McGreevey, aide: We had threesomes
Mrs. McGreevey, the alleged third person in the trysts, is denying they happened.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — He says yes. She says no. He says yes.
Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey said Monday he and his wife and a male aide engaged in sexual threesomes, contradicting a denial issued hours earlier by his estranged wife.
In an e-mail to The Associated Press, the nation’s first openly gay governor said published reports by former campaign aide Teddy Pedersen were true.
In interviews posted online Sunday night by The Star-Ledger of Newark and the New York Post, Pedersen said he had consensual sex with the couple for about two years before McGreevey became governor. He said he had contact only with Dina Matos McGreevey during the trysts, and wasn’t sure whether McGreevey was gay.
In his statement, McGreevey said he and his estranged wife need to move forward for the sake of their 6-year-old daughter.
“This happened, this happened in the past, and now we need to move on with our lives,” McGreevey, 50, said without being specific.
His e-mail to The Associated Press came shortly after one from Matos McGreevey. She said Pedersen’s claims of consensual three-way sex “are completely false and were prompted by Jim McGreevey.”
“Jim has had a close relationship with Pedersen since his days as mayor of Woodbridge, and arranged jobs for Pedersen from that time through his years as governor and beyond,” said Matos McGreevey, 41. “They have continued their close relationship since Jim left office. This was obviously payback time for Pedersen.”
The McGreeveys are in the midst of an acrimonious divorce. She accuses him of hiding his homosexuality before and during their marriage and has sued for damages. He has said she should have known he was gay.
Pedersen, 29, told the newspapers the threesomes went on for about two years during the McGreeveys’ courtship and into their marriage. He said the trysts ended when McGreevey was elected governor in 2001.