WASHINGTON - In a claim likely to intensify the controversy surrounding one of the most influential figures in the American Christian conservative movement, a business partner of Jerry Falwell Jr has come forward to say he had a years-long sexual relationship involving Falwell's wife and the evangelical leader.
His friendship with the Falwells eventually soured, Granda told Reuters, in part because he wanted to dissolve his ties with the couple and fell into a business dispute with them. Story continuesOn Sunday night, however, as Reuters was preparing to publish this article, Jerry Falwell issued a statement to the Washington Examiner in which he said that his wife had had an affair with Granda and that Granda had been trying to extort money from the couple over the matter. Granda denies any such intent, saying he was seeking to negotiate a buyout from a business arrangement he says he had with the couple.
Falwell, 58, had taken an indefinite leave of absence earlier this month from Liberty. That step, announced in a terse statement from the school’s board of trustees, came days after Falwell posted, then deleted, an Instagram photo of himself with his pants unzipped, standing with his arm around a young woman whose pants were also partly undone. Falwell later told a local radio station that the picture was meant as a good-natured joke.
The material Granda showed Reuters includes screenshots from what Granda said was a FaceTime conversation he had with the Falwells in 2019. During that call, Granda said, Becki was naked as the two discussed their relationship while Jerry peeked from behind a door. Reuters was able to verify Granda’s description of the screenshots.
Other more recent text messages, such as an exchange from this June that Granda provided to Reuters, show Granda growing angry and frustrated as his relationship with the Falwells frayed.
Reuters How whacky!!
Reuters FALWELL..FROM THE LATIN..MEANING SCUM BAGS.
Reuters Isn't it just AMAZING that all this kind of thing waits for YEARS and then picks the absolute most crucial POLITICAL time to spring itself upon us. I'm not saying it didn't happen mind you but hey, you gotta admit the timing....
Reuters Three is a magic number Yes it is, it's a magic number Faith & hope & 3x3 of Larry's charity You get three, as a magic number Jerry Falwell Jr., his wife, & Larry Bible thumping the brain & the body Might go all trin·i·ty, a magic number
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