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Former Governor James E. McGreevey and his estranged wife settled child custody matters on Thursday as they moved closer to dissolving their marriage. The deal for custody of their 6-year-old daughter came on the third day of negotiations, which included some closed-door testimony before state Superior Court Judge Karen M. Cassidy, who was trying to avoid a divorce trial.
The couple and their lawyers are scheduled to return to the Union County Courthouse on Monday to begin settlement talks on remaining issues, including alimony and child support. Should those succeed, the final issue would be Dina Matos McGreevey’s claim of marriage fraud.
Mr. McGreevey left the courthouse Thursday evening escorted by two uniformed sheriff’s officers. Speaking of the custody agreement for his daughter, Mr. McGreevey said, “She’ll get a large amount of time to spend with her parents.”
Lawyers for both Mr. McGreevey and his wife said they could not disclose terms of the custody agreement because it was confidential. “It was an amicable settlement,” said John N. Post, lawyer for Ms. Matos McGreevey. “The judge was very, very helpful to both sides.”
The former governor and his wife split in 2004 after he resigned in disgrace over a gay affair. They had been married for four years.
Ms. Matos McGreevey has claimed she was duped into marriage by a closeted gay man who needed the cover of a wife to advance his political career. Mr. McGreevey has contended that she should have known he was gay and that the marriage was “a contrivance on both our parts.”
Friday, May 9, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
McGreevey's Friday Night Specials
A former aide to James E. McGreevey said today 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 naive about her husband's sexual exploits.
The aide, Theodore Pedersen, said he and the couple even had a nickname for the weekly romps, from 1999 to 2001, that typically began with dinner at T.G.I. Friday's and ended with a threesome at McGreevey's condo in Woodbridge.
They called them "Friday Night Specials," according to Pedersen.
Pedersen said he wanted to refute the innocent image that Matos McGreevey has projected and was incensed by her portrayal as an unsuspecting wife in her book: "Silent Partner: A Memoir of My Marriage."
The aide, Theodore Pedersen, said he and the couple even had a nickname for the weekly romps, from 1999 to 2001, that typically began with dinner at T.G.I. Friday's and ended with a threesome at McGreevey's condo in Woodbridge.
They called them "Friday Night Specials," according to Pedersen.
Pedersen said he wanted to refute the innocent image that Matos McGreevey has projected and was incensed by her portrayal as an unsuspecting wife in her book: "Silent Partner: A Memoir of My Marriage."
Thursday, May 3, 2007
"Silent Partner" Released
Dina Matos McGreevey, estranged wife of former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey has entered the TV circuit to endorse her book, "Silent Partner." Jim McGreevey resigned in 2004 after coming out as a "gay American." In January of this year, Ms. Matos McGreevey announced that she was writing the book to end media speculation about her life.
The book was released 3 days ago. A day later, the author broke her silence and appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show to promote the book.
Yesterday she appeared on the Good Morning America show with Diane Sawyer and stated, "I thought I had it all, I thought it was the American dream, and it turned out to be a nightmare . . . You know he had the entire day [that he resigned] scripted. His entire life had been choreographed, and even as his world was flaling apart, he was still trying to script everything and making sure that day went as he wanted it."
The book was released 3 days ago. A day later, the author broke her silence and appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show to promote the book.
Yesterday she appeared on the Good Morning America show with Diane Sawyer and stated, "I thought I had it all, I thought it was the American dream, and it turned out to be a nightmare . . . You know he had the entire day [that he resigned] scripted. His entire life had been choreographed, and even as his world was flaling apart, he was still trying to script everything and making sure that day went as he wanted it."
Friday, January 26, 2007
Dina Matos McGreevey Writing Book
Dina Matos McGreevey, estranged wife of former New Jersey Governor James McGreevey, has announced that she is planning to publish her memoirs in a book titled "Silent Partners."
Ms. Matos McGreevey is the daughter of Maria and Ricardo Matos, who moved to the United States from Portugal when she was a young girl. She is a formed manager of Public and Professional Relations at Saint James Hospital, and Executive Director of the Columbus Hospital Foundation in Newark, NJ.
She met McGreevey in 1996 when he was Mayor of Woodbridge Township, NJ. The couple married October 7, 2000. They have daughter, Jacqueline Matos McGreevey.
Jim McGreevey declared himself a "gay American" and resigned in 2004. Ms. Matos McGreevey reports that she is writing the book to end media speculation about her life.
Ms. Matos McGreevey is the daughter of Maria and Ricardo Matos, who moved to the United States from Portugal when she was a young girl. She is a formed manager of Public and Professional Relations at Saint James Hospital, and Executive Director of the Columbus Hospital Foundation in Newark, NJ.
She met McGreevey in 1996 when he was Mayor of Woodbridge Township, NJ. The couple married October 7, 2000. They have daughter, Jacqueline Matos McGreevey.
Jim McGreevey declared himself a "gay American" and resigned in 2004. Ms. Matos McGreevey reports that she is writing the book to end media speculation about her life.
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