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'Violent' Columbia protester is heir to ad empire, has mansion, model babymama — and long rap sheet
2024-05-05
[NYPOST] One of the most violent mostly peaceful leaders of the Columbia University riots is allegedly a professional agitator and limousine liberal — the scion of millionaire ad execs who lives in a $3.4 million Brooklyn brownstone, has a model babymama and a stepmom dating John Cougar Mellencamp.

James Carlson
, aka Cody Carlson, aka Cody Tarlow, is "a longtime anarchist," a high-ranking police source said.

He bought his 2,893-square-foot, three-story brownstone with four wood-burning fireplaces and a carriage house in Park Slope in 2019 for $2.3 million, according to property records and online listings.

The provocateur, who has arrests dating back to 2005, is one of three children of prominent advertising execs Richard "Dick" Tarlow and his wife, Sandy Carlson Tarlow.

Dick Tarlow, died in 2022 at age 81 with an estate worth at least $20 million, court papers show.

The Shelter Island resident was known for his work with Revlon, Ralph Lauren, Cuisinart and Pottery Barn.

He was a loyal supporter of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and helped underwrite the school’s John Jay Justice Awards.

Sandy Carlson Tarlow, who died in 2003 at age 59, was known for defining the "public face of Ralph Lauren," according to her obituary.

By the time she and her husband sold her namesake firm, Carlson & Partners, to DDB in 2001 for an undisclosed amount, the company had more than 100 employees and was doing $165 million in business.

Dick Tarlow and his second wife — Carlson’s stepmom, Kristin Kehrberg — lived together in a $15 million Fifth Avenue mansion.

The widow is now dating John Cougar Mellencamp, Page Six reported last summer.

Carlson, 40, appears to have two children, including one with a model, blonde bombshell Kim Heyrman.

The four-bedroom, four-bath townhouse Carlson owns is currently being renovated, workers told The Post Friday. The property boasts a large garden with a deck and skylights.

Estranged relatives of Carlson refused to discuss him.

"We don’t talk to him. Leave us alone. He is out of our lives for so many years," a woman who answered the phone at his sister’s home said Friday.
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Posted by:Fred

#2  Violating someone's civil rights? I think some civil lawyers may have an opportunity.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-05-05 06:29  

#1  Worth noting, "Iron Felix" was from a Polish family of nobles.
Posted by: badanov   2024-05-05 00:19  

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