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They've bickered over whether she knew he was gay, whose tell-all book would sell better, whether a poster of a nude man hanging over his new lover's bed had to come down before she'd allow their 6-year-old to visit. Divorce has been exceptionally bitter for former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey and his wife, Dina Matos McGreevey. Unless they can resolve the custody and money issues that have arisen since their acrimonious parting, the state's estranged former first couple is heading for a May trial. Celebrity divorce lawyer Raoul Felder, whose list of clients includes exes of Mike Tyson and...

This week, Dina Matos McGreevey filed court papers accusing former Gov. Jim "I am a gay American" McGreevey of extreme cruelty, fraud and libel, for concealing his homosexuality in order to marry her. And so the McGreevey saga continues. I'd say "only in America," but I suspect this is a story that could happen only in New Jersey. Imagine: You are the governor of New Jersey and (by your own account) you're having sex with a young man behind your wife's back. The young man in question describes it as nonconsensual sexual harassment, but never mind. The feds are closing...

TRENTON, N.J. - The man former New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey identified as his gay lover said Thursday he believes McGreevey is not gay. Appearing on "Larry King Live," Golan Cipel, an Israeli citizen hired by McGreevey first as a campaign aide and later as his homeland security adviser, said that McGreevey's 2004 resignation speech admission that he is "a gay American" was "part of the spin." Through lawyers, Cipel had threatened to sue McGreevey for sexual harassment shortly before and after McGreevey's resignation. A lawsuit was never filed. "I think McGreevey had no choice. There was a sexual...

Here's my Confession: Last week, I actually wondered if I was being too hard on former Gov. Jim McGreevey, the lying, cheating, sleaze hawking a new book claiming he's a changed man. But then I spent the weekend reading an increasingly sickening war of words between McGreevey and his supposed former lover, Golan Cipel. Now, the most charitable thing to say about the disgraced leader is that he's lucky he wasn't investigated for attempted rape - and luckier today's much-hyped Oprah appearance is not live, but taped. Leave it to McGreevey to usher in a new low for sexual politics:...

Cipel: McGreevey assaulted me The onetime aide said he wanted to clear the record: The former governor made an advance he rejected. By John Shiffman Inquirer Staff Writer In his new book, Jim McGreevey vividly recalls his first, magical kiss with Golan Cipel. Cipel does not remember the 2001 encounter so fondly. The former aide calls it a failed sexual assault that followed shots of Jagermeister. After he pushed New Jersey's governor away, Cipel said, he asked McGreevey why he assumed he was gay. "And McGreevey said, 'Everybody is a little gay,' " Cipel recalled yesterday in his first extended...

In his highly anticipated memoir, former Gov. James E. McGreevey writes of his deep love for the man who ended his political career, the destruction of his second marriage and the events that forced him into his stunning admission on national television that he is gay. In "The Confession," the former governor also touches on New Jersey's sometimes seamy political landscape, where cash, cronyism and a handful of powerful men intersect. But the 384-page book focuses mostly on McGreevey's secret life, from his frequent sexual encounters with men at highway rest stops to his infatuation with Golan Cipel, the Israeli...

Charles Kushner, the Port Authority commissioner who is New Jersey Governor James McGreevey’s choice to be the agency’s next chairman, may soon find the dreaded appellation "embattled" attached to his name. Mr. Kushner is facing a whistle-blower lawsuit that could jeopardize his appointment to head the Port Authority—an appointment he doubtless helped to secure through generous contributions to New Jersey Democrats. He was the single largest donor to Mr. McGreevey’s campaign fund last year; to Hillary Clinton’s in 2000 and 2001; and to Senator Robert Torricelli’s in 1999 and 2001. Kushner companies collectively provided the largest bundle of contributions to...

Charles Kushner chief fund raiser to disgraced former NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey, is being given a "get out of jail early" card by confessing that he is an alcoholic in need of substance-abuse treatment. Problem is, this is the first anyone has ever heard about Kushner's alleged drinking problem. Kushner was sentenced to two years in a bizarre blackmail plot in which he arranged for his own brother-in-law to be videotaped having sex with a prostitute whom Kushner had hired......to embarrass his sister, who was a cooperating witness to his tax-fraud and campaign-finance malfeasance. Now, Kushner is going to a...

WASHINGTON - Shortly after being elected New Jersey's governor, Democrat Jon Corzine speculated aloud that he might appoint a woman to fill out his unexpired Senate term. Then he singled out black state Sen. Nia Gill, calling her an "extraordinarily capable woman." Gill did not shy away from the hint. "I have the qualifications," she told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "If I am chosen by Jon, I am more than qualified to rise to the occasion." If Corzine does select Gill — a 57-year-old attorney — she would become only the sixth black, and second black woman ever to...

So much for the suggestion that running multimillionaire candidates who can self-finance their campaigns will rid politics of the "influence of money" factor. Sen. Jon Corzine... whose approach to politics has always been "you have to give if you want to receive" suddenly finds himself embroiled in a potential scandal involving both money and sex. Judging by his reaction thus far, Corzine believes his best bet is to stay close-mouthed behind an avowal of his right to privacy... lends an added air of someone trying to hide something. And since Corzine is trying to run as the Mr. Clean..., the...

Realty firm positions itself in anticipation of exec's imprisonment Sunday, January 16, 2005 BY GEORGE E. JORDAN Star-Ledger Staff Alan Hammer, acting chairman of Kushner Cos., said the real estate venture is selling some of its apartments simply because it is a good time to sell. The sale of an unspecified number of apartments, the backbone of the Kushner empire, with estimated assets of $3 billion, comes as the company has quietly sold off other pieces of its real estate portfolio and shut down some of its fledgling enterprises.

TRENTON, Sept. 3 - Gov. James E. McGreevey's uncharted, uncertain journey toward resignation reached two important milestones in recent days, yet with each new fact that emerged, the entire ordeal seemed to grow more puzzling. The first came on Monday, when lawyers for Golan Cipel, the former aide who prompted the resignation by threatening to file a lawsuit against Mr. McGreevey alleging harassment and sexual assault, announced that he would not sue the governor after all. Then at midnight Friday, Mr. McGreevey - who vows to remain in office until Nov. 15 and allow the Senate president to complete the...

Golan Cipel won't file a sexual-harassment suit against New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, his lawyers said yesterday — but the Israeli still insists he is the wronged victim of unwanted advances. Attorneys Rachel Yosevitz and Allen Lowy told a hastily called news conference the governor's resignation announcement was sufficient admission of wrongdoing — and money was never the issue for Cipel. "Had the governor not resigned and admitted his wrongdoings, Mr. Cipel emphatically stated that he would have sued," said Yosevitz, who just returned from visiting McGreevey's former homeland-security adviser in Israel. Cipel, 36, "has no desire to have the...

NEW YORK -- A former aide who claims New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey sexually harassed him will not file a lawsuit against the governor, the man's lawyer said Monday. The governor's resignation announcement was sufficient admission of his wrongdoing and the issue was never about money, said lawyer Rachel Yosevitz, attorney for Golan Cipel. McGreevey announced Aug. 12 that he was gay and would resign from office because he had an extramarital affair with a man. Administration sources identified the other man in the relationship as Cipel. But the former McGreevey homeland security adviser denied that he was gay...

Attorneys for the college that oddly figured into negotiations over a former aide's threatened sexual harassment lawsuit against Gov. James E. McGreevey say they may sue one of the aide's lawyers because he was not authorized to use Touro College's name. McGreevey administration sources said Golan Cipel demanded millions of dollars and a charter for a New Jersey-based medical school for Touro College in exchange for remaining silent about his relationship with McGreevey. Cipel, who sources said had an affair with the governor, worked for the Manhattan college for three months last fall when it was trying to establish a...

A Sex Scandal in Trenton, and a Puzzle for Detectives By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI Published: August 22, 2004 TRENTON, Aug. 20 - As federal agents investigate Gov. James E. McGreevey's accusation that a former adviser tried to extort millions of dollars by threatening to disclose their extramarital affair publicly, the basic outlines of the case are not in dispute. Lawyers for Mr. McGreevey and his former aide, Golan Cipel, had dozens of telephone conversations to discuss Mr. Cipel's plan to pursue a sexual harassment and assault lawsuit against the governor and a possible financial agreement in the case before any papers...

Livingston MD arrested on charges of impersonation and causing alarm The Livingston doctor's picture was splashed all over the New York tabloids. He made the evening news, enthralling some members of the media with tales of being the gay lover of the central figure in the McGreevey sex scandal. But in addition to his sex claims, police reports reviewed by The Star-Ledger yesterday show Michael David Miller has falsely told police he is a CIA operative and that the satellite dish on his house is used for CIA communication. In a series of phone calls to police and Essex County...

NEWARK — A doctor who told reporters he had an affair with a man accusing Gov. James E. McGreevey of sexual harassment was arrested at his Livingston home and is scheduled to be arraigned Friday. Officers took Michael David Miller into custody about 11:30 p.m. Thursday, the Essex County Sheriff’s Office said Friday morning. Miller was reportedly charged with impersonating an FBI officer and causing false public alarm. “His behavior was so bizarre that I felt compelled, after discussing this with the prosecutor, to take this action to protect the community and Mr. Miller,” Sheriff Armando Fontoura told the Star-Ledger...

Impossible to know where truth is The papers call him an Israeli poet, but it turns out the only poetry he ever produced was a self-published book at age 16. He wrote press releases in New York's Israeli consulate office, but in a 1999 speech he bragged about his work with prime ministers and on sensitive peace negotia-tions. He insists he's strictly a heterosexual, yet both the governor of New Jersey and now a college professor reportedly had gay affairs with him. It's almost understandable why the Arab television network Al-Jazeera has posted a bizarre story claiming he's a secret...

I was Cipel's lover... ...and he's still in love with the gov, says prof BY RALPH R. ORTEGA, ALISON GENDAR and NANCY DILLONDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS The mystery man who claims to be Golan Cipel's ex-lover said yesterday that not only is the handsome Israeli gay - he's also still in love with Gov. Jim McGreevey. "Golan says he's not gay? He could have fooled me," Dr. David Miller of Livingston, N.J., told the Daily News yesterday, as he claimed that he had a gay affair with the ex-McGreevey aide. "We love each other. Is that a crime? We're...

Cipel Says He'll Return to US in Pursuit of 'Justice' Julie Stahl Jerusalem Bureau Chief Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Dogged by media and accused of extortion, Golan Cipel, the Israeli man at the center of a sex scandal involving New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey, has returned home to Israel -- to gather his strength, he said. In an interview with a local newspaper published on Wednesday, Cipel continued to insist on his innocence, amid allegations that he may have tried to blackmail Gov. McGreevey. But he did not address the allegations directly. Local papers quoted various people, including Israeli government...

Where is Golan's Blue Dress? trentonrevolution In the ultimate anti-Clinton political moment, New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey came out ahead of the curve to admit, "he had sex with that man, Mr. Cipel" in a mutually accepted adult consensual relationship. Rather than wagging his finger in our faces a la Bill Clinton, Governor McGreevey appeared with his family to share the joy of his coming out with his constituency and those around the country and around the world. McGreevey's father appeared to be extremely proud to be appearing behind his son at that wonderful moment of which every father...

NEW YORK - Golan Cipel, the Israeli who maintains that the governor of New Jersey sexually harassed him and fired him from his position of adviser when he rejected the governor's advances, appears agitated at first. Overnight, he has become one of the most sought-after interviewees in the American media, but now he has difficulty speaking. Wearing a green polo shirt and jeans, Cipel occasionally looks as if he might break into tears at any moment. Faced with the intention of Cipel's attorney Allen M. Lowy to file a sexual harassment suit, Governor James McGreevey publicly announced on Thursday that...

The Israeli man at the center of New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey's resignation over an alleged gay affair has returned to his hometown and intends to stay there for several weeks, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The man, Golan Cipel, 35, landed in Israel on Monday and was en route to the home of his parents in the Tel Aviv suburb of Rishon Letzion, said the spokeswoman, Einat Oren. In his first public statement since McGreevey's resignation Cipel said he has had a "very difficult time" and would stay with his family in Israel for a while. McGreevey, who is...

N.J. Voters in a PicklePublished: August 18, 2004 ov. James McGreevey's exit strategy has put New Jersey voters, and democracy itself, in a terrible bind. Under the timetable announced last week during his bombshell news conference, Mr. McGreevey will resign his office on Nov. 15 and hand the reins of government to Richard Codey, the president of the State Senate. Executive power will thus reside for three months with a lame-duck governor crippled by scandal and then, for the next 14 months, with an interim governor who has no mandate from the voters. The alternative is for the Republicans and...

EXCERPTS TRENTON -- Gov. Jim McGreevey snubbed former FBI director Louis Freeh for the post of state anti-terrorism czar to appoint his alleged lover Golan Cipel. Freeh offered to assume the post free of charge, but McGreevey opted instead to put Cipel into the job with an $110,000 salary. That was just a footnote to reports back in 2002, but is now being revisited following McGreevey’s revelation to the world last week that he is gay and carried on a "shameful" extramarital affair with a former employee. Freeh is a New Jersey native and graduate of Rutgers University and was...

Trenton - Former FBI Director Freeh made an extraordinary offer to the state of New Jersey, he would take the post of Homeland Security Advisor at no salary. According to reports out today, Freeh agreed to assume the role of state anti-terrorism czar to then acting Governor Don DiFrancesco. The Governor then approached both candidates for Governor in the election cycle. Freeh did not want to commit to the post unless both candidates committed to it. The reports indicate Freeh did not wish his appointment to become a partisan issue. The Republican Bret Schundler - agreed to the Freeh offer....

Inquiry Said to Be Focusing On Plan for Touro CollegeBy DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI and JOSEPH BERGERPublished: August 17, 2004 RENTON, Aug. 16 - The federal investigation into Gov. James E. McGreevey's accusation that a former aide tried to extort him by threatening to reveal their extramarital affair is now focusing on a strange, last-minute offer to keep the matter secret if the governor agreed to approve a plan for a new medical school in New Jersey, according to three people involved in the inquiry.Just 10 minutes before Mr. McGreevey was scheduled to announce his resignation last Thursday, a member of his...

Cipel Says Deal With McGreevey Was Close Golan Cipel's Spokesman Says Deal WOuld Have Stopped Lawsuit Aug 16, 2004 10:58 am US/Eastern TRENTON (AP) Just minutes before Gov. James E. McGreevey admitted last week that he is gay and will resign, the lawyer for the man accusing the governor of sexual harassment believed McGreevey would pay to keep a lawsuit from being filed. Allen Lowy, the attorney for Golan Cipel, on Monday said a verbal deal that would have stopped the filing of a lawsuit was struck with McGreevey's attorneys five minutes before the scheduled start of the news conference...

August 16, 2004 -- Gov. Jim McGreevey just wouldn't take no for an answer. So says Golan Cipel, who broke his silence yesterday, claiming he lived in a perpetual state of terror over McGreevey's constant sexual advances. In his first interview since the gay-sex scandal broke, the Israeli poet at the center of the storm told the Israeli paper Yediot Ahronot that McGreevey's predator-like come-ons eventually got so bad, "I got to a point where I was afraid to stay with him alone. "He hit on me over and over," Cipel said. Cipel claimed he didn't report the harassment because...

The man in the middle of New Jersey's gay sex scandal insisted yesterday he is straight and planned to sue only because Gov. Jim McGreevey was coming on to him. "He hit on me over and over," Golan Cipel, 35, told Israel's Yediot Ahronot newspaper. "I got to a point where I was afraid to stay with him alone. "Think about how scary it is when we are talking about a powerful man like the governor of the State of New Jersey," added Cipel, who is in hiding in New York. Cipel's lawyer said McGreevey, after hiring Cipel for a...

He wanted to clean up politics in the Jersey capital. It didn't work out that way. A series of scandals, and a gay secret life, cut James McGreevey's career short. 'I am a gay American': Damage control or personal integrity? New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey had stayed a step ahead of the rumors for years. In down-and-dirty New Jersey politics, Republican opponents had tried to hint at his double life, sometimes none too subtly. One Republican opponent in a local election sent out a mass mailing with photographs of McGreevey's car getting late-night parking tickets in a particularly seedy area...

The Israeli man at the center of New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey's resignation over a gay affair said in an interview published Sunday that he is straight and had no idea at first that his boss is a homosexual. Golan Cipel told the Israeli daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot that McGreevey repeatedly made unwanted advances. Cipel said he informed the governor at one point that he planned to sue him for sexual harassment, and that lawyers were negotiating a settlement when McGreevey resigned last week. "It doesn't bother me that it is said I am gay, but I really am...

Ex-Aide Tells Israeli Paper of a Relentless McGreevey By PATRICK HEALY olan Cipel, the political appointee said to have had an affair with Gov. James E. McGreevey of New Jersey, was quoted in an Israeli newspaper as saying that he is heterosexual. He portrayed himself as a victim of unwanted advances by the governor. "He hit on me over and over," Mr. Cipel is quoted in an interview published in the newspaper, Yediot Ahronot. "I got to a point where I was afraid to stay with him alone." Mr. Cipel said that at first he was unaware that the governor...

If anyone doubts there is a media bias, read on...In today's NY Times there was a huge full page background story on the McGreevy affair. It was quite good. Lots of new info. I refuse to post a link to the Slimes. The article was posted here on FR this morning..someone else please post a link. I was looking at it to make a point to "lainie" on another thread, when, I realized that on the website they've yanked a very interesting paragraph...I hold the early edition of today's paper in my hands, so read on to see what was...

JERUSALEM - The Israeli man at the center of New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey's resignation over a gay affair said in an interview published Sunday that he is straight and had no idea initially that his former boss is a homosexual. Golan Cipel told the Israeli daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot that McGreevey repeatedly made unwanted sexual advances. Cipel said he informed the governor at one point that he planned to sue him for sexual harassment, and lawyers were negotiating a settlement when McGreevey resigned last week. "It doesn't bother me that it is said I am gay, but I...

This past week saw Exhibit A of a human trait: We examine news events through our individual moral and political lenses. This is rarely clearer than when the news involves hotly contested issues. Two cases in point: • The governor of New Jersey announces that he is gay. He resigns. Good or bad? • The California Supreme Court voids roughly 4,000 gay marriages sanctioned earlier this year. Good or bad? The answers depend mightily on whom you ask. If you're asking me, here are my answers: Gov. James McGreevey had barely left his news conference Thursday when the question reared...

TRENTON BUREAU Governor McGreevey's resignation and confession about a gay affair came after a series of demands for money and then, mysteriously, for government approval of a medical school, according to a ranking administration official. A lawyer representing Golan Cipel, the former homeland security aide identified by administration sources as the man who had the affair with McGreevey, began asking for money to stop a lawsuit in late July, the official said. The demands continued until shortly before the governor's startling announcement Thursday, when a Cipel representative asked that the governor help New York-based Touro College get state approval for...

Cipel Says He Is Straight Aug 15, 2004 11:26 am US/Eastern JERUSALEM (AP) The Israeli man at the center of New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey's resignation over a gay affair said in an interview published Sunday that he is straight and had no idea at first that his boss is a homosexual. Golan Cipel told the Israeli daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot that McGreevey repeatedly made unwanted advances. Cipel said he informed the governor at one point that he planned to sue him for sexual harassment, and that lawyers were negotiating a settlement when McGreevey resigned last week.

Former FBI Director Louis Freeh had agreed to become New Jersey's Homeland Security Director in 2002, but Gov. James McGreevey instead chose his unqualified boyfriend Golan Cipel for the post, a report unearthed Friday by national radio host Sean Hannity reveals. While the mainstream press has yet to explore the explosive new angle in the McGreevey scandal, Hannity's coverage of the March 17, 2002, New York Times report shows the lengths to which the New Jersey Democrat was willing to compromise his state's security to satisfy his personal needs. "Attorney General John J. Farmer Jr., with the help of...

The first wife of New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey said yesterday she didn't know her ex was gay until last week. "He told me just before he went on TV," Kari Schutz said in a phone interview from British Columbia. Schutz described the call from her ex-husband as "difficult," although she declined to give details. But asked if she had any idea of her husband's sexual identity during their marriage, she said, "I never knew." The governor's second wife, Dina Matos McGreevey, also didn't learn her husband was gay until just days ago, sources said. One source said that McGreevey...

I didn't know, sez gov's ex 2 hours, 43 minutes ago BY MAGGIE HABERMAN, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER The first wife of New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey said yesterday she didn't know her ex was gay until last week. "He told me just before he went on TV," Kari Schutz said in a phone interview from British Columbia. Schutz described the call from her ex-husband as "difficult," although she declined to give details. But asked if she had any idea of her husband's sexual identity during their marriage, she said, "I never knew." The governor's second wife, Dina Matos McGreevey,...

Jim McGreevey's former gay lover made a desperate cash-for-silence demand just minutes before the New Jersey governor told the world he was homosexual, sources said yesterday. Less than a half hour before McGreevey's stunning announcement that he had cheated on his wife with a man and would step down in November, Golan Cipel asked the governor's lawyers for $2 million - down from a previous request for $5 million, the administration sources said. Cipel also wanted the administration to okay a proposed Touro College medical school in New Jersey, they said. In exchange, the Israeli national said he would not...

New Jersey Governor James McGreevey surprised his state and the nation, announcing that "My truth is that I am a gay American." With this statement and his resignation, McGreevey certainly got attention — but did he draw attention to the truth? Well, he may be telling us a truth, just not the whole truth. Yes, McGreevey's mea culpa was delivered in a refreshingly straightforward and open manner. I certainly felt for the governor, and especially for his family, simply as fellow human beings struggling through a time of emotional crisis. But what led Governor McGreevey to unfold his own family...

TRENTON, N.J. - The man who claims Gov. James E. McGreevey sexually harassed him was pushing for a cash settlement of up to $50 million before the governor decided to announce that he was gay and had an extramarital affair, sources told The Associated Press. Golan Cipel's demands also included a last-minute push to have McGreevey's administration approve development plans for a private medical college in the state, two senior members of the administration said Saturday. Both sources spoke on condition of anonymity. McGreevey's lawyer refused to negotiate, one of the sources said, and rejected repeated offers to pay cash...

Golan Cipel, the Israeli with whom NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey claims he had an affair, is straight and was sexually assaulted by the politician on more than a dozen occasions --SNIP-- McGreevey and Cipel first met in Rishon Lezion in 1999 or 2000, according to the lawyers, when Cipel was working as a press liaison to Mayor Meir Nitzan. The then-mayor sat down next to Cipel on a bus carrying the American dignitaries and while engaging in friendly chit-chat became impressed with Cipel's knowledge of New Jersey, which he picked up while working at the Israeli consulate in New York...

NEW YORK - New Jersey Governor James McGreevey and his former top aid Golan Cipel were never lovers, and never engaged in sexual relations, Cipel's lawyers said yesterday in an exclusive interview with Haaretz. Last Thursday the 47-year old governor announced his resignation from office, after declaring he was gay and had engaged in an extramarital affair with another man. McGreevey is married and has two daughters. Meanwhile, the FBI reportedly intends to open an investigation into the political case, on suspicion that Cipel tried to blackmail the governor, demanding $5 million for not revealing their relationship. McGreevey said at...

Lawyers for Golan Cipel, the man with whom Gov. James E. McGreevey said he had had an extramarital affair, angrily disputed the governor's account yesterday, saying that Mr. Cipel never consented to any intimate contact with Mr. McGreevey because he is and always has been heterosexual. The lawyers, Allen M. Lowy and Rachel Yosevitz, said that the governor had subjected Mr. Cipel to unwelcome sexual advances on more than a dozen occasions beginning in November 2001, when Mr. McGreevey, 47, was elected and Mr. Cipel worked as an aide on his transition team. The governor's abusive conduct continued, the lawyers...

--SNIP-- Golan Cipel, an Israeli national hired by McGreevey in the first days of his administration as homeland security adviser and then as special counsel, issued a statement saying the governor repeatedly approached him for sex. "While employed by one of the most powerful politicians in the country, New Jersey Governor McGreevey, I was the victim of repeated sexual advances by him," Cipel's statement said. "Such conduct and McGreevey's behavior caused me such emotional distress and turmoil." Cipel painted McGreevey as an oppressive manipulator and himself as a victim who was subjected to retaliation by the governor and members of...

NEW YORK -- Gov. James E. McGreevey made repeated sexual advances toward a former state employee and has now made him the victim of a "smear campaign," a lawyer for the man said Friday. "While employed by one of the most powerful politicians in the country, New Jersey Governor McGreevey, I was the victim of repeated sexual advances by him," said attorney Allen M. Lowy, reading a prepared statement from his client Golan Cipel.