Dina Matos
Dina Matos McGreevey, born 1966 in Cantanhede, Portugal, is the former First Lady of New Jersey. She served as first lady during the administration of her husband, former Gov. James McGreevey. In advance of an expected lawsuit, Gov. McGreevey, with Matos at his side, revealed at an August 2004 press conference that he'd had an adulterous relationship with another man and was resigning from office. Matos and McGreevey separated in October 2004.
Biography
Matos is the daughter of Maria and Ricardo. The Matos moved to the United States from Portugal when she was still young and settled in the heavily Portuguese Ironbound section of Newark. Maria worked in a gift shop and Ricardo worked for the railroad [1].
After graduating from East Side High School, she enrolled at the Newark campus of Rutgers University in 1984. She majored in political science, but also worked as a secretary while in college. Although she was enrolled until 1991, she never graduated.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)..
Matos and McGreevey are currently in the midst of a divorce and custody battle that has gained much media attention in New Jersey because McGreevey wants full custody with support from Matos [2].
Recent media reports allege that Matos would often engage in group sex with her husband and his aide Teddy Pedersen.[3][4] Pedersen claims in a sworn deposition that the three engaged in what they referred to as "Friday Night Specials" after dining at a local T.G.I Friday's. The deposition details that the Former Governor's participation[5] was to only watch Dina Matos McGreevey engage in sexual relations with Pedersen, which she has denied.[6] Pedersen also states in his testimony that he had no knowledge that the former Governor was homosexual at the time of the trysts.
Career
Matos speaks fluent Portuguese and has worked to obtain green cards and naturalization for Portuguese immigrants.[citation needed] In June[citation needed], she was grand marshal of the Portugal Day parade in Newark.
Matos announced in January 2007 that she was writing a book, "Silent Partner", to end media speculation on her life. In the book, Matos wrote that she would never have married McGreevey if she had know he was gay, nor would she have "allowed a gay man to father my child," referring to their six-year-old daughter.[7] On May 1, 2007, the day of the book's release, Matos broke her silence and spoke on The Oprah Winfrey Show promoting her book[8] [9]. On May 2, 2007, she appeared on ABC's Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer and stated:
- "I thought I had it all, I thought it was the American dream, and it turned out to be a nightmare. ... You know he had the entire day [that he resigned] scripted. His entire life had been choreographed, and even as his world was falling apart, he was still trying to script everything and making sure that day went as he wanted it" [10].
Gayle King interviewed Matos in the June 2007 edition of O, The Oprah Magazine [11].
References
- ^ O'Donnell, Michelle (2004-08-14). "THE GOVERNOR RESIGNS: THE WIVES; With Discretion, Two Women Stand By the Governor in His Time of Tribulation". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2948803 McGreevey wants custody and suppoert from Matos
- ^ Post Chronicle (2008-03-17). "Dina Matos McGreevey Sex Scandal, Had Gay Sex Threesomes With Husband!". Retrieved 2008-03-17.
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- ^ Post Chronicle (2008-03-18). "Jim McGreevey Confirms Three-Way Sex Reports". Retrieved 2008-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Post Chronicle (2008-03-18). "Dina Matos McGreevy says ménage à trois reports false". Retrieved 2008-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ MacIntosh, Jeanne (2008-03-17). "I Was McG and Wife's Three-way Sex Stud: Ex-driver". The New York Post. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ^ http://www.oprah.com/tows/slide/200705/20070501/slide_20070501_284_101.jhtml Matos On Oprah
- ^ http://www2.oprah.com/tows/slide/200609/20060919/slide_20060919_284_113.jhtml McGreevey on Oprah
- ^ "Matos says through it all McGreevey had everything choreographed for his own benefit". ABC News. 2007-05-02.
- ^ http://www2.oprah.com/spiritself/omag/ss_omag_200706_mcgreevey.jhtml June 2007 O mag interview