Missouri Governor Eric Greitens indicted for felony invasion of privacy, is now in sheriff's custody

by Jen Hayden

Community

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 at 2:14:21pm PST

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Eric Greitens Founder and CEO, The Mission Continues speaks at the Robin Hood Veterans Summit at Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum on May 7, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Robin Hood Foundation)

Booking photo of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens

A St. Louis Grand Jury has indicted Missouri Governor Eric Greitens for Felony Invasion of Privacy. The charge stems from his extramarital affair with a Missouri woman who later told her ex-husband that Greitens tied her up and photographed her, without her permission, and threatened to release the photo if she ever came forward about their relationship. From St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Tony Messenger:

Gov. @EricGreitens has been indicted: pic.twitter.com/d1IaP4LWL6
Ã¢ÂÂ Tony Messenger (@tonymess) February 22, 2018

I just saw MO Gov. Eric Greitens being led away in the custody of the St. Louis Sheriff.
Ã¢ÂÂ Robert Patrick (@rxpatrick) February 22, 2018

Thursday, Feb 22, 2018 · 10:31:59 PM +00:00 · Jen Hayden

The indictment is below. It states that Greitens photographed the woman and then transmitted the image “in a manner that allowed access to that image via a computer.”

Here's the indictment: pic.twitter.com/R4mv1qSSZV
Ã¢ÂÂ STL Public Radio (@stlpublicradio) February 22, 2018