A wealthy married New York doctor allegedly spent months having an affair with a stripper, promising to leave his family for her – only to call police and seek a restraining order after she exposed their tryst to his wife, a lawsuit claims.
Rosana Kissoon, 39, alleged in a lawsuit filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court last month that family physician Dr. Keith Hoerning, a 51-year-old father of two, pursued her romantically after meeting her at a gentlemen’s club in Long Island in late 2024.
Hoerning allegedly pursued Kissoon through persistent calls and messages before professing his love, gifting her tens of thousands of dollars and repeatedly assuring Kissoon that he would find a way for them to be together, according to the lawsuit.
But the 18-month affair unraveled this spring after Kissoon called Hoerning’s wife to divulge their relations, prompting a bitter legal campaign in which the doctor allegedly tried to have her arrested and sought court-ordered protections.
Hoerning told police she threatened to ‘hire goons’ to beat his family and allegedly cited a photograph of a framed Scarface poster Kissoon owned as evidence she posed a serious danger, according to the filing.
Kissoon’s attorney, Michael Treanor, told the Daily Mail the fallout has cost Kissoon her day job at a healthcare facility, forced her to seek counseling and left her emotionally devastated.
She is seeking damages that could exceed $1 million.
‘It’s not just that she thought she was going to have a better life,’ Treanor said.
‘She found out she wasn’t going to have that, and then Keith brought the whole legal system and judicial and police force on her. She’s done nothing wrong but have a relationship with Mr Hoerning.’
Dr Keith Hoerning, a 51-year-old father of two, and his wife, Nicole, 34, were accused in a lawsuit of mounting a coordinated campaign against Rosana Kassoon after she came forward about their alleged affair. Through their attorney, they denied her claims
Rosana Kissoon, 39, alleged in a lawsuit filed last month that she met Hoerning while working at a strip club in Long Island, New York
Kissoon’s lawsuit accuses Hoerning and his glamorous younger wife, Nicole, 34, of mounting a coordinated campaign to punish, silence and discredit her after she exposed the alleged affair.
The Hoernings have not yet filed a response to the allegations in court. But their attorney, Bruce Barket, claimed to the Daily Mail that Kissoon’s lawsuit is ‘filled with lies’ and accused her of orchestrating an illegal blackmail and extortion plot that he hedges will end with criminal charges.
‘This is an issue that I have run across several times. A man makes an error and is blackmailed,’ Barket said. ‘This stripper is different because she had the audacity to file a lawsuit, pushing the blackmail to another level.
‘The suit is filled with lies, provable lies. Nearly every allegation in the suit is false,’ he added.
‘We will file an answer and counterclaims. We have her text messages and voice recordings proving the extortion plot.’
Hoerning is a family physician with 25 years of experience who owns Doctors Care, which operates clinics in Lindenhurst and Long Beach, and is also co-founder and chief medical officer of the wellness and aesthetics center Modern Dose.
He and Nicole live with their two young children in a $900,000 three-bedroom home in Greenlawn, records show.
Hoerning is a family physician with 25 years of experience who owns two medical businesses
In her filing, Kissoon claimed the doctor promised he’d leave his family and find a way for them to be together
According to Kissoon’s complaint, Hoerning introduced himself to her at her workplace in November or December 2024 and then pursued her persistently through calls and text messages.
The relationship became intimate in February 2025, and by late October the pair were allegedly seeing each other two or three times a week and communicating every day.
Hoerning allegedly sent messages reading ‘I love you,’ ‘I will give you what you want’ and ‘I will find a way,’ while providing what Treanor described as ‘substantial’ financial support through electronic transfers over the course of their relationship.
Treanor declined to specify how much money Hoerning allegedly sent Kissoon but reiterated the sum was ‘significant’.
The attorney added that Hoerning remained at home with Nicole and their children throughout the relationship, but repeatedly told Kissoon he intended to leave his wife, as noted in the complaint.
‘He had made promises to her that he was leaving her, and that they would have a happy life together,’ Treanor claimed, reiterating what the complaint set forth.
The relationship began to unravel in May 2026 when a lawyer retained by Hoerning sent Kissoon a cease-and-desist letter demanding that she stop contacting him and his family.
The letter also threatened her with federal criminal prosecution and demanded that she destroy records and other evidence of their relationship.
Yet Hoerning allegedly resumed contact almost immediately, the lawsuit says.
Hoerning and Nicole live with their two young children in a $900,000 three-bedroom home in Greenlawn, records show
Two days after the May 15 letter, he sent Kissoon a personal family photograph through WhatsApp, the complaint says.
Then, on May 24, he allegedly sent her messages reading: ‘So hot! See u soon’ and ‘Miss u already.’
The lawsuit says the messages show Hoerning was still initiating affectionate contact after a lawyer acting on his behalf had demanded that Kissoon stay away and destroy their communications.
Treanor described the letter as ‘intimidating’ and said he doesn’t know why it was sent while the relationship was allegedly continuing, as claimed in the complaint.
Two days after Hoerning’s final messages, on May 26, Kissoon telephoned Nicole and told her about their alleged affair, according to the lawsuit.
Hoerning repeatedly tried to reach Kissoon after she spoke to his wife, the lawsuit says, with telephone records showing approximately 18 outgoing calls from his number that same day.
The following evening, however, he went to police and portrayed Kissoon as a threat, accusing her of aggravated harassment, the suit says.
Hoerning allegedly arrived at Suffolk County Police Department’s Second Precinct and announced: ‘I spoke to my lawyer and I need to have her arrested,’ per the complaint.
He accused Kissoon of threatening him and his family and of ‘destroying his business,’ according to her complaint.
The following day, Hoerning filed a sworn Family Court petition claiming Kissoon had threatened during a phone call to hire ‘goons’ to ‘beat you and your family’ and to ‘rip your wife’s … face off.’
According to Kissoon’s complaint, Hoerning introduced himself to her at her workplace in November or December 2024 and then pursued her persistently through calls and texts
Treanor said Nicole then ‘doubled down’ by making her own allegations and joining her husband’s effort to obtain a restraining order against Kissoon.
He said Kissoon, rather than Hoerning, became the target after revealing the relationship.
Hoerning’s allegation that Kissoon had ‘destroyed his business’ is not explained in the complaint.
Treanor said Kissoon has never worked for, participated in or taken action against any of Hoerning’s medical businesses.
‘How does my client, who is of modest means and works really hard – she worked two jobs – destroy his business?’ he said. ‘There’s no connection whatsoever.’
Hoerning’s sworn Family Court petition also accused Kissoon of sending him a ‘picture of a handgun’ and telling him she had a license to use one, per the complaint.
But her lawsuit says the image showed a framed Scarface display featuring Al Pacino holding a prop firearm, along with a tiny model gun and other pieces of movie memorabilia.
Kissoon says she has never held a firearms license nor owned any gun.
Nevertheless, the Family Court issued a temporary order of protection against her on the strength of Hoerning’s petition, including a firearms-surrender provision.
In his petition, Hoerning also accused Kissoon of grand larceny and attempted assault, despite allegedly describing neither a theft nor any physical attack. The complaint says all money she received had been transferred voluntarily by Hoerning.
The dates in Hoerning’s police complaint and Family Court petition also differed, according to the lawsuit.
His petition placed the alleged threatening call at around 6am on May 25, while the police report recorded it at noon the following day – the same day she told Nicole about the affair and Hoerning allegedly called her around 18 times, per Kissoon’s suit.
Hoerning provided significant financial support over the course of their relationship, Kissoon claimed in the filing
Kissoon argues in the complaint that his repeated efforts to contact her are inconsistent with his subsequent claim that he feared she was armed and intended to harm his family.
Treanor also said the allegations of violent threats were difficult to reconcile with the trove of messages and recordings he claims to be in possession of, documenting a serious, loving relationship between Kissoon and Hoerning.
‘It speaks to two people who were in a pretty committed relationship,’ he said. ‘My client thought it meant exactly what was told to her – that he was going to build a life with her.’
Five days after her husband’s petition, Nicole Hoerning filed a separate Family Court case against Kissoon, according to Kissoon’s lawsuit.
Nicole described Kissoon under oath as ‘a woman my husband had an intimate relationship with’ and claimed the alleged threat came after Keith ended their relationship, the complaint states.
But Nicole’s filing allegedly contradicted her husband’s account of the supposed weapon he alleged Kissoon possessed.
While Keith had claimed that Kissoon sent a photograph of a handgun, Nicole instead said Kissoon had told Keith she had sent a ‘gun emoji’, according to the filing.
Nicole’s petition did not accuse Kissoon of larceny and did not provide a date or time for the alleged threat that matched Keith’s version, according to the complaint.
Although Nicole claimed to be the principal target of the alleged violence, she did not file a separate criminal complaint with police.
Treanor accused Keith of exploiting the speed and one-sided nature of the emergency Family Court process to secure an immediate order against Kissoon before she could contest his account.
‘He took advantage of that,’ Treanor claimed. ‘He was able to slap the restraining order on her immediately… and it’s completely unjustified.’
Treanor said Kissoon could have sought protective orders against both Keith and Nicole, but chose not to respond in kind.
‘She’s decided not to use the process – not to abuse the process, as I would term it,’ he added.
Kissoon is seeking damages that could exceed $1M if she prevails in litigation
Kissoon has complied with the temporary order, which remained in effect when she filed her civil lawsuit in late July. No criminal charges were ever brought against her as a result of Hoerning’s police complaint, according to the filing.
Kissoon is suing Keith and Nicole for abuse of process and intentional infliction of emotional distress and financial harm.
She has also accused Keith of defamation over the claims he made to police, including that she had threatened his family and destroyed his business.
The complaint seeks damages of at least $250,000 on each of four causes of action, as well as punitive damages on three of them.
Kissoon says she has incurred $17,875 in legal fees defending herself, in addition to losing her healthcare job, receiving psychological treatment and suffering reputational and emotional harm.
In 2024, Kissoon was involved in a lawsuit against her employer, Queens strip club Gallagher’s 2000, in which she was awarded $17,000 for unpaid minimum wage and unlawful wage deductions.
While Treanor acknowledges that a future with the successful Dr Hoerning could have transformed Kissoon’s personal circumstances, he insists her civil action against him isn’t motivated by money.
‘When I took on this case, it didn’t strike me as a gold-digger situation,’ he said. ‘It struck me that she cared for him… and she really has been victimized in all this.’
Barket, Hoerning’s attorney, meanwhile likened Kissoon’s lawsuit to ‘a burglar suing the homeowner of a house she broke into.’
‘It’s frivolous and insane,’ he claimed. ‘I can’t believe she found a lawyer to bring it, but it certainly explains in part why our profession is not always held in high esteem.’
