KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The attorney for the woman who admitted to having an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said he hopes his client can move on with her life now that the governor has resigned.
Greitens announced his resignation Tuesday. He will officially step down June 1.
The woman Greitens had an affair with was never identified but did speak anonymously to St. Louis TV station KSDK.
On Wednesday, her attorney, Scott Simpson, said he hopes Greitens's resignation means his client can go back to being a private citizen.
My client and I are thankful to all of the individuals involved that honored my client’s privacy by not publishing her name and other indentifying information. Our gratitude goes out to the media, the House committee, the St. Louis circuit attorney and the special prosecutor among others. Now that the Governor has resigned I hope my client can go back to being a private citizen and put this matter behind her.
Thank you,
Scott
Charges were recently dropped in an invasion of privacy case involving the woman. Greitens was accused of taking a compromising photo of the woman to use as blackmail. He repeatedly denied the allegations.
It is possible charges could be re-filed.
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker was appointed as a special prosecutor in the case after the initial charges were dropped. Baker said Greitens's resignation does not change much for her investigation.
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"In the interest of pursuing justice to its fullest lengths, we will continue until our work on the case is completed," Baker said in a statement after the governor announced his resignation.
On Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office said Greitens's legal team offered he would resign if a felony computer tampering case was dismissed. Greitens was accused of using a donor list from the charity he founded, The Mission Continues, for political purposes.
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