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South Carolina rep left family to live with mistress,
wife claims in divorce papers
By Katherine Donlevy, NYPost
Published Sep. 23, 2023, 8:30 p.m. ET
A South Carolina congressman who campaigns as an advocate for “traditional family values” carried out multiple affairs during his 34-year marriage, his wife claimed in divorce papers.
Melody Duncan accused GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan in Friday’s filing of abandoning his family to live with his mistress, who is reportedly a lobbyist in the Washington, D.C. area, according to court documents.
Duncan “admitted this adulterous relationship to many people, including [the couple’s three sons] and members of his staff,” the filing claims.
The 57-year-old conservative allegedly flaunted the affair in front of Melody’s face while purporting to carry on a healthy marriage in front of his constituents while on his re-election campaign trail.
Just last month, Duncan described Melody as a “supportive and loving wife” at his 12th annual Faith and Freedom BBQ — one of the largest annual Republican gatherings in South Carolina that typically draws thousands of people.
Is there a place in Eternity for liars?
Duncan “then left the next day and went directly to the home of his paramour, Liz Williams, in the Washington DC area, where [Melody] is informed and believes he continues to reside,” the findings allege.
Melody Duncan filed for divorce from Rep. Jeff Duncan,
her husband of 34 years.
Congressman Jeff Duncan/Facebook
“[Melody] is informed and believes that [Duncan’s] extramarital relationship(s) is/are widely known in political circles in North Carolina and Washington DC.”
Since then, Duncan allegedly started rumors that his 1988 marriage to Melody was plagued with lovelessness in an effort “to justify the hypocrisy of his public statements and his private actions.”
Duncan allegedly admitted his extramarital affair with Williams to Melody, though the scorned spouse believes there was at least one other woman.
According to the US House’s lobbying disclosure page, there’s a registered lobbying firm called Liz Williams and Co., with seven clients, including Delta Air Lines.
The politician, who has served the state’s 3rd Congressional District since 2011, touts himself as a protector of the nuclear family.
“As a life-long social conservative, I am a strong advocate for life and traditional family values,” he states on his government page.
“The most basic component of our society is the family. Now more than ever, it is imperative that we protect the values that America was founded upon and have made our country great.”
Neither lawyers for Melody nor representatives for Duncan immediately responded to The Post’s request for comment.
The divorce was first reported by the South Carolina Index-Journal.
Russell Brand was grilled by police in 2014 over claims
he sexually assaulted masseuse
By Ronny Reyes, NYPost
Published Sep. 24, 2023, 12:00 p.m. ET
Russell Brand was questioned by police over claims of sexual assault back in 2014, when a masseuse alleged he groped her and made her feel “like a prostitute,” according to a new report.
The embattled British comedian, who is being investigated for allegedly raping four women, had his first known such run in with police nine years ago when an English masseuse said he attacked her at mansion in Oxfordshire, The Sun on Sunday reported.
The masseuse, who was not publicly identified, said she was hired to give Brand a birthday massage valued at more than $600 on June 7, 2014.
When she led him to his massage table at a bathroom suite, the masseuse claimed Brand began touching her “in a sexual way” for about 40 minutes before he was kicked out of the mansion, according to the report.
Russell Brand was accused of raping four women between 2006 and 2013, with more allegations of sexual assault and harassment resurfacing against the British comedian.
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She said felt she was treated “like a prostitute,” receiving payment for the massage even though she never gave him one, the Sun reported.
The traumatized woman said she called Thames Valley Police, who went on to grill Brand over the allegations, which he denied, describing the encounter as “friendly but awkward,” according to the report.
Brand also claimed that CCTV footage from the property supported his version of the story that he was not kicked out of the mansion, the Sun said.
The following month, Thames Valley Police informed the masseuse and Brand that they were not pursuing the case, the Sun reported.
Outraged by the police’s decision, the masseuse sought to have the case reviewed by the Independent Office for Police Misconduct.
The Independent Office for Police Misconduct and the Thames Valley Police Department did not immediately respond to The Post’s requests for comment Sunday.
Russell Brand sexual assault allegations
Russell Brand was accused of raping, sexually assaulting and abusing four women over the course of seven years from 2006 to 2013.
One woman, identified as “Nadia,” alleged the “Get Him To the Greek” star raped her against the wall of his Los Angeles home in 2012 and that she was treated at a rape crisis center the same day, according to medical records cited by news outlets.
Another accuser, who was 16 at the time and is known only by the pseudonym “Alice”, alleged the then-31-year-old called her “the child” and assaulted her during their “emotionally abusive and controlling” three-month relationship, according to the report.
A woman identified as “Phoebe” claimed he sexually assaulted her at his property in West Hollywood after they met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, according to the Times of London. Brand allegedly trapped her in a bedroom and chased her around before pinning her down and assaulting her.
The star’s ex-girlfriend Jordan Martin made similar accusations in her self-published 2014 book “kNot: Entanglement with a Celebrity.” She claims he sexually assaulted her at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester, England, after becoming angry that she had spoken to an ex-boyfriend in 2007.
Pop star Dannii Minogue angrily labeled Russell Brand a “vile predator” as far back as 2006 — accusing him of creeping her out by perving over her “fabulous breasts” and refusing to “take no for an answer.”
Brand denied the allegations in a video on YouTube and X, formerly Twitter, alerting fans to “serious criminal” allegations that he said would be made against him.
“Amidst this litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks, are some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute,” Branded shared. “The relationships I had were absolutely, always consensual.”
While the investigation proceeds, YouTube has suspended Brand from making money on the video streaming site, his pub “Crown Inn,” located in Pishill, Britain, has been temporarily shut down and BBC has formally launched a review into the comedian’s time at the network.
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