Whitey Bulger's Girlfriend Catherine Greig Free After Completing Sentence

THE GIRLFRIEND OF WHITEY BULGER IS A FREE WOMAN. CATHERINE GRIEG FINISHED SERVING HER SENTENCE FOR HAVING HIDDEN WHITEY BULGER FOR 16 YEARS. SHE IS THRILLED IT'S ALL OVER. TODAY IS WHEN IT ENDS. THEY CAME AND TOOK THE BRACELET OFTEN IT WAS MARVELOUS. Reporter: AN OUT CATHERINE GRIEG IS A FREE WOMAN. THE LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND OF WHITEY BULGER LIVING QUIETLY AND SOUTH BOSTON WITH HER TWIN SISTER . SHE WOKE UP THIS MORNING HAPPY. WE WENT FOR A WALK. TWO WALKS. Reporter: SHE WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HER ELECTRONIC MONITORING BRACELET. SHE FINISHES HER SENTENCE FOR HELPING WHITEY BULGER OF A CAPTURE FOR 16 YEARS. SHE SERVED AN EIGHT YEAR SENTENCE AND ANOTHER 21 MONTHS FOR REFUSING TO TESTIFY'S, SHE SAYS IT HASN'T BEEN AN EASY RETURN. IT WAS DIFFICULT IN THE BEGINNING BUT IT WAS EASY NOW. HER SISTER SAYS THAT SHE HAS BEEN EMBRACED BY THE COMMUNITY SINCE HER RETURN HER DESPITE HER HIGH PROFILE STATUS. THEY ALL KNOW HER. THEY KNOW THAT SHE IS A WONDERFUL PERSON. Reporter: SHE WAS FAITHFUL TO A MAN CONVICTED IN THE MURDERS OF 11 PEOPLE WHILE RUNNING A CRIME RING IN THE 70s AND 80s. THEY WERE ARRESTED IN SANTA MONICA IN 2011. SHE PLED GUILTY TO HELPING WHITEY BULGER ONE YEAR LATER. HE WAS MURDERED IN A PRISON. HER SISTER WAS LOYAL OF LOVE. THERE WAS NO REASON TO BLAME HER FOR ANYTHING. SHE SHOULD NEVER HAVE GONE TO PRISON.

Channel: CBS Boston

Views: 16,293

Keywords: WBZ News Evening, Beth Germano, Whitey Bulger, Catherine Greig

Id: 4fDVTmp2Yk8

Length: 1min 57sec (117 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 23 2020