BP chief resigns after lying over affair with gay lover

thisislondon.com ^ | 5-1-2007 | staff writer

[bedolido]

BP chief Lord Browne has quit after admitting he lied to the High Court over how he met his gay lover.

Following his resignation, Lord Browne said: "In my 41 years with BP I have kept my private life separate from my business life. I have always regarded my sexuality as a personal matter, to be kept private."

[bedolido]

(yes it's true... the only reason I posted this because I thought he looked like Stan Laurel --- one half of Laurel and Hardy... boomers will know them)

[wideawake]

The article paints a fascinating picture: the CEO of British Petroleum and the British Commissioner to the EU discussing official EU policy at dinner, each with a twenty year old foreign boytoy at his side.

[papasmurf]

"Lord Browne discussed EU policy and Chinese textile quotas with Peter Mandelson, the EU commissioner, and Mandelson's Brazilian boyfriend Reinaldo."

Are we seeing the political connection (anti-America) and the homosexual agenda connection here?

:O)

P

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten me into.

[geezerwheezer]

Gee, I gues this BP guy never “pumped” Ethyl either!!!

[Suzy Quzy]

The head of Big Oil is GAY??? Yikes.

[bedolido]

The head of Big Oil is GAY??? Yikes.

there's a joke in what you said... but I am afraid to use it... let me just say... yes he is the head of big oil.

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.todayonline.com/articles/186422.asp

“Lord Browne, 59, resigned on Tuesday hours after a judge allowed the Mail on Sunday to publish allegations by Mr Jeff Chevalier, with whom he had a four-year relationship, that he misused the petroleum giant’s resources... he acknowledged on Tuesday that he had lied to a High Court judge about how he met Mr Chevalier, a 27-year-old student. Lord Browne had earlier claimed that he met the Canadian by chance while jogging in a park. In fact, the two men made contact through a male escort agency’s website... During the hearings, the court was told that Lord Browne took steps to enable Mr Chevalier to remain in the UK when his visa was due to run out. This included helping the younger man to set up a company to trade in mobile phone ring tones... High Court judge, Mr Justice Eady, also noted that Lord Browne tried to ‘trash’ the reputation of Mr Chevalier by suggesting that ‘he is a liar, unstable and adversely affected by dependence on alcohol and illegal drugs.’”