Kimberly Guilfoyle
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| Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle | |
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| Born | March 9, 1969 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Host of The Lineup (Fox News Channel) |
| Spouse(s) | Gavin Newsom (m. 2001–2006) Eric Villency (m. 2006–present) |
| Website Biography on FoxNews.com |
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Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle (born March 9, 1969) is an American cable news personality and is currently a regular contributor on Geraldo at Large, a weekend show that airs on the Fox News Channel, as well as host of an internet-only crime-related program for Fox News. She is a contributor to the The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity. Another Fox News show that she frequents on is the late-night satire program Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld. She was previously an anchor at Court TV and a legal analyst/commentator for CNN and ABC. She is the ex-wife of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.
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[edit] Early career
While in school, she worked as a catalog model for Macy's and Victoria's Secret. After law school, she briefly worked as a prosecutor in San Francisco, but lost her job in 1996 when Terence Hallinan was elected District Attorney and fired 14 of the city's prosecutors.[1]
Guilfoyle then spent four years in Los Angeles as a Deputy District Attorney, working on adult and juvenile cases, including narcotics, domestic violence, kidnapping, robbery, arson, sexual assault and homicide cases. She received several awards at the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, including Prosecutor of the Month.
In 2000, Guilfoyle returned to her former job in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, still under the administration of Terrence Hallinan. The following year, she married Gavin Newsom, then a city supervisor, who was elected mayor in 2003. While married to Newsom, she went by the name Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom.
Guilfoyle served as an Assistant District Attorney at the San Francisco District Attorney's Office from 2000 to 2004. While Assistant D.A., she earned a conviction in the 2002 case People v. Noel and Knoller, a second-degree murder trial involving a dog mauling, that received international attention.[2] At the trial, Guilfoyle was "second chair" to lead prosecutor James Hammer.[2](p. 211)
In January, 2004, Guilfoyle moved to New York to host the program Both Sides on Court TV, as well as take a job as a legal analyst on Anderson Cooper 360. In January 2005, citing the strain of a bi-coastal marriage, Guilfoyle filed for divorce from Newsom. Their divorce was finalized on February 28, 2006.[3] Guilfoyle took over as host of the Fox News Channel weekend show The Lineup on February 11, 2006. Fox relaunched the show with new music and graphics specifically as a vehicle for Guilfoyle. The Lineup was eventually cancelled but Kim remains a prominent personality at the Channel.
[edit] Personal life
Guilfoyle is a second generation American. She was born in San Francisco to a Puerto Rican mother and an Irish father. She grew up in the Mission District and Westlake and is a graduate of Mercy High School. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Davis. She received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of San Francisco Law School.
On May 27, 2006, Guilfoyle married furniture heir Eric Villency on the island of Barbados. On October 4, 2006, she gave birth to her first child, a boy named Ronan Anthony.[4]
It was announced on June 23, 2009 that Guilfoyle and Villency have separated.[5]
She is a Roman Catholic.
[edit] References
- ^ Hallinan defends firing of deputies
- ^ a b Jones, Aphrodite. Red Zone: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the San Francisco Dog Mauling. New York: William Morrow, 2003. ISBN 0060537795
- ^ Gavin and Kimberly are officially divorced
- ^ Entries from SFist tagged with '2006/10/04/the_littlest_guilfency'
- ^ Splitsville for Kim Guilfoyle and Eric Villency from New York Post 23 June 2009
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