Posted on 06/23/2004 9:28:16 AM PDT by Nachum
Actress says Illinois pol sought liaisons in kinky clubs
JUNE 22--In what may prove a crippling blow to his U.S. Senate campaign, divorce records reveal that Illinois Republican Jack Ryan was accused by his former wife, actress Jeri Ryan, of pressuring her to have sex at swinger's clubs in New York, Paris, and New Orleans while other patrons watched. The bombshell allegation is contained amidst nearly 400 pages of records ordered released yesterday by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge who ruled on media requests to unseal documents from the Ryan case.
The salacious charge leveled at the politician was made by Jeri Ryan, who has starred in TV's "Star Trek: Voyager" and "Boston Public," in a court filing in connection with child custody proceedings (you'll find a portion of that heavily redacted September 2000 document below).
The performer alleged that she refused Ryan's requests for public sex during the excursions, which included a trip to a New York club "with cages, whips and other apparatus hanging from the ceiling." While Ryan, a former Goldman Sachs executive, confirmed the trips with the actress, he described them simply as "romantic getaways," denying her claims that he sought public sex. The politician has repeatedly claimed that his divorce file--portions of which were sealed in 2000 and 2001--contained no embarrassing information that would harm his chances against Democratic nominee Barack Obama. The Ryans were married in 1991 and, in November 1998, Jeri Ryan filed for divorce citing "irreconcilable differences." Another unsealed document reveals that Jeri Ryan, as part of the divorce settlement, received about $20 million in Goldman Sachs stock, while Jack Ryan retained a $40 million stake in the investment giant. (8 pages)
Don't you hate it when that happens?
Some are so good at it they pull it off without a hitch.
My divorce went smoothly and my ex and I remain friends.
Who's Alex?
Which is why divorce proceedings should explicitly be NOT public record. ESPECIALLY if a child in involved.
In fact whenever there is intimidation (money) involved wild accusations are the norm in order to extort a better settlement.
I am sorry, Alex is Jack and Jeri's young son. My brain was scrambled. I should have said Jack, not Alex.
My prediction, Jack Ryan will not be the candidate next week.
Me: Well, no he wasn't. Hence the divorce papers (ba-dumdum).
adam_az: Um.... Jeri Ryan said that he was never unfaithful to her. Where did you get that idea?
Who said anything about being unfaithful? He wasn't having sex with his own wife! First sentence, second paragraph of the thread article: "...she refused Ryan's requests for public sex..."
And here I was worried that you were talking about me.
Aaack, Cheney? Ryan needs to quietly resign.
Yes, please do call her. I'm sure its very difficult for her being suddenly available again. She probably has forgotten how to attract men, so I'm sure she'll be relieved to know that her Owl-man would take her back (for a weekend or two)...
Its a nasty, nasty business and I never want to go through it again (about to get hitched a second time).
A dominant what, precisely?
A sexy, sexy male.
evidence of What? Her remarks, they were screened on FNC yesterday.
You forget. She's an actress. She paid good money to mediocre acting instructors to learn to do that.
She was also Miss Illinois 1989 and fourth runner-up to Miss America 1990; born Jeri Zimmerman in Munich to military parents.
Funky all the way around.
Evidence that she was embellishing the doc.
her effusive praise of her x seemed to fly in the face of the original accusations. Doesn't make sense.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.