Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey: My Wife And I Engaged In Threesomes With Young Aide

TRENTON, N.J. — 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.

Pedersen said he came forward because he was angry that Matos McGreevey was offering television commentary on the resignation of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who stepped down last week amid a call-girl scandal. During her commentary, Matos McGreevey said she was blindsided when her husband announced his homosexuality.

McGreevey resigned in 2004 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.

The McGreeveys separated shortly after McGreevey's nationally televised speech in which he declared himself "a gay American."

Comments

[tlawson]

Who cares? 3somes or 4somes are not real issues the country is facing.
Someone commits sex offense while in office, let's get rid of the person and move on. We have economic crisis, the country is handling 2 wars, your marines are being killed every single day and we are here discussing 3some, 4somes, gay-american, gay-australian etc...

[joebaggadonuts]

agreed. Let's let Faux News report this crap. It's not needed here, unless the story shows that during the tryst the three of them agreed to buy Bear Stearns stock.

[JuneCleaversBeaver]

I do not understand.

How do three people fit into a twin bed?

/s/ Mrs. Ward (June) Cleaver

[HamletsMill]

June,

I tried to respond to a post of your's last night about the Bear Sterns crisis, but the HuffPo censors just won't let me get through. I had a post involving that typical joke about Ward and the Beaver and they would not let it get through. Must be all the sense of decorum now what with the revelations about your Governor and NOW the replacement Governor and now these shocking goings on in New Jersey too!

These days I think you and the girls had best get to the Vino de Jerez cabinet fast or get a few Hot Toddys prepared for both before dinner and after dinner and just before bed time on a daily basis.
And for an extra boost take some of those new fangled vitamins to strengthen yourself up. Especially if you start secretly smoking Chesterfields again.

What would Ike and Mamie do?

But then again, back in their day other people's money was thought to have some kind of value. A very quaint concept now! While Mr. Richard Dick Chaney has said "our fine President Reagan proved we don't need balanced budgets anymore." I wonder if Mr. Bin Laden knows about these developments? I wonder if he is telling the Saudi's to unload their Citibank shares before they become, well, Cititank.

It certainly may be distasteful because I know many of the girls at Bridge Club remember the more unfortunate incidents in 1929. J.P. Morgan was busy at work putting last minute credit deals together back then too. Maybe they are much better at it now. Or maybe not. Looks like we are going to find out.

Do you think that our fine President Mr. George Bush is on top of this situation? I certainly hope so.

Have a very pleasant night June.

And if the market suddenly turns around maybe Ward will reward you with a nice little $4,100 tip for a nice new outfit from Marshall Field's.

[helonias]

So whats next?

Do I even want to know.

[the964kid]

Wow, this is really going deep deep into the gutter. Too bad Dina just last week was on many of the media shows reacting to Spitzer's downfall, and quickly plugging her own book. Was she a victim or was she a willing partner in deceiving the state of New Jersey? The best part about this is that part of this story is being revealed in a court room and under oath. Many of us will be curious to see what she says under oath...

[Wiredwilly]

Who cares.