The former Missouri governor has been part of a child custody battle with his ex-wife Sheena Greitens since 2020.
The ethics investigation ended in 2020, concluding that while Greitens bears responsibility for his campaign's errors for not reporting two large campaign donations, the investigation found"no evidence of any wrongdoing on the part of Eric Greitens, individually." Greitens announced he would be running for Senate in March 2021.
Sheena Greteins' affidavit also alleged that during the early summer of 2018,"Eric repeatedly threatened to kill himself unless I provided specific public support to him." She said that she and others tried to limit Eric's access to firearms"on at least three separate occasions" in 2018.
"When I told Eric about my plans, he threatened to come to the airport and have me arrested for kidnapping and child abuse, saying that because "Missouri court rules governing divorced parties' conduct toward one another provide a strong incentive for spouses to timely disclose to the court any fact-based and genuine concerns regarding the issues such as the allegations contained in Mother's unsolicited affidavit at the earliest opportunity
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