Posted on 02/02/2007 10:31:03 AM PST by Sub-Driver
McGreevey Files For Divorce
POSTED: 1:09 pm EST February 2, 2007 UPDATED: 1:14 pm EST February 2, 2007 TRENTON, N.J. -- The nation's first openly gay governor filed for divorce Friday from his wife of seven years.
Lawyers for James E. McGreevey filed a two-page document in Union County Superior Court in Elizabeth seeking to dissolve his union with Dina Matos McGreevey. A spokeswoman for Union County Superior Court, Sandra Thaler-Gerber, confirmed receiving the filing Friday.
The two have lived apart since November 2004, when McGreevey resigned following a stunning public announcement that he was "a gay American" who had had an affair with a male staffer.
"It's a sad day for everyone," McGreevey told The Associated Press Friday. "It is something that had to be done. We are blessed with a wonderful daughter who remains our focus."
McGreevey has been married twice. He has a 14-year-old daughter, Morag, from his first marriage, which also ended in divorce.
The staffer with whom McGreevey acknowledged having an affair, homeland security adviser Golan Cipel, has denied being gay and said McGreevey sexually harassed him. McGreevey said Cipel tried to blackmail him and that he resigned rather than succumb to the man's threats.
Matos McGreevey, who stood at her husband's side as he told the world he was gay, now lives in Springfield with the couple's 5-year-old daughter, Jacqueline.
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What a horrible thing to do to a girl. Why not cut to the chase and call her Tampon?
To quote BamaBiden, he's clean, he's Gay and he's a Demoncrap!
This slug just can't keep out of the news.
Actually I just heard that "no fault" just became law now in NJ.
I hope that doesn't heart the poor lady; she suffered enough with that lowlife husband.
And she hadn't already filed suit (like maybe two years ago) because . . . ????
I don't know what's more unfortunate... McGreevey having a gay affair or naming his daughter "Morag".
HE filed? What are his grounds? Loss of consortium?
"The nation's first openly gay governor filed for divorce "
Ah ha! Proof that gays can marry.
I once met a Morag one late night (actually it was early morning, but who's counting) on the streets of Edinburgh, after a drunken binge.
Having gotten lost, I followed her, and two of her friends, back to her flat after celebrating their graduation (or whatever it's called) from midwifery school.
Lucky for me I sobered up just in time, before they hung me upside down by my feet and started slapping my arse to make me cry.
Not that this has anything to do with this thread, but that's one encounter with a Morag to last a lifetime.
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