Missouri GOP Senate candidate Eric Greitens is talking out in opposition to his ex-wife's claims of home abuse.
In a press release posted to Twitter by KMBC reporter Micheal Mahoney, Greitens' marketing campaign characterizes him as a "nice Dad" who's allegedly the sufferer of "a lady with a documented historical past of psychological sickness and emotionally abusive habits." The assertion elaborates on this distinction, alleging that his ex-wife, Sheena Greitens, spent every week in Washington, D.C., submitting courtroom paperwork with false accusations whereas he was spending spring break with the couple's two sons.
"Eric will struggle for his kids and defend himself from these outright lies," wrote the marketing campaign. "His kids deserve a father who will communicate the reality and rise up in opposition to malicious assaults which might be clearly politically motivated."
Greitens had been accused earlier of home abuse by his ex-wife, the courtroom paperwork confirmed. These accusations led Alyssa Farah Griffin, the White Home's director of strategic communications throughout the Trump administration, to name for the Republican Get together to have a "ethical main" and to induce Greitens to drop out of his race for the U.S. Senate.
On Monday, Greitens, a former governor, additionally made a separate assertion on his Fb web page concerning Sheena's accusations. Within the piece, he took intention at "the liberal media," which he claims is peddling lies.
"I'm searching for full custody of my sons, and for his or her sake, I'll proceed to hope for his or her mom and hope that she will get the assistance that she wants," Greitens mentioned. "Sadly, political operatives and the liberal media peddle in lies. Nevertheless, I've religion, and I do know that finally fact will all the time prevail."
Sheena Greitens has filed a sworn affidavit that might pose issues for her ex-husband and his try to grow to be a U.S. senator.
"Previous to our divorce, throughout an argument in late April 2018, Eric knocked me down and confiscated my mobile phone, pockets and keys in order that I used to be unable to name for assist or extricate myself and our youngsters from our house," she wrote, in line with the Related Press. "I grew to become afraid for my security and that of our youngsters at our house."
She additionally claims that he not solely abused her however their kids as nicely. One incident cited by Sheena within the affidavit claimed he cuffed "our then-3-year-old son throughout the face on the dinner desk in entrance of me and [yanked] him round by his hair," the AP reported.
This won't be the primary time that Greitens has been accused of abuse. In 2018, he resigned from his place as Missouri's governor after he was accused of sexually assaulting a lady he had an extramarital affair with then blackmailing her, Newsweek reported. A associated invasion-of-privacy cost was filed in opposition to him however was ultimately dropped, the AP reported on the time.
Replace at 3/21/22, 4:05 p.m. ET: This story has been up to date with extra info.
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