Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, a longtime Republican darling now running for U.S. Senate, not only emotionally and physically abused his ex-wife, but was violent toward their 3-year-old son, a newly filed affidavit said.
, a longtime Republican darling and ex-Navy SEAL now running for U.S. Senate, not only emotionally and physically abused his ex-wife, but was violent toward their 3-year-old son, an affidavit filed Monday in their ongoing child custody dispute alleges.
Sheena Greitens, a professor at the University of Texas, filed for divorce in 2020, two years after it emerged that her ex-husband had carried on an affair with his hairdresser. Eric Greitens wasin 2018 for allegedly coercing her into a sexual encounter then snapping a photo of the semi-nude woman against her wishes. Greitens allegedly told the victim that her reputation would be tarnished as a “little whore” if she said anything about it.
In her affidavit, Sheena Greitens says her husband flew off the handle after she told him she had accepted a teaching job in the Lone Star State, and threatened to use his influence to get the offer revoked. She claims he purchased a gun at one point, and threatened to kill himself unless she publicly supported his political ambitions.
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