GOVERNOR ARRESTED FOR CIRCULATING PHOTOS OF NUDE LOVER (PHOTO)
GOVERNOR ARRESTED FOR
CIRCULATING PHOTOS OF NUDE LOVER (PHOTO)
The governor of Missouri has been indicted and taken into
custody for circulating photographs of his bound and partially nude lover,
local media reported Thursday.
Governor Eric Greitens was arrested Thursday afternoon on
the first floor of Carnahan Courthouse in St Louis, according to an eyewitness
report by a journalist from the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Greitens was charged with invasion of privacy which was
apparently linked to media reports last month that he had allegedly threatened
to transmit photographs of the woman with whom he was having an affair.
The
governor was charged Thursday after it was alleged that he had followed through
on the threat and transmitted the photographs, the Post-Dispatch reported.
Missouri
law states it is a felony to take a nonconsensual photo and distribute to
another person, according to a statement from the office of St Louis Circuit
Attorney Kimberley M Gardner.
“As I
have stated before, it is essential for residents of the city of St Louis and
our state to have confidence in their leaders,” Gardner said.
The crime
carries a sentence of up to four years in prison.
Greiten
has admitted the affair which happened around the time he began his 2015
campaign for office, when he switched from being a Democrat to a Republican.
He has,
however, denied he threatened to circulate the photos.(dpa/NAN)