{"id":177962,"date":"2025-08-26T20:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/177962\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T20:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:50:10","slug":"ny-podiatrist-pleads-guilty-in-connection-with-second-attempt-to-have-wife-murdered-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/177962\/","title":{"rendered":"NY podiatrist pleads guilty in connection with second attempt to have wife murdered: DA"},"content":{"rendered":"

An unhinged Rockland County podiatrist is facing down another prison stint after he a second failed attempt to kill his estranged wife<\/a> \u2014 who is now a certified divorce coach, prosecutors announced Monday.<\/p>\n

Ira Bernstein, of Montebello, pleaded guilty to tampering with physical evidence in connection with the 2022 murder plot against Susan Bernstein after he languished in a jail cell for four years, the Rockland County District Attorney\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

The 51-year-old was recorded asking a landscaper to kill the mother of his children in the most recent conspiracy, according to the district attorney.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He then tried to get the file destroyed after realizing it existed, prosecutors said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the kind of conduct where we have victims, victims of domestic violence, that we will prosecute fully,\u201d Rockland DA Thomas Walsh said, according to News 12.<\/a> \u201cWe in Rockland County want to stand for protection of innocent victims in all walks of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ira Bernstein pleaded guilty this week. News 12<\/p>\n

The foot doctor, 51, has been trying to find someone to murder his now ex-wife dating back at least a decade, prosecutors said. <\/p>\n

Bernstein conspired with his then-lover, mother of three Kelly Gribeluk, to offer a car salesman about $100,000 to fatally mow down Susan Bernstein in what would look like an accident, Lohud.com reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

But the salesman instead alerted Ramapo police about the offer, leading to the pair\u2019s arrests.<\/p>\n

Bernstein pleaded guilty in 2017 to second-degree conspiracy and other counts, and was sentenced to a prison term between five and 15 years. Gribeluk was hit with at least four years in jail. <\/p>\n

Goldberg is also expected to plead guilty. Jaclyn Goldberg\/Facebook<\/p>\n

He was cut loose on merit on July 1, 2021 and again looked into having his other-half killed, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

During the second plot, the doctor and his sister, attorney Jaclyn Goldberg, attempted to destroy an audio recording in August or September 2022 that had him on tape asking a landscaper to murder Susan, according to prosecutors. <\/p>\n

The siblings would agree to give the landscaper back control of his business that was at the center of a dispute if he handed over the audio, prosecutors said, according to Lohud.com.<\/p>\n

Susan Bernstein, Ira\u2019s estranged wife. Oxygen<\/p>\n

Bernstein was originally indicted on criminal solicitation and tampering with evidence while his sibling, Goldberg was charged with tampering with evidence, hindering prosecutors and conspiracy in the fifth degree.<\/p>\n

He could spend between a year-and a-half and three years behind bars in exchange for the guilty plea. His sentencing is scheduled for December.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Goldberg is expected to plead guilty in September, but will likely avoid jail time, Lohud.com reported. <\/p>\n

Susan Bernstein could not be reached for comment, but called her husband \u201cevil\u201d at his first sentencing. <\/p>\n

Court records indicate the two divorced in 2023.<\/p>\n

Susan has been a divorce coach for at least several years, promising to help clients thrive following nasty break-ups. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe helps clients achieve their goals and get to where they want to be,\u201d according to her website. <\/p>\n

\u201cSusan helps many clients who want to get out of toxic relationships get what they need and deserve related to their children and finances.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unhinged Rockland County podiatrist is facing down another prison stint after he a second failed attempt to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":177963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5248,27813,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,2938,61304,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-177962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-murders","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-prisons","18":"tag-rockland-county","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-us-news","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115097044541809181","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}