It looks like the final curtain has been drawn on “family values” politician Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ career.
The 44-year-old Republican with national ambitions has officially stepped down from his state’s governorship after a months-long scandal involving allegations of sexual misconduct and blackmail.
Just to recap: Back in February, Greitens, who believes “people of faith are under attack in America” and doesn’t believe trans people should be allowed public bathroom access, was charged with first-degree felony invasion of privacy after his former hair-dresser-turned-mistress accused him of tying her to a chair in a basement, forcing her to perform oral sex on him, then trying to blackmail her to keep quiet about their extramarital affair.
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When the scandal first broke, Greitens denied anything violent or nonconsensual happened, calling it “a months-long consenting relationship between two adults.”
Meanwhile, Greiten’s wife, Sheena, said she was standing by her man, claiming they have an extremely “loving marriage and an awesome family” and that “anything beyond that is between us and God.”
“This ordeal has been designed to cause an incredible amount of strain on my family,” Greitens said during a press conference this morning, before launching into a laundry list of all the wrongs that have been done unto him.
“Millions of dollars of mounting legal bills, endless personal attacks designed to cause maximum damage to family and friends. Legal harassment of colleagues, friends and campaign workers and it’s clear that for the forces that oppose us, there is no end in sight. I cannot allow those forces to continue to cause pain and difficulty to the people that I love.”
The charges against Greitens have now been dropped.
Speaking to the press earlier today, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner said it’s “time for us to move on and help the state of Missouri get back to the business of government.”
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Teddy Ready
In Response to the Article about the “Family Values” Governor of Missouri Eric Greltens, I reiterate the old adage “Denial is Not a River in Egypt”. Although the First Lady of Missouri Sheena Greltens gets the short-end of the Stick, her response to the Scandal is quite typical and evades the Real Issues between the Married Couple as it should be. The Details of the Scandal is Public knowledge, but the Issues between the Married Couple is a Sacred Private Matter that is between them. She Does Not Owe the Public an Explanation of what has Unraveled so it kind of sounds insincere and rehearsed to even verbalize the remark about their Marriage being full of Love and whatever she said. The Best Reply for her would have been No Reply at All. Sadly, She is the Victim here and if She thinks that most of the Public is going to buy her “Leave it to Beaver” Statement then I would be glad to Sell her some Ocean front Property in Colorado. LOL. Again, “Denial is Not a River in Egypt”.
ShowMeGuy
There are also issues with him starting a charity for Veterans…..and using that charity to jump start his campaign fundraising efforts meanwhile donated money for Veterans was spent but on what…..nobody can verify how it was spent.
Getting a little side nookie outside of his marriage is the LEAST of his problems.
hayesj
The failure to say “I created this situation” instead of lashing out at the consequences of his actions shows me how this man has no morals. A truly disgusting person.
scotshot
They forgot about the part where he took the photos so as to be able to blackmail her.
Kangol
Extramarital affair? OK.
Blackmail and threatening the side piece to keep quite? Criminal.
Misuse of donations and campaign funds? Probably criminal.
Lying about it all? Totally unethical.
It’s good he stepped down, though the credit really goes to Missouri’s Republicans, who were so disgusted by this hypocrite they were going to impeach him if he didn’t quit. Also, he is allegedly a fave of Mike Pence and seemed tipped to head to higher office. Thankfully, because of his own actions, the rest of the country will not have to worry about him any time soon.
DCguy
No, the credit goes to the voters of Missouri who let it be known that he was dragging the party down.
Republicans have already shown over and over that if the voters don’t mind, they have no trouble with criminality or hypocrisy.
chris33133
I think they should ban heterosexual marriage because so many heteros who marry fail to uphold its sanctity.
Stilinski26
hes hot
frankcar1965
Yep a sexy Bastard he is.
hansniemeijer
Ah! I see, that is what you call GOP “family values” (pun intended).