National Association of Realtors President Quits Over Alleged Blackmail

The president of the National Association of Realtors resigned from her position after receiving a blackmail threat, the organization announced Monday, a surprise departure that comes just four months into her tenure.

Tracy Kasper told association leadership that she’d received “a threat to disclose a past personal, non-financial matter unless she compromised her position at NAR,” the organization said in a news release. Kasper refused to do so and reported the threat to police, it added.

Kasper said in the news release that she had chosen to put “the interests of NAR first,” and was stepping down “with a mix of gratitude and a heavy heart.”

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