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CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 10:29 PM Oct 2022

Texts between Herschel Walker's wife, ex-girlfriend add twist to abortion drama

“Did you know Herschel paid for my abortion the first time? Or that he told me it wasn’t the ‘right time’ to have [her current child]?” the woman wrote in a 9:54 a.m. text message sent Friday to Herschel Walker’s wife, Julie Walker, who initiated the conversation.

In response, Julie Walker acknowledged that she had tried to be a mediator between Herschel Walker and the woman, who seldom corresponded directly with her son’s father.

“This message makes me incredibly sad. You know I have continually tried to bridge a better relationship between you and Herschel putting [the child] first,” Julie Walker wrote to the woman, who did not return messages to NBC News requesting comment.

The Walker campaign provided copies of the text message exchange to NBC News hours before The New York Times published an interview with the woman, who alleged that Walker had paid for the 2009 abortion and tried to pressure her to abort their young son. NBC News is withholding the woman's and child’s names to protect their identities.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/texts-show-family-strife-herschel-walkers-wife-woman-alleged-paid-abor-rcna51279

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Texts between Herschel Walker's wife, ex-girlfriend add twist to abortion drama (Original Post) CatWoman Oct 2022 OP
See? Herschel didn't know this woman at all, not in the least! gratuitous Oct 2022 #1
LOL!!!! CatWoman Oct 2022 #2
Back atcha gratuitous Oct 2022 #5
Suggested reading: This Daily Beast article blogslug Oct 2022 #3
damn CatWoman Oct 2022 #4

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
1. See? Herschel didn't know this woman at all, not in the least!
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 11:14 PM
Oct 2022

It was his wife who knew the other woman, not Herschel. Are you liberals still going to be all shirty about this?

blogslug

(38,000 posts)
3. Suggested reading: This Daily Beast article
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 11:48 PM
Oct 2022
https://www.thedailybeast.com/herschel-walkers-wife-reaches-out-to-his-abortion-accuser-georgia-senate

...Between June 4 and June 12 of that year, the texts show, Walker sent seven “Love you” messages, and nothing else. The boy replied, “You to,” on June 13, after which Walker asked how he was doing. The boy invited his father to watch him play baseball, and Walker said he would like to see him play, but according to the woman, the last time Walker saw his son was January 2016.

Then, between July 1 and Oct. 11, the texts show, Walker sent his son 34 unanswered brief text messages. All but six say “Love you,” with the vast majority of them coming between midnight and 3:41 a.m.

On the evening of Oct. 13, his son replied, “What’s my favorite color? What grade am I in?And how old am I”

Walker responded the next afternoon: “God bless you, love you”.
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