenes.
According to one text exchange cited in the court papers, Kissoon allegedly threatened Hoerning’s father-in-law after claiming he was interfering with their affair.
“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.
