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The Star-Ledger
McGreevey aide says
he had sexual trysts
with ex-governor,
wife
Posted by csheinin
nj.com March 16, 2008
A former aide to James E. McGreevey
said today that he had three-way sexual trysts with the former governor and his
wife before he took office, challenging Dina Matos McGreevey's assertion that
she was naive about her husband's sexual exploits.
The aide, Theodore Pedersen, said he
and the couple even had a nickname for the weekly romps, from 1999 to 2001, that
typically began with dinner at T.G.I. Friday's and ended with a threesome at
McGreevey's condo in Woodbridge.
They called them "Friday Night Specials," according to Pedersen.
Pedersen described the encounters during an interview with The Star-Ledger.
He said he wanted to refute the innocent image that Matos McGreevey has
projected -- both during the couple's ongoing divorce battle and in interviews
she gave after New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned last week in a sex scandal.
He said he was also incensed by her portrayal of herself as an unsuspecting wife
in her book: "Silent Partner: A Memoir of My Marriage."
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McGreevey, the Governor Elect's mother (left,back), Dina Matos
McGreevey, Governor Elect James E. McGreevey and aids Kellie
Drakeford and Theodore Pedersen attend Interfaith Prayer Service at
Princeton University Chapel in 2002. |
"I wanted to get this out now because it was so offensive to me that she goes on
television playing the victim," Pedersen said. "She's trying to make this
a payday for herself. She should have told the truth about the three of
us."
Pedersen did not say if he was gay or bisexual and only described having contact
with Matos McGreevey during the trysts. He also said he never knew for
sure if McGreevey was gay.
"I had heard the rumors in circles outside of work," he said. "In
hindsight, there might have been light interest (in me), but it didn't seem like
he was gay. It did enhance their sexual relationship having me be a part
of it."
Neither of the McGreeveys returned calls for comment. Their lawyers
declined to comment on Pedersen's claims.
Pedersen, 29, served as a driver and traveling aide for McGreevey during his
gubernatorial campaign and after he won office in 2001. McGreevey attended
Pedersen's graduation from Rutgers University in 2003 and Pedersen accompanied
the governor and others in a trip to China last year.
His assertions mark the latest broadside in a particularly public and searing
divorce case that has brought back to life the seamy personal issues that
erupted when McGreevey resigned almost four years ago.
Matos McGreevey claims the onetime Woodbridge mayor duped her into marriage in
2000 to further his political career, and that she had no clue about his sexual
preference until just before he resigned in August 2004, when he announced he
was gay and had an affair with an aide.
She has demanded full custody of their only child, Jacqueline, plus alimony and
more than $600,000 in damages.
McGreevey has denied any fraud and, in court filings, countered that he
fulfilled his duties as husband because he gave his wife a child and
companionship. He has demanded equal time with their daughter.
A trial before Union County Superior Court Judge Karen Cassidy is scheduled to
start in May. Pedersen could be among the first witnesses to testify.
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