May 14 (Reuters) – St. Louis prosecutors on Monday dismissed the criminal invasion of privacy charge against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, ending a widely anticipated trial for the state’s top politician related to a sex scandal before the jury was even selected. However, the case will be refiled, the office of Circuit Attorney for the…
The woman who accused Missouri’s governor of taking nude photographs of her without her consent will testify at his trial, which begins next week, ABC News reported. Gov. Eric Greitens is accused of taking a nonconsensual nude photograph of a woman he was having an affair with, while she was tied up. He allegedly threatened…
Missouri lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to begin a special session for considering the impeachment of the state’s scandal-mired governor, Eric Greitens, POLITICO reported. The vote comes a day after a report released by state lawmakers accused Greitens, who is Jewish, of violating federal campaign finance laws. Lawmakers voted for the special session to address the report,…
(JTA) — A man from suburban St. Louis has been arrested for toppling more than 100 headstones at a local Jewish cemetery more than a year ago. Alzado Harris, 34, was arrested on Tuesday after police matched DNA found in a jacket left at the scene of the February 2017 vandalism to Harris, who has…
The Missouri Republican Party is in turmoil, again, after Gov. Eric Greitens was slapped with a second felony charge — opening the door for Democrats to hold a key Senate seat. Greitens was charged with illegally obtaining a fundraising list from a veterans charity he founded. He was indicted in February for allegedly taking a…
Missouri Republicans are worried that a recent sex scandal involving Gov. Eric Greitens will drag their party down. But he has no plans to step down — despite reports of allegedly tying up a woman who he was having an affair with and taking nude photos of her without consent. Greitens admits to the affair,…
A St. Louis judge on Thursday rejected a bid to dismiss a criminal invasion of privacy charge against Missouri Governor Eric Greitens stemming from a sex scandal involving an extramarital affair. Judge Rex Burlison ruled against the Republican governor’s legal team, which filed a motion last week accusing Kim Gardner, the Democratic circuit attorney for…
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens hit his mistress and initiated sexual contact without her consent multiple times during their affair, the woman testified under oath to a Missouri House committee. Greitens, the nation’s only Jewish governor, was already charged in February with felony invasion of privacy after being accused of taking a nude photo of the…
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