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Sep 18, 2006 7:55 pm US/Eastern
Ex-Aide Says McGreevey Sexually Harassed Him
JERUSALEM (CBS/AP) ―
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Former N.J. Gov. Jim McGreevey
An Israeli man who served as homeland security adviser to James McGreevey said Monday that he never had a homosexual relationship with the former New Jersey governor, whom he accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting him.
Saying that McGreevey lied about their relationship in his new book, Golan Cipel told The Associated Press that the governor sexually assaulted him on two occasions and sexually harassed him on a third.
McGreevey resigned as governor in August 2004, announcing that he was gay. McGreevey aides said at the time that the governor was forced to leave office because Cipel, whom McGreevey later identified as his long-term lover, demanded $50 million or he would file false sexual assault charges against him.
Cipel declined most media interviews at the time, but said he was speaking out now because McGreevey's book distorted the truth, "People told me, 'Leave it alone. Move on with your life,"' he said in a telephone interview. "But now when I read McGreevey's book and I see that he is twisting every incident that I accused him of, I will no longer remain quiet ... I am not afraid of him anymore."
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