[Jerry Falwell Jr. Sex Scandal]
People: “Falwell’s exit comes amid a controversy that he’s labeled an extortion plot and compared to the movie Fatal Attraction: a pool attendant named Giancarlo Granda claimed to have had an “intimate relationship” with Falwell’s wife, Becki Falwell…”
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The Falwell “Fatal Attraction” menage de trois of Jerry Falwell, Giancarlo Granada–the “pool boy” man in the middle–and Falwell’s wife Becki Falwell.
Jerry Falwell Jr. has stepped down as president of Liberty University amid his involvement in a sex scandal involving his wife and a Florida pool attendant.
“The Liberty University Board of Trustees acted today to accept the resignation of Jerry Falwell, Jr. as its president and chancellor and also accepted his resignation from its Board of Directors,” a spokesperson for Liberty University said in a statement on Tuesday. “All were effective immediately . . . Falwell, through an attorney, sent the resignation letter late last night to members of the Board’s Executive Committee pursuant to the terms of his contract of employment.”
Falwell’s exit comes amid a controversy that he’s labeled an extortion plot and compared to the movie Fatal Attraction: a pool attendant named Giancarlo Granda claimed to have had an “intimate relationship” with Falwell’s wife, Becki Falwell, from 2012 to 2018 — with Falwell, 58, as an audience.
The release said that Falwell on Monday agreed to immediately resign, but then reversed course, only to send his resignation letter late Monday night. His severance will be doled out as per the terms of his pre-existing employment agreement, the details of which remain unclear.
“The university’s heartfelt prayers are with him and his family as he steps away from his life’s work,” a Liberty press release said.
Falwell, a prominent evangelical, had been head of Liberty, one of the country’s largest Christian schools, since his father died in 2007. Pastor Jerry Falwell Sr. founded Liberty in 1971.
Read the rest of this story here: https://people.com/human-interest/what-to-know-about-giancarlo-granda-jerry-falwell-jr-and-wife-pool-boy/
