Jeff Roberson AP
Although the governor admitted late Wednesday to being "unfaithful" in his marriage, he strongly denied any accusation of violence or blackmail through his attorney, James Bennett.
Overshadowing the governor's State of the State address, the affair, Greitens' admission and the allegations of blackmail were revealed by St. Louis TV station KMOV.
Now the ex-husband of the woman Greitens had an affair with is disgusted with the governor claiming he took a nude pic of the man's wife to keep her quiet about the affair.
"A few years ago, before Eric was elected governor, there was a time when he was unfaithful in our marriage", the statement said. This was a deeply personal mistake. His swift ascent included a Rhodes Scholarship, military service targeting terrorists in Afghanistan, Iraq and Africa, a stint as a White House Fellow and founder of a national veterans organization.
The Greitens married in 2011 and have two young sons. The Republican made castigating "career politicians" a standard part of his rhetorical pitch - even after the 2016 election season ended. He's not up for re-election until 2020. He has barely hidden his higher political ambitions and reserved the web address ericgreitensforpresident.com years ago. The woman involved in the affair has not been named.
The woman who had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in 2015 told her then-husband that Greitens slapped her against her will, after she told Greitens she had had sex with her husband. Then he continued recording his estranged wife.
But Missouri political insiders have viewed Jefferson City as just a pit stop for the ambitious Greitens.
"I think the allegations against the governor are very disturbing", she said. "And he used some sort of tape, I don't know what it was, and taped my hands to these rings and then put a blindfold on me".
She says she later realized he took a photo of her.
Republican Sen. Rob Schaaf, a frequent Greitens critic, stopped short of suggesting he step down but said: "I don't see how he weathers this political storm". "He stepped back, I saw a flash through the blindfold and he said, "You're never going to mention my name, ' otherwise there will be pictures of me everywhere".
A Democratic state senator in Missouri is calling for Gov. Eric Greitens to resign after the Republican acknowledged he cheated on his wife.
Rumors had been swirling all day leading up to the story's publication, with lawmakers, lobbyists and staff anticipating a story about the governor's past could turn up at any moment.
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The St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Kansas City Star reported that they, too, had possession of a transcript of the surreptitious recording and had interviewed the ex-husband.
While Greitens talked about being transparent and accountable, he has done the opposite, installing a phone app that automatically deletes text messages and keeping secret the sources of his dark-money campaign contributions.
The newspaper doesn't say how it obtained the email. "We could either stick our head in the sand in the legislature or we can move forward".
Attorney Al Watkins said Thursday that he does not know if the FBI is conducting a criminal investigation.
The lawyer, Scott Simpson of Knight & Simpson, said in a statement that the woman is "extremely distraught" that the allegations have been made public.
He didn't say if the ex-husband has also heard from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Bennett denied that authorities are involved. Any allegation of violence is completely false.
She is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Missouri and co-director of the university's Institute for Korean Studies. Much of her research focuses on China and North Korea.
Sheena Greitens released a separate statement of her own, saying she and her husband have a "loving marriage and an awesome family".
The governor was married once before and divorced in 2003. The affair allegedly took place in 2015.
Prior to releasing the story, a number of reporters made contact with our client asking her to comment on the information provided by her ex-husband.
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