On HLN's 'The Joy Behar Show' Thursday night, Martin London, Mark Madoff's father-in-law, discussed an emotional letter he wrote to Bernie Madoff a week after Mark's suicide.
Mark Madoff , Bernie's son, committed suicide in December, 2010, amid the mounting pressure surrounding his father's massive ponzi scheme. London discovered his body.
London said he did not actually send the letter, because he was "furious" while he wrote it and because he thought any communication sent to a prison would be monitored. But he read the full text of his missive on the air:
What I wrote to him was, Bernie, while I will not send you pictures of your grandchildren, there is one picture I do want you to see. That last picture of you son Mark. You owe it to his widow, his children, his brother, his mother, to try to see it in color and 3D, to see what I saw when I walked into that apartment at 7:30 AM in the morning. So here is what I wish for you Bernie. First I wish you a long life in prison. Second here's the plan Bernie, every time you sit down to eat, as you pick up your plastic fork I want you to see your son's corpse hanging from the rafter directly over your table. Right in front of you Bernie! So at every meal when you pick up your utensil as you hold it in your hand ready to eat your prison meal, you see your son Mark. His white sweat socks are swaying ever so gently at your eye level, immediately above your food dish. And as you look up Bernie you see your first-born son hanging, his head at a left leaning angle, looking down at you asking how could you do that to your son who up until two years before his death had given the greatest gift his unconditional love for his father.
After reading the text of his letter, Landon grew angry about the fact that Bernie Madoff has access to television and other amenities in prison. "He gets free psychiatrists, he gets free emails... why isn't he in a hole where he belongs?"
Bernie Madoff has been in the news again recently. A book by his surviving son, Andrew, has revealed new details, about the man and his crimes. For example, Madoff and his wife, Ruth, attempted suicide, but failed.
Watch London's powerful interview below:
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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-tv/mark-madoffs-fatherinlaw-_b_1062934.html
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