FORMER HONOLULU POLICE CHIEF'S WIFE PUT A LINE OF COKE ON HIS DESK WHEN HE WAS STILL CHIEF

Prosecutors: To win a bet, Katherine Kealoha once put a line of cocaine on her husband’s HPD desk

 

Hawaii News Now 

July 20, 2021

 

                                                   Katherine Kealoha

 

HONOLULU - In a stunning revelation included in newly-filed court documents, federal prosecutors say former deputy city Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha won a bet by taking a photo with a line of cocaine on her husband’s desk while he was Honolulu police chief.

The documents are part of the upcoming trial against Kealoha’s brother, Dr. Rudy Puana.

 

                    Dr. Rudy Puana (right) stands with ex-Police Chief Louis Kealoha

 

Puana is accused of running an illegal drug ring.

Prosecutors say he used his Big Island pain clinic as a source for opioids and other drugs that were used and distributed by Katherine and other friends.

Kealoha is serving time along with her husband and two former officers in connection with one of the state’s largest public corruption probes. She also previously pleaded guilty to crimes in her brother’s drug case.

Puana is scheduled for trial on Sept. 14.