Interesting. I don't believe Cipel in the least.
Cipel's attempts to blackmail McGreevey are what forced McGreevey to out himself. In order for McGreevey to fear what Cipel was threatening to reveal, there had to be something there.
If Cipel is telling the truth...he should commence the lawsuit immediately.
That's a two-part sentence. The blackmail totally destroys Cipel's credibility, no matter in what direction his sexuality may wander. But I don't think that's what forced McGravy to come out of his closet.
This guy, according to my Jersey boys, was as dirty as they come and he seized upon the opportunity to deflect a soon-to-break major scandal by creating another more media-genic sex-based scandal designed to get him sympathy. He figured, and rightly so IMHO, that no one in the media would dare attack a homosexual. Badda-bing-badda-boom he's a "victim."
Three sides to the story: Cipel's, McSleezy's, and the Truth. Clear-cut winner over the other two, at the moment anyway, McGreasy! He is an eminently suitable companion for that other New Jersey Rump Ranger, Barney Frank, aka: