Former New Jersey Gov. James "Jim" McGreevey said Friday he and his wife Dina Matos did indeed have sexual trysts with a former driver.
Theodore "Teddy" Pedersen told the Newark Star-Ledger and the Daily Post that he consensually had threesomes with the McGreeveys for about two years while they were dating, continuing into their marriage. Pedersen says the trysts ended right before McGreevey was elected governor in 2001.
Pedersen, 29, said he had contact only with Dina Matos McGreevey during the trysts, and wasn't sure whether McGreevey was gay.
Matos McGreevey, 41, issued a statement saying that the claims were "completely false" and that the reports were prompted by the gay former governor whom she is divorcing.
"This happened, this happened in the past, and now we need to move on with our lives," McGreevey, 50, said without being specific.
Pedersen said he came forward because he was angry that by recent comments Matos McGreevey made while she was continuously interviewed during the scandal with New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Spitzer announced that he was involved with a prostitution ring. Matos McGreevey said she was blindsided when her husband announced his homosexuality.
McGreevey announced in Aug. 2004 that he was "a gay American" after acknowledging an affair with a male staffer who he said was trying to blackmail him. The ex-staffer said he was sexually harassed by the Democratic governor.
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