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In reply to the discussion: MIAMI HERALD EXCLUSIVE: Naked photographs of Jerry Falwell's wife surface in Miami Beach scandal. [View all]LonePirate
(13,909 posts)44. Here is a rather brief summary.
Falwell and his wife met a pool boy while on vacation in Miami and they soon invested a large sum of money in the pool boys gay hostel. Soon after, Falwell backed 45 and the evangelicals joined Falwell in backing him, which helped him zip through the primaries. Now nude photos of Falwells wife have surfaced, seemingly in relation to the pool boy investment as Cohen (45s lawyer) was recruited at the time to retrieve and destroy the pictures.
All of this may be coincidental. Its the timing of Falwells endorsement along with his generous financial investment with a stranger to run a gay hostel (odd given his position at Liberty University) which have people scratching their heads.
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MIAMI HERALD EXCLUSIVE: Naked photographs of Jerry Falwell's wife surface in Miami Beach scandal. [View all]
MelissaB
Jun 2019
OP
Unless the naked pictures are of the pool boy, then I am glad we have not seen them.
LonePirate
Jun 2019
#6
That is assuming the pool boy slept only with the wife and not with Falwell himself.
LonePirate
Jun 2019
#65
All of this would be a big "nothing burger" if evangelicals didn't want to tell everyone else...
Caliman73
Jun 2019
#7
Oh, FUN!! I nominate the Miami Herald and Julie K. Brown for every Pulitzer known to mankind!
Leghorn21
Jun 2019
#10
Exactly! All of those things sound like fun but I'm not an evangelical championing "family values."
LonePirate
Jun 2019
#14
Jerry Jr., whose wife these are pictures of (not Jerry Sr.'s) isn't a televangelist.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2019
#31
Would someone kindly tl;dr what the controversy is? I read the article, but can't for the life of me
Politicub
Jun 2019
#36
I'm not saying Cohen or 45 blackmailed Falwell after obtaining the photos, but ...
LonePirate
Jun 2019
#48
A pool boy that runs a gay-friendly hostel as one of the players is just icing on the cake
Politicub
Jun 2019
#63