Channel 7 general manager charged after alleged tirade

[Ian David]

The general manager of WHDH Channel 7 was arrested after an allegedly drunken, obscenity-laced tirade at Logan International Airport in which she threatened to call a news crew and put a state trooper "on TV and ruin {his} life," according to a police report.

Randi Goldklank flailed her arms and screamed at State Police when they took her into custody after her Delta flight landed Sunday night, according to the report. She had to be helped off the plane by two crew members, according to the report, and struck a trooper in the chest, breaking the prescription glasses in his pocket.

"I'm a big shot in Boston and I'll have your {expletive} jobs," Goldklank told the troopers, according to the report. "You think you're a {expletive} tough guy, just you watch and see what the {expletive} happens to you when I get out of here."

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Goldklank defended her behavior to the Boston Herald Monday night and told the paper she was inappropriately touched by a male passenger seated beside her. There was no mention of the male passenger in the State Police report. Trooper Eric Benson, a department spokesman, said this morning that “there has been no complaint made to the State Police alleging any such improper contact.”

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A State Police form called an alcohol influence report described her as disorderly, argumentative, and unsteady on her feet. Troopers overheard Goldklank tell paramedics that she was depressed because her mother had recently died, and that she had been taking Lexapro, an antidepressant.




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http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/04/channel_7_gener.html?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed1

[MADem]

1. Goldklank took over Channel 7 in 2007 and also runs its sister station, WLVI-TV (Channel 56).

Not for long, perhaps....

[Ian David]

2. Well, I think she's pretty, so they should just drop the whole thing. n/t