Dina Matos McGreevey, born on November 5, 1966[1] in Cantanhede, Portugal, is the former First Lady of New Jersey. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Cantanhede ( pron kɐ̃tɐ'ɲed(ɨ is a city and municipality of Portugal with an urban population of 8000 and a total population of 15000 in the municipality Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. She served as first lady during the administration of her husband, former Gov. James McGreevey. James Edward "Jim" McGreevey (born August 6, 1957) is an American Democratic politician 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.
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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. The Portuguese people (os Portugueses literally the Portuguese) are the Ethnic group or Nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west The Ironbound is a large working-class neighborhood in Newark New Jersey. Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, United States and the County seat of Essex County. Maria worked in a gift shop and Ricardo worked for the railroad. [2]
After graduating from East Side High School, she enrolled at the Newark campus of Rutgers University in 1984. East Side High School is a four-year Public high school in Newark, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Newark Public Schools This article discusses Rutgers University's campus in Newark New Jersey She majored in political science, but also worked as a secretary while in college. Although she was enrolled until 1991, she never graduated. [2]
Dina is a former manager of Public and Professional Relations at Saint James Hospital, Executive Director of the Columbus Hospital Foundation in Newark, New Jersey. Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, United States and the County seat of Essex County.
Personal
Matos met James E. McGreevey in 1996, while he was mayor of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, and they began dating the following year, shortly after he lost his first bid for governor to Christie Whitman. James Edward "Jim" McGreevey (born August 6, 1957) is an American Democratic politician Woodbridge Township is a Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. [2] McGreevey had separated from his first wife, Kari Schutz, in 1995 and was divorced in 1997. [2]
They married October 7, 2000. Together they have a daughter, Jacqueline Matos McGreevey, born prematurely on December 7, 2001 after Matos had been hospitalized for six weeks.
In October 2004, Dina Matos McGreevey purchased a three-bedroom, red brick ranch home in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey [1]
Divorce trial
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 [3] Jim and Dina Matos McGreevey's divorce trial in the Union County Courthouse in Elizabeth, started on May 6, 2008, to end their 3 1/2-year separation. see also Springfield Township Burlington County, New Jersey for another township in New Jersey with the same name Springfield Township New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. Elizabeth or Elisabeth is the Greek form Ελισ(σάβετ Elis(savet of the Hebrew Elisheva, meaning "my God is an oath" Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Jim asked the court for equal custody of their 6-year-old daughter, alimony and child support. Alimony, maintenance or spousal support is an obligation established by Law in many countries that is based on the premise that both spouses have an absolute In family law and government policy child support or child maintenance is the ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by a non-custodial parent Matos McGreevey demanded $ 600,000 compensation. McGreevey, 50, now lives with a male partner and is studying to be an Episcopal priest. Stephen Haller, his lawyer will present witness Teddy Pedersen, 29: "Plaintiff will testify at trial that he needed to have a disrobed male present in the room with them in order for him to become physically aroused; This tends to prove that plaintiff was at least bisexual, a fact which should have been obvious to defendant prior to the marriage. " Matos McGreevey's lawyer John Post, would block Pedersen's testimony. [4][5]
In March 2008, media reports alleged that Matos would often engage in group sex with her husband and his aide Teddy Pedersen. [6] 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 was to only watch Dina Matos McGreevey engage in sexual relations with Pedersen, which she has denied. 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. Green card may refer to United States Permanent Resident Card, an identification document issued by the United States of America affording non-citizens of that [2] In June 2004, she was grand marshal of the Portugal Day parade in Newark. [2]
Matos announced in January 2007 that she was writing a book, "Silent Partner", to end media speculation on her life. Silent Partner A Memoir of My Marriage (ISBN 978-1401303648 is an Autobiographical book by Dina Matos McGreevey about her marriage to New Jersey In the book, Matos wrote that she would never have married McGreevey if she had known 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]. The Oprah Winfrey Show is a United States syndicated Talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated 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. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Good Morning America ( GMA) is a morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network debuting on November Lily Diane Sawyer (born December 19, 1945) is a Television Reporter for ABC and co-anchor of its morning news show . . . 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. Gayle King (born December 28, 1954) is editor-at-large for O The Oprah Magazine and is the best friend of Oprah Winfrey O The Oprah Magazine, sometimes simply abbreviated to O, is a monthly magazine for women founded by Oprah Winfrey and Hearst [11]
References
- ^ a b Capuzzo, Jill P. "The Tangled Journey Of a Governor's Wife", The New York Times, November 7, 2004. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Accessed December 30, 2007. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "The McGreeveys will be moving out of Drumthwacket, the governor's Greek Revival mansion in Princeton, and go their separate ways -- she to a red-brick ranch she bought for an undisclosed price in Springfield, Union County. Drumthwacket is the Official residence of the Governor of New Jersey and was built in 1835 by then-future Governor Charles S "
- ^ a b c d e f O'Donnell, Michelle; Collins, Glenn. "THE GOVERNOR RESIGNS: THE WIVES; With Discretion, Two Women Stand By the Governor in His Time of Tribulation", The New York Times, 2004-08-14. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Retrieved on 2008-03-10. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2948803 McGreevey wants custody and support from Matos.
- ^ wwsb.com, Gay ex-N.J. governor's divorce trial promises sordid details
- ^ www.gmanews.tv, Gay ex-NJ gov's divorce trial promises sordid details
- ^ I Had Threesomes With Jim Mcgreevey, Wife: Driver - New York Post
- ^ MacIntosh, Jeanne. "I Was McG and Wife's Three-way Sex Stud: Ex-driver", The New York Post, 2008-03-17. The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Retrieved on 2008-03-17. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger
- ^ 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. Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29 1954 often referred to simply as Oprah, is an American Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29 1954 often referred to simply as Oprah, is an American Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
- ^ http://www2.oprah.com/spiritself/omag/ss_omag_200706_mcgreevey.jhtml June 2007 O Magazine interview
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