Missouri governor's extramarital affair was 'the worst-kept secret in the world'
by Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times
Jan 12, 2018
4 minutes
The Missouri political establishment seemed surprised when the story broke.
In an audio recording broadcast Wednesday by KMOV-TV in St. Louis, a hairstylist told her ex-husband that she'd had an affair in 2015 with Eric Greitens - then philanthropist, now governor - and that he had tied her to home exercise equipment, taken a photo of her naked and threatened to publicly release it if she ever told anyone about him. She said Greitens later apologized and said he had deleted the photo.
Greitens, 43, who has been married since 2011, acknowledged having an affair but denied blackmailing or abusing the woman.
The news raced across the internet and
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