Jim McGreevey and his estranged wife, Dina, who are in the process of divorcing, were fond of ménage a trois, according to a former aide. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer, File)
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
NEWARK, N.J. — A former aide to Jim McGreevey said this week that he had three-way sexual trysts with the former governor and his wife before he took office, challenging Dina Matos McGreevey's assertion that she was unaware of her husband's sexual exploits, the Newark Star-Ledger reported Sunday.
The aide, Theodore Pedersen, said he and the couple even had a nickname for the weekly romps, from 1999 to 2001, that began with dinner and ended with a threesome at McGreevey's condo in Woodbridge, N.J. They called them "Friday Night Specials," the paper reported.
Pedersen said he wanted to refute the innocent image that Matos McGreevey has projected — both during the couple's ongoing divorce battle and in interviews she gave after New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned last week in a sex scandal. He told the Star-Ledger he was also incensed by her portrayal of herself as an unsuspecting wife in her book "Silent Partner: A Memoir of My Marriage."
"I wanted to get this out now because it was so offensive to me that she goes on television playing the victim," Pedersen said to the paper. "She's trying to make this a payday for herself. She should have told the truth about the three of us."
Pedersen said he never knew for sure if McGreevey was gay. "I had heard the rumors in circles outside of work," he said. "In hindsight, there might have been light interest [in me], but it didn't seem like he was gay. It did enhance their sexual relationship having me be a part of it."
Neither of the McGreeveys returned calls to the Star-Ledger for comment. But Jim McGreevey released a statement confirming Pedersen’s claims. “This happened, this happened in the past, and now, we need to move on with our lives,” McGreevey said.
Pedersen, 29, served as a driver and traveling aide for McGreevey during his gubernatorial campaign and after he won office in 2001.
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