Posted on 06/22/2004 7:29:32 AM PDT by esryle
CHICAGO -- Illinois Republican Senate candidate Jack Ryan pressured his wife, actress Jeri Lynn Ryan, to have sex in clubs while others watched, she charged in divorce documents released Monday.
The "Boston Public" and "Star Trek: Voyager" actress said she angered Ryan by refusing. She did acknowledge infidelity on her part, which she said took place after their marriage was irretrievably broken.
In the documents, Ryan denied the allegations, saying he had been "faithful and loyal" to his wife. At a press conference Monday night, he expressed disappointment with the precedent set by the court order to release the documents.
"Someone was paid a lot of money to break into a file that Mom and Dad wanted to have sealed to protect their son," he said. "And now we're asking about what happened between a husband and wife in the most intimate part of the relationship."
The documents include hundreds of court-ordered blank or redacted pages, but what's left includes plenty of graphic detail about a bitter divorce.
Jeri Lynn Ryan charged during a custody hearing that Jack Ryan took her on surprise trips to New Orleans, New York and Paris in 1998, and that he insisted she go to sex clubs with him on each trip. She said that after going out to dinner with Ryan in New York, he demanded that she go to a club with him.
"It was a bizarre club with cages, whips and other apparatus hanging from the ceiling," she said.
She said Ryan asked her to perform a sexual act while others watched, and she refused. She said they left and Ryan apologized to her and said it was out of his system.
But then, she said, he took her to Paris and again took her to a sex club. She said she cried and became physically ill at the club, and her husband got angry with her. She said she could never get over that incident.
Ryan refused to address the charges directly Monday night, repeatedly referring to the court documents, where he said: "I was faithful and loyal to my wife throughout our marriage. I did arrange romantic getaways, but that did not include the activities she described. We did go to one avant-garde nightclub in Paris, which was more than either of us felt comfortable with. We left and vowed never to return."
He said he felt bad for their son that she would falsely accuse him and said she said she knew he had political aspirations.
Asked why Jeri Lynn Ryan made such specific allegations, Jack Ryan again referred to the court documents.
"You saw my response," he said. "That is not helpful toward what we're trying to accomplish as parents, to reopen those discussions."
In a statement released Monday evening, Jeri Lynn Ryan made no mention of the allegations, but said she now considered Ryan a good man and loving father.
"I consider Jack a friend," the statement said. "There was never any physical abuse in our marriage, either to myself or to our son. Nor to my knowledge was he ever unfaithful to me. Jack is a good man, a loving father and he shares a strong bond with our son. I have no doubt that he will make an excellent senator."
Judge Robert Schnider of Superior Court in Los Angeles ordered Friday the unsealing of portions of the records.
The two had vigorously fought the public disclosure of the files since before Jack Ryan's win in the March 16 Republican primary. They have argued making them public would be harmful to their 9-year-old son, Alex.
The Ryans said they were "disturbed and angered" by the decision but decided not to appeal.
Ryan had repeatedly assured GOP leaders the files contain nothing embarrassing enough to torpedo his bid for the Senate against Democrat Barack Obama.
Rumors about the documents' contents have been circulating since before the March 16 primary. Some of his GOP opponents raised them as an issue in that campaign, but Ryan won the primary handily.
Schnider said making the records public would prove harmful to the Ryans' son, and could prove embarrassing to the former investment banker and teacher. But he said the public deserved to know the contents
The Chicago Tribune and Chicago TV station WLS sued to have the documents released.
This was more of ANOTHER left-wing radical extremist activist JUDGE, seeing an opportunity to bolster the dems by letting out the specific details that BOTH parties asked not to in order to protect their child, just so the media could declare "the REPUBLICAN...".
But what democrat really gives a damned about children? NONE!
Dollars to donuts the guys a porn addict.. sorry stuff.
Do we really want more morons like this in office?
This guy would have been the perfect target for blackmail by the other side, because of his perverted private life.
There we'd be, scratching our heads over this guy's voting record and the explanation would be as simple as the other side having pictures of this guy engaged in public sex acts that they can hold over his head.
The Republican Party should tell this miscreant to take a hike.
Even Willie would have to admit that Ryan's got himself a great badge of honor there!
Thank you for the eye candy.
It would appear that Jeri Lynn Ryan got stuck with a real loser. Maybe she’s learned a lesson and won’t become involved with politicians again.
I guess it depends on what your definition of "embarrassing" is...
For Dems this wouldn't be a problem as Clinton already lowered the standards so far that this is irrelevant. However, in GOP circles this is more than enough to kill a political career as a lot of Republicans still believe that character counts. Too bad - write off that seat.
What kind of a sick bast__d needs to go to sex clubs when he's married to a gorgeous creature like that?
As a Borg, she had implants. It always used to crack me up when characters would talk about those implants.
I do believe character counts and that's precisely why Jack Ryan's conduct is an issue. If he was a Democrat, it wouldn't even be a one day story... as a conservative, I am proud our party has higher standards and demands the best of our leaders.
What century are you living in? As bad as it may be, infidelity doesn't cost you a thing in a divorce these days. Judges won't even blink at the mention.
And while we're at it, how does a sex club get a license to operate?
I know this is picking nits, but I call nose-job! Compare post 43 and 63.
Best. Thread. Ever.
This is just plain creepy. I hope things turn out okay for Jeri. Jack sounds like he has "issues".
Public disclosure of divorce details is never pretty, and this is clearly no exception.
On the bright side, at least 1) there are plenty of pics on this thread for updating my Jeri Ryan collection (heh heh *SLAP*) and 2) she's going to be single (*SLAP* *SLAP*).
(Ouch!)
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