The Nation - News from July 27, 1987

The former wife of John Z. De Lorean said the bankrupt auto maker once went into a closet wearing rubber gloves to forge documents and “age” them over a lamp, it was reported. Allegations by Cristina Ferrare were made in a deposition filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit, Newsday reported. Ferrare was married to De Lorean from 1973 to 1984. De Lorean, whose De Lorean Motor Co. went bankrupt in 1982, was acquitted of fraud charges seven months ago, in part, because of an $8.9-million loan document prosecutors said he had forged. De Lorean had been accused of making off with $8.9 million in development money but his attorneys argued the money was a loan.