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Publisher Larry Flynt levels accusations at Rep. Bob Barr
January 12, 1999 WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Jan. 12) -- Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt is accusing Republican Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia of sexual infidelity, hypocrisy and lying under oath about an abortion.
Barr is refusing to discuss his personal life with the news media, but issued a statement saying "I have never perjured myself...I have never suggested, urged, forced or encouraged anyone to have an abortion." In a late-night news conference in California, Flynt released an affidavit from Barr's former wife, Gail, in which she said Barr paid for an abortion she had in 1983 and that he never objected to it. Barr said under oath in his 1986 divorce testimony that he did object to the abortion.
The ex-wife also said in the affidavit that she now believes Barr, while still married to her, began an affair with the woman he married a month after the divorce became final in 1986. Neither Barr nor his current wife, Jeri, denied an affair when asked about it repeatedly during the divorce proceedings. Flynt is offering up to $1 million for information about sexual indiscretions by members of Congress. He wouldn't say how much he paid Gail Barr for her affidavit, but said he found her "destitute" and made a "generous" financial offer. Gail Barr declined comment. Flynt, Bob Barr and other guests will appear on CNN's "Larry King Live" at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday. |
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