NYC surgeon, beauty-queen wife settle divorce amid his claim she’s a hooker
By Priscilla DeGregory and Tamar LapinJuly 26, 2021 | 4:52pm | Updated
A bitter divorce between a top New York City spine surgeon and his beauty-queen wife was quickly settled Monday — after he filed court papers making tawdry accusations that she was moonlighting as a high-priced call girl.
Dr. Han Jo Kim and estranged spouse Regina Turner, a former Miss Connecticut USA, put their contentious split to bed before a public hearing scheduled for 10 a.m. could take place, said Lucian Chalfen, spokesman for the state Office of Court Administration.
Hospital for Special Surgery Dr. Han Jo Kim split with his wife, former Miss Connecticut USA Regina Turner.linkedin
The swift settlement followed a stunning 264-page filing in Manhattan Supreme Court in which Kim, 41, sought to annul the marriage — claiming his 32-year-old wife had duped him into the union by hiding her “secret life as a prostitute for wealthy men.”
The doctor alleged that Turner had pocketed nearly $700,000 in cash from johns since 2015.
He filed for divorce in December 2020 after finding a racy text message from another man on a computer in the couple’s Upper East Side home, court documents state.
The pair officially separated in April — and Kim said he then learned his wife had been selling sex for money starting before they wed Nov. 27, 2015, and continuing throughout their marriage, according to the amended complaint filed earlier this month in Manhattan Supreme Court.
Turner’s alleged financial records showed $675,030 in cash deposits from 2015 to 2021 -— with many checks coming from a New Jersey real estate executive, as well as a lighting designer’s UK-based company, according to the document.
“It remains inconceivable to plaintiff that given his substantial earnings as a spine surgeon, and his enormous generosity to defendant, that defendant continued to sell sex for money during the marriage,” the complaint alleges.
Turner, who was crowned Miss Connecticut USA in 2011, allegedly conned Kim while the pair dated, telling the doc that she was working on an app supported by a wealthy investor.
When Kim asked Turner how she was supporting herself while the app was still in development, she claimed she was living off a $500,000 inheritance from her great-grandmother, the filing states.
Miss Connecticut USA Regina Turner at the 2011 Miss USA Preliminary Competition.Alamy Stock Photo
Actually, “her savings and access to funds derived from her receipt of money in exchange for provision of sexual services,” the complaint says.
Turner allegedly covered up her secret sex work by telling her hubby she was going out with girlfriends or had to travel for work, according to the papers.
The filing says she also lied about her education, saying she had been a chemistry major at the University of Connecticut for three years until she took a leave of absence to compete in the Miss USA Pageant. According to the court docs, she never even graduated from high school.
Lawyers for Turner and Kim did not return requests for comment Monday.
