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Falwell sent me lewd co-ed pic: pool dude
The former pool boy who claims to have had an affair with Jerry Falwell Jr.’s wife while the evangelical leader watched has now accused the former Liberty University president of being a “predator” who once sent him a lewd photo of a student.
“The reality is Jerry Falwell is a predator. I know this because he sent me an image of a female Liberty University student exposing herself at their farm,” Giancarlo Granda, 29, said in a statement released on Twitter late Tuesday.
“This is not appropriate conduct [for someone] who up until this week has been charged with overseeing the well-being of thousands of vulnerable and impressionable students.”
In an interview with The Washington Post, Falwell said he believes the photo in question was an image of one of his daughter-in-law’s friends wearing “granny panties” and insisted the pic was not sexual.
Falwell told the newspaper that the photo was taken when he and his wife were out of town and his daughter-in-law and a friend were using his guesthouse to cook.
One of the women was videorecording, and as a joke the friend lifted up her skirt and exposed her underwear, he said.
“She had on, I don’t know how to say this, granny panties,” he said.
Falwell said he sent screenshots of the image to several people because he thought it was funny.
He claimed he couldn’t remember if he sent it to Granda, who he said is a “liar” and a “criminal.”
Granda claimed this week that he and Falwell’s wife, Becki Falwell, had a seven-year affair and that the evangelical leader liked to observe.
“He enjoyed watching us in person and also remotely through video cameras,’’ Granda told Politico.
“He also listened to our phone calls.”
Becki has admitted to having an affair but claimed her husband did not watch.
Granda says he met the couple in 2012 when he was 20 and working as a pool boy at a Florida hotel.
They later went into business together, and opened a gayfriendly youth hostel in Miami where Granda worked as the manager.
Falwell claims Granda threatened to extort the family by making the affair public.
Granda has denied the blackmail allegations, saying he was seeking money as part of a buyout on the hostel.
Falwell resigned as president of Liberty Monday night after the sordid scandal went public.