Embattled evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. is in discussions with Liberty University about his fate as president of the Christian school founded by his late father, a school spokesman told CNN.
The confusion over Falwell’s fate comes after a series of recent public controversies about his behavior. A Miami man is saying he had an eight-year affair with Falwell Jr.’s wife after he met the couple at a Miami hotel. In a statement to CNN, Falwell Jr., acknowledged the affair. Falwell Jr.,58, who was on leave from the school, issued a lengthy statement Sunday saying he and his family were blackmailed by the man, who had an «inappropriate personal relationship» with his wife Becki. In his statement, obtained by CNN and first reported by the Washington Examiner, Falwell Jr. said the affair led to stress, weight loss and the feeling that he was «living on a roller coaster.» Conflicting stories about what happened Falwell Jr. did not identify the man. But Giancarlo Granda told CNN he is the person who is referenced throughout Falwell’s statement. In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Granda said he was 20 years old in 2012 when he met the couple while working as a pool attendant at the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami and began a relationship in the same month with Falwell Jr.’s wife, Becki. Throughout the relationship, Granda said Falwell Jr. «enjoyed watching from the corner of the room» as he and Becki had sex. Granda told Reuters he and Becki had sex «multiple times per year» at hotels in Miami and New York and at the Falwells’ home in Virginia. Neither Falwell Jr. nor Becki Falwell have commented on Granda’s description of the affair.
