My Claus von Bulow Affaire

Andréa Reynolds was Claus von Bulow’s mistress from 1982 to 1987, and she helped him successfully appeal his conviction of attempted murder, for which he had been sentenced to thirty-two years in prison.

Von Bulow was convicted in 1982 of two counts of attempted murder of his wife, the immensely wealthy heiress Martha “Sunny” von Bulow. His wife was rich, beautiful, and American—and the case stirred up a firestorm of coverage in the tabloids and mainstream press.

But Reynolds, an aristocrat...