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Senior executives at News Corp. urged publisher Judith Regan to lie to investigators about ex-New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik in order to protect Rudy Giuliani’s presidential ambitions, Regan alleges in a lawsuit filed this week.

Judith Regan says News Corp. executives told her to lie about her affair with Bernard Kerik.

The lawsuit does not name the executives or cite any documents to back up her allegation. News Corp., which is led by Rupert Murdoch and is the parent company of the Fox television network and cable news channel, called the suit’s claims “preposterous” Wednesday.

But Regan says she was the victim of a smear campaign “to save the reputation of Kerik and, by association, Rudy Giuliani.”

Regan says she had an affair with Kerik that began in 2001.

The 70-page lawsuit was filed in a state court in New York just days after Kerik’s indictment on federal corruption charges in a case that has fueled criticism of Giuliani, his longtime patron.

Regan ran the News Corp.-owned imprint ReganBooks before her 2006 firing. She also appeared on a talk show on Fox News for several years.

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