”We called it the Friday Night Special … a hard-core consensual sex orgy,” Teddy Pedersen, 29, told the New York Post. ”He liked watching me, and she would watch me while she was (performing sex acts) with Jim. In my opinion, me being a part of their sexual relationship enhanced it for both of them.”

Ex-Gov. McGreevey issued a statement saying Pedersen is telling the truth. Mrs. McGreevey issued a statement saying both men are lying.

The McGreeveys are engaged in an acrimonious divorce battle.

”This happened, this happened in the past, and now we need to move on with our lives,” ex-Gov. McGreevey said March 17. ”For all of our sakes, particularly our daughter, we need to close this chapter and look toward the future. This was referenced in an earlier draft of my book, and I
had it removed. I still hope Dina and I can resolve our issues privately.”

Mrs. McGreevey countered: ”Theodore Pedersen’s claims … are completely false and were prompted by Jim McGreevey. This all has to do with the publicity I have received since Gov. (Eliot) Spitzer resigned. Jim has enlisted one of his cronies in trying to distinguish that situation from his own, and to discredit me in the media. He cannot stand it when I am receiving attention in the media rather than him.”

Gov. McGreevey came out on Aug. 12, 2004, in his now-infamous ”I am a gay American” speech. He then resigned the governorship on Nov. 15, 2004.

Mrs. McGreevey has said she didn’t know her husband was gay prior to August 2004.

Rex Wockner