FILE -- A Nov. 3, 2010, file photo shows Greg Kelly at the New York Comedy Festival's Stand Up For Heroes concert in New York. Kelly, son of the city police commissioner, is under investigation by prosecutors and denies any wrongdoing, his lawyer said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, without elaborating on the allegations. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
FILE -- A Nov. 3, 2010, file photo shows Greg Kelly at the New York Comedy Festival's Stand Up For Heroes concert in New York. Kelly, son of the city police commissioner, is under investigation by prosecutors and denies any wrongdoing, his lawyer said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, without elaborating on the allegations. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
FILE - New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and son Greg attend the New York City Police Foundations 31st Annual Gala in New York, in this March 3, 2009 file photo. Kelly, son of the city police commissioner, is under investigation by prosecutors and denies any wrongdoing, his lawyer said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, without elaborating on the allegations. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)
NEW YORK (AP) ? The son of New York City's police commissioner, also a co-host of a popular New York City morning television show, was absent from the program Thursday amid revelations that he was being investigated for a crime involving a woman.
A lawyer for Greg Kelly, the 43-year-old anchor of "Good Day New York" and a former Fox News correspondent, said he is cooperating with the investigation, which is being handled by the Manhattan district attorney because of a potential conflict of interest by Kelly's father, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
The Associated Press was not immediately able to confirm the nature of the allegation, but The New York Times reported late Wednesday, citing unnamed law enforcement officials, that a woman had accused Kelly of raping her at a Manhattan law office after they met for drinks in October.
The TV host "strenuously denies any wrongdoing of any kind," his lawyer, Andrew Lankler, said in an emailed statement. "We know that the district attorney's investigation will prove Mr. Kelly's innocence." Lankler didn't respond to questions about the focus of the investigation.
Police spokesman Paul Browne said the commissioner was recently made aware of an accusation against his son by the woman's boyfriend. The man approached the elder Kelly at a public event.
"He said, 'Your son ruined my girlfriend's life,'" Browne said. "The commissioner said 'Well, what do you mean?' He said he didn't want to talk about it here so the commissioner told him to send a letter."
Browne said he couldn't comment further and referred inquiries to the district attorney's office, which declined to comment.
Messages left for officials at WNYW, the Fox affiliate that hosts "Good Day New York," were not returned.
Kelly joined Fox News in 2002. He covered the Iraq War, including four assignments in Baghdad, and was the White House correspondent from 2005-2007, according to his biography on WNYW's website.
Earlier in his career, he covered politics for local cable news channel New York 1 and was an anchor and reporter for NewsChannel 34, an ABC and NBC affiliate in Binghamton, N.Y., his biography said.
He also served for nearly a decade in the Marine Corps and is now a lieutenant colonel in its reserves.
Raymond Kelly has been police commissioner' since 2002. He also served as commissioner in the 1990s.
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Associated Press writer Colleen Long contributed to this report.
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