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Former Bernie Madoff employees want more info on office ‘sex’ claims

Five former employees of Bernard Madoff responded Thursday to government assertions that all but one of them and Madoff were involved “in romantic and/or sexual relationships” with one another and that Madoff himself was ensnared in a “love triangle.”

In short, they want more details, according to papers filed in Manhattan federal court.

Madoff pleaded guilty in March 2009 to running a fraud of up to $65 billion at his investment firm and is serving a 150-year prison sentence.

The five are former investment-advisory employees Joann Crupi and Annette Bongiorno, former operations manager Daniel Bonventre, and former computer programmers Jerome O’Hara and George Perez.

Lawyers for the employees did not comment.

But the attorneys demanded more details in a legal filing.

“We still have no information regarding the timing or duration of the relationships or the source of the information, and these facts are critical to the defendants’ decision whether or not to cross-examine the government’s witnesses concerning the allegations,” the filing said.