Falwell Claims Extortion from Wife's Former Lover

[RandySF]

Washington Examiner: “Jerry Falwell Jr., suspended as president of Virginia’s Christian-focused Liberty University after a string of embarrassing acts, today said that he has suffered depression caused by a former family friend who had an affair with his wife and has been threatening to expose it.”

“Falwell revealed his wife Becki’s affair for the first time, said it was short lived and that the two reconciled quickly. But, they claimed, her former lover has threatened them over the past several years and they are done with it hanging over their heads.”



https://politicalwire.com/2020/08/23/falwell-claims-extortion-from-wifes-former-lover/

[Nevilledog]

1. Josh Marshall tweet

Link to tweet

[MyOwnPeace]

11. Well, at least

his belt is buckled in this pic......

[Luz]

12. But still swilling the black non-alcoholic liquids?

[MyOwnPeace]

13. "Communion" - I'm sure........

[msongs]

2. thous shalt not covet thy neighbor's...husband lol nt

[SCantiGOP]

3. Never used this emoji before

[dalton99a]

4. We need more details, Jerry

[jeffreyi]

5. Hey, Giancarlo is pretty cute, though.

[Jacoby365]

6. Exclusive: Trump fixer Cohen says he helped Falwell handle racy photos

I suspect this is related to the story.

From Reuters last year:

"Falwell, president of Liberty University, one of the world’s largest Christian universities, said someone had come into possession of what Cohen described as racy “personal” photographs — the sort that would typically be kept “between husband and wife,” Cohen said in the taped conversation...

...The Falwells wanted to keep “a bunch of photographs, personal photographs” from becoming public, Cohen told Arnold. “I actually have one of the photos,” he said, without going into specifics. “It’s terrible.”

Cohen would later prove successful in another matter involving Falwell, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Cohen helped persuade Falwell to issue his endorsement of Trump’s presidential candidacy at a critical moment, they said: just before the Iowa caucuses. Falwell subsequently barnstormed with Trump and vouched for the candidate’s Christian virtues."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-falwell-exclusive/exclusive-trump-fixer-cohen-says-he-helped-falwell-handle-racy-photos-idUSKCN1SD2JG

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. So Trump kompromised Falwell? Perfect!

[patricia92243]

8. Didn't know he had finally been suspended.

[OnDoutside]

9. How nice of Jerry to throw his wife under the bus...

[smirkymonkey]

10. I'm wondering if it's actually the wife he was having the affair with.

Sounds like Jr. is a little more nervous about something more than just that being exposed.

[tanyev]

15. $1.8 million is an awful lot of shuttin' up money.

All of Donnie's dalliances stayed quiet for a very long time for only $130,000.

[The Magistrate]

14. Oh, Yes --- Affair With His Wife....

https://politicalwire.com/2019/06/18/trump-falwell-and-the-pool-boy/


“That backstory, in true Trump-tabloid fashion, features the friendship between Mr. Falwell, his wife and a former pool attendant at the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach; the family’s investment in a gay-friendly youth hostel; purported sexually revealing photographs involving the Falwells; and an attempted hush-money arrangement engineered by the president’s former fixer, Michael Cohen.”