Empieza el juicio de divorcio del ex gobernador homosexual de Nueva Jersey

Posted: 2008-05-07 20:44:55

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Nueva York (EFE).- El juicio de divorcio del ex gobernador de Nueva Jersey James McGreevey comenzó, casi cuatro años después de dimitir de su cargo y hacer público que era homosexual y que había mantenido una relación extraconyugal con otro hombre.

Desde entonces, la pareja ha vivido separada y tanto McGreevey como su esposa, Dina Matos, de 41 años, han escrito sendos libros para contar su historia en común y detallar las circunstancias de su relación.

El tribunal de Nueva Jersey que lleva el caso tendrá que decidir si McGreevey cometió fraude al casarse con una mujer siendo homosexual, tal y como sostiene su esposa, quien pide una compensación de 600.000 dólares.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 15: Children from Baghdad's Chaldean Catholic community smile in the pews at a mass attended by Iraqi Christians, local Muslim tribal leaders, and US soldiers November 15, 2007 in Bagdhad, Iraq. The service was held at St. John the Baptist, a church in the neighbohood of Dora that closed earlier this year due to Islamic militant threats. But a recent decrease in violence has allowed the Iraqi Christians to re-open the church for the first time in seven months, and the afternoon mass attracted hundreds of worshippers. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 15: Monsignor Shelman Wardoun, a Chaldean Catholic bishop, is escorted by US soldiers after conducting a Catholic mass November 15, 2007 in Bagdhad, Iraq. The service was held at St. John the Baptist, a church in the neighbohood of Dora that closed earlier this year due to Islamic militant threats. A recent decrease in violence has allowed the Iraqi Christians to re-open the church for the first time in seven months, and the afternoon mass attracted around a hundred worshippers. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 15: A man from Baghdad's Chaldean Catholic community reads over hymms printed in Arabic at a mass attended by Iraqi Christians, local Muslim tribal leaders, and US soldiers November 15, 2007 in Bagdhad, Iraq. The service was held at St. John the Baptist, a church in the neighbohood of Dora that closed earlier this year due to Islamic militant threats. A recent decrease in violence has allowed the Iraqi Christians to re-open the church for the first time in seven months, and the afternoon mass attracted around a hundred worshippers. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 15: Local Muslim tribal leaders attend a mass in a Chaldean Catholic church in a service attended by Iraqi Christians, local Muslim tribal leaders, and US soldiers November 15, 2007 in Bagdhad, Iraq. The service was held at St. John the Baptist, a church in the neighbohood of Dora that closed earlier this year due to Islamic militant threats. A recent decrease in violence has allowed the Iraqi Christians to re-open the church for the first time in seven months, and the afternoon mass attracted around a hundred worshippers. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 15: Iraqi Chaldean Catholics stand in pews during a mass attended by Iraqi Christians, local Muslim tribal leaders, and US soldiers November 15, 2007 in Bagdhad, Iraq. The service was held at St. John the Baptist, a church in the neighbohood of Dora that closed earlier this year due to Islamic militant threats. But a recent decrease in violence has allowed the Iraqi Christians to re-open the church for the first time in seven months, and the afternoon mass attracted around a hundred worshippers. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 15: Local Muslim tribal leaders attend a mass in a Chaldean Catholic church in a service attended by Iraqi Christians, local Muslim tribal leaders, and US soldiers November 15, 2007 in Bagdhad, Iraq. The service was held at St. John the Baptist, a church in the neighbohood of Dora that closed earlier this year due to Islamic militant threats. A recent decrease in violence has allowed the Iraqi Christians to re-open the church for the first time in seven months, and the afternoon mass attracted around a hundred worshippers. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
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A protesters stands in front of the Music Box theater where the show 'The Farnsworth Invention' is canceled near Times Square Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007 in New York. Farnsworth is the chap who invented television 80 years ago, then was cheated out of his due credit, fame and riches. He died in 1971, but, 36 years later, was poised for a posthumous revival. A new play about him was opening on Broadway, then theater stagehands went on strike. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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A sign on the door of the Music Box Theater announces that the show 'The Farnsworth Invention' is canceled Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007 in New York. Farnsworth is the chap who invented television 80 years ago, then was cheated out of his due credit, fame and riches. He died in 1971, but, 36 years later, was poised for a posthumous revival. A new play about him was opening on Broadway, then theater stagehands went on strike. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Pedestrians and traffic pass the Music Box theater where the show 'The Farnsworth Invention' is canceled near Times Square Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007 in New York. Farnsworth is the chap who invented television 80 years ago, then was cheated out of his due credit, fame and riches. He died in 1971, but, 36 years later, was poised for a posthumous revival. A new play about him was opening on Broadway, then theater stagehands went on strike. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Protesters gather in front of the Music Box theater where the show 'The Farnsworth Invention' is canceled near Times Square Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007 in New York. Farnsworth is the chap who invented television 80 years ago, then was cheated out of his due credit, fame and riches. He died in 1971, but, 36 years later, was poised for a posthumous revival. A new play about him was opening on Broadway, then theater stagehands went on strike. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Ella sostiene que nunca supo que su marido era homosexual, mientras que McGreevey considera que, aunque su matrimonio era "un montaje por parte de ambos", él siempre cumplió con sus obligaciones maritales, dando "compañía y un hijo a la pareja".

Los jueces también deberán decidir sobre la custodia de la única hija de la pareja, de seis años.

Entre los testigos más esperados se encuentra Teddy Pedersen, un antiguo asistente del ex gobernador, que asegura que mantuvo tríos sexuales con regularidad con el matrimonio McGreevey, antes y después de que estos se casaran.

McGreevey apareció el 12 de agosto de 2004 en una conferencia de prensa televisada a todo el país en la que el entonces gobernador demócrata hizo público que era "un estadounidense gay" y que había mantenido una relación extramarital con otro hombre.

"Aparezco también aquí porque de manera vergonzosa he mantenido una relación consentida con otro hombre, lo que viola mis vínculos matrimoniales", señaló el gobernador, quien agregó que eso fue "un error" y algo "inexcusable".

McGreevey dijo que en esas circunstancias lo más adecuado era dimitir, algo que hizo un año antes de que concluyera su mandato.

Casi cuatro años después, el ex gobernador y su aún esposa rechazaron hacer declaraciones a la entrada de los juzgados donde se celebrará un juicio que, al menos durante los tres primeros días, será a puerta cerrada. EFE

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2008-05-07 09:16:10