Candidate's ex-wife alleged he pressured her for public sex 06/21/04
Jeri Lynn Ryan, an actress best known for roles on TV's "Boston Public" and "Star Trek: Voyager," said in the documents that she angered Ryan by refusing.
She did acknowledge infidelity on her part, which she said took place after their marriage was irretrievably broken.
In the documents, Jack Ryan denied the allegations, saying he had been "faithful and loyal" to his wife.
Jeri Lynn Ryan charged during a custody hearing that Ryan took her on surprise trips to New Orleans, New York and Paris in 1998, and that he insisted she go to sex clubs with him on each trip.
She said that after going to dinner with Ryan in New York, he demanded she go to a club with him.
"It was a bizarre club with cages, whips and other apparatus hanging from the ceiling," she said. She said she refused when Ryan asked her to perform a sexual act while others watched.
She said Ryan apologized after they left. But then, she said, he took her to Paris and again took her to a sex club.
"I did arrange romantic getaways for us, but that did not include the type of activity she described," Ryan said in the papers.
"We did go to one avant-garde nightclub in Paris which was more than either one of us felt comfortable with. We left and vowed never to return."
He said he felt bad for their son that she would falsely accuse him.
In a statement released Monday, Jeri Lynn Ryan made no mention of the allegations, but said she now considers Ryan a good man and loving father.
A Los Angeles judge on Friday ordered parts of the records unsealed.
The two vigorously fought the public disclosure of the files since before Jack Ryan's win in the March 16 Republican primary. They have argued that making them public would be harmful to their 9-year-old son, Alex.
The Ryans said they were "disturbed and angered" by the order, but decided not to appeal.
Ryan had repeatedly assured GOP leaders the files contain nothing embarrassing enough to torpedo his bid for the Senate against Democrat Barack Obama.
Rumors about the documents' contents have been circulating since before the March 16 primary. Some of his GOP opponents raised them as an issue in that campaign, but Ryan won the primary handily.
The judge said making the records public could harm the Ryans' son and embarrass the candidate. But he said the public deserved to know the contents.
The Chicago Tribune and Chicago TV station WLS sued to have the documents released.
The fact that this involves a Republican senatorial candidate is absolutely irrelevant. And the fact that it also involves an actress that I will admit to fantasizing about is ALSO totally irrelevant.
This is STRICTLY about the private sexual behavior of a married couple, and it has no business whatsoever in the public domain.
There is no more reason that THIS is public info, than that Clinton / Lewinsky is public info. Neither one EVER should have been. It is, to be blunt, NOT ANY OF OUR DAMN BUSINESS.
This is what happens when the Ashcroft mentality begins to pervade our legal system. NOTHING is private anymore.
People's sexual life is none of the public's business unless those people are a threat to public safety. In this case, candidate Ryan does not appear to be a threat to either public safety or to his son.
But it salacious fun about the prudish party! Useful ony to point out how two faced so many GOPers are!
During the impeachment debacle, didn't you feel a little glee to discover so many of the lynch ring leaders were having affairs themselves? I think that's what helped regular voters see it for the witch hunt it was!
Of course the two sides probably are about even in all the vices. But the one that makes the most prudish noises is usally the GOP, so they get a little more shit when dirty laundry shows up...
How hard would it be to give a libertarian politician shit about stuff like this ? A green could get away with claiming it was a seed sowing effort!
Personally I'd like to focus on Jeri Ryan's role. Can you imagine being at a swing party when 7of 9 is suddenly on the menu? I'd prbalby pop while walking over to her! And I am not into blondes!
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espite the joke in the post above, I totally agree..