Woman who had affair with Mo. governor: ‘I didn’t want this’

The woman who had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) on Monday said that she wishes her allegations hadn’t caused a political firestorm but stands by her testimony of the encounter to state lawmakers.

“I didn’t want this,” the woman said during an interview with KSDK-TV in St. Louis, according to USA Today. “I really wasn’t out to get anyone. I really was just trying to live my life.” 

The woman, whose name and face were not shown on the broadcast, says Greitens initiated a sexual encounter in 2015, a year before his election, and took nude photos of her without her consent.

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Greitens, who admitted to having the affair with his former hairdresser, was facing criminal invasion-of-privacy charges for allegedly threatening to release the photos until prosecutors dropped their case earlier this month.

The governor’s accuser maintained that her testimony before a Missouri House committee investigating the charges was completely true. 

“They were hard to talk about — really, really, really hard to talk about, some of the things — but I absolutely stand by it,” she said. 

The committee found that the accusations and testimonies regarding the story were highly credible, and submitted a report that sparked the beginning of impeachment proceedings against Greitens. 

Over the course of a 30-day special session, state House members will decide whether to approve articles of impeachment over the abuse accusations and a separate felony charge related to allegations that Greitens improperly released a donor list to aid his campaign fundraising efforts.