Jerry Falwell Jr. On 'Indefinite Leave' From Liberty University After Racy Photo

[herdfan06]

Jerry Falwell Jr., a prominent evangelical ally of President Trump's, is taking "an indefinite leave of absence" from his positions as the president and chancellor of Liberty University in Virginia.

The move comes days after Falwell received criticism for posting a photo to social media that showed him with his pants unzipped alongside a woman who is not his wife.

In a brief statement, Liberty University said members of its board of trustees had met Friday and asked Falwell to step down from his positions "effective immediately," and that Falwell had agreed. Falwell did not immediately respond to requests for comment from NPR.

Falwell faced criticism this week from both conservative and liberal commentators after posting the controversial photo to his Instagram account. Meghan McCain, daughter of the late Republican Sen. John McCain, tweeted, "How is this Jerry Falwell Jr. photo even real? Also if you're running the largest Christian university in America maybe don't put photos of yourself on social media with your pants undone on a yacht - with random women in bad wigs. So gross, so hypocritical."

Falwell told the Lynchburg, Va., radio station WLNI on Wednesday that the photo, which was later removed, was taken in "just in good fun" during a costume party on vacation. He said the woman in the photo was his wife's assistant.

"It was weird," Falwell told the interviewer. "She's pregnant, so she couldn't get her pants zipped. I had on a pair of jeans I hadn't worn in a long time, so I couldn't get mine zipped either. So I just put my belly out like hers."

Falwell said the woman is a "sweetheart" and expressed regret about embarrassing her. He said he'd "apologized to everybody" and promised to "try to be a good boy" from now on.

Falwell is the son of the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the evangelical Christian Liberty University and the conservative Moral Majority movement that rose to prominence in the Reagan era.

Falwell Jr. was among the first prominent evangelicals to endorse Donald Trump during his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/07/9003...eave-from-liberty-university-after-racy-photo

 

[GK4Herd]

 

[GK4Herd]

"It was weird," Falwell told the interviewer. "She's pregnant, so she couldn't get her pants zipped. I had on a pair of jeans I hadn't worn in a long time, so I couldn't get mine zipped either. So I just put my belly out like hers."


I'm calling bs on this statement. Look at the girl's pants...of course she could button them. This isn't the first questionable thing Falwell jr. has done or said. He's fleecing people in the name of christianity.

 

[GreenDuke]

Regardless what was really going on why on earth would you allow your picture to be taken.

 

[goherd73]

"It was weird," Falwell told the interviewer. "She's pregnant, so she couldn't get her pants zipped. I had on a pair of jeans I hadn't worn in a long time, so I couldn't get mine zipped either. So I just put my belly out like hers."


I'm calling bs on this statement. Look at the girl's pants...of course she could button them. This isn't the first questionable thing Falwell jr. has done or said. He's fleecing people in the name of christianity.

It's my understanding they were at a party where everyone was to dress up as trailer trash. Kind of insulting to that area of Virginia and not very Christlike.

 

[GK4Herd]

It's my understanding they were at a party where everyone was to dress up as trailer trash. Kind of insulting to that area of Virginia and not very Christlike.

Yea...I read somewhere that the party was a Trailer Park Boys theme.

 

[herdfan06]

Regardless what was really going on why on earth would you allow your picture to be taken.

It is bad enough that he posed for it, even worse is he posted it himself.

It's my understanding they were at a party where everyone was to dress up as trailer trash. Kind of insulting to that area of Virginia and not very Christlike.

It will be okay, he is going to try to be a good boy from now on. Makes you wonder what else he has done to make a statement like that, he either does not recognize how insanely inappropriate this was for a person in his position and is just trying to laugh it off (which it sounds like in the audio), or he is doing other weird things that he recognizes as being inappropriate and cannot control his desires (which may be the case, such as the three-way he did or did not have with the pool boy and his wife).

Yea...I read somewhere that the party was a Trailer Park Boys theme.

On a yacht...

 

[GK4Herd]

On a yacht...

That's where most acts of moral virtue takes place.

 

[i am herdman]

It's my understanding they were at a party where everyone was to dress up as trailer trash. Kind of insulting to that area of Virginia and not very Christlike.

It is actually a compliment and I say that has one who has lived in several trailer parks in my life. A badge of honor.

 

[goherd73]

It is actually a compliment and I say that has one who has lived in several trailer parks in my life. A badge of honor.

I don't think Falwell and his ilk were trying to compliment trailer parks...they were making fun of them.

 

[herdfan06]

Here is an interesting article Politico (take it for what it is worth) put out in September of last year. - ‘Someone’s Gotta Tell the Freakin’ Truth’: Jerry Falwell’s Aides Break Their Silence

 

[herdfan06]

This keeps getting stranger. It is being alleged that Jerry Falwell Jr. watched his wife get banged by the pool boy, Falwell Jr. is claiming it was an affair.

 

[i am herdman]

This keeps getting stranger. It is being alleged that Jerry Falwell Jr. watched his wife get banged by the pool boy, Falwell Jr. is claiming it was an affair.

wow, was he over in the corner spanking it like a speed bag holding a teletubby?

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

wow, was over in the corner spanking it like a speed bag holding a teletubby?

Nah, I bet money he was in involved in the MM part of that MMF. We are talking some real three way all the way action.

And the more you dig, this was not the first sorta gay, or flat out gay, thing he has been rumored to be involved in.

And let's be real. What kind of Evangelical invests in a GAY HOSTEL? Seriously. I don't have any issue with whatever consenting adults do, but c'mon.

I think this is about to explode and bring him down.

Now let's get to the conspiracy theories 👽 Remember that Michael Cohen was involved in an effort to buy and bury some "racy" photos of Mr. and Mrs. Falwell....I wonder just how racy those were and exactly what they were doing and with whom....and then Junior was supposed to endorse Ted Cruz and suddenly endorsed Trump the sleazeball and adulterer. Hmmm....blackmail maybe?

 

[herdfan06]

Nah, I bet money he was in involved in the MM part of that MMF. We are talking some real three way all the way action.

And the more you dig, this was not the first sorta gay, or flat out gay, thing he has been rumored to be involved in.

And let's be real. What kind of Evangelical invests in a GAY HOSTEL? Seriously. I don't have any issue with whatever consenting adults do, but c'mon.

I think this is about to explode and bring him down.

Now let's get to the conspiracy theories 👽 Remember that Michael Cohen was involved in an effort to buy and bury some "racy" photos of Mr. and Mrs. Falwell....I wonder just how racy those were and exactly what they were doing and with whom....and then Junior was supposed to endorse Ted Cruz and suddenly endorsed Trump the sleazeball and adulterer. Hmmm....blackmail maybe?

National Enquirer?

 

[i am herdman]

Nah, I bet money he was in involved in the MM part of that MMF. We are talking some real three way all the way action.

And the more you dig, this was not the first sorta gay, or flat out gay, thing he has been rumored to be involved in.

And let's be real. What kind of Evangelical invests in a GAY HOSTEL? Seriously. I don't have any issue with whatever consenting adults do, but c'mon.

I think this is about to explode and bring him down.

Now let's get to the conspiracy theories 👽 Remember that Michael Cohen was involved in an effort to buy and bury some "racy" photos of Mr. and Mrs. Falwell....I wonder just how racy those were and exactly what they were doing and with whom....and then Junior was supposed to endorse Ted Cruz and suddenly endorsed Trump the sleazeball and adulterer. Hmmm....blackmail maybe?

I bet Falwwell was screwing the pool boy along with the wife. hahahaahhhaa

He should have at least gone after the wild preacher's daughters that go to school there.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

Aaannnd he has resigned.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/us/jerry-falwell-jr-resigns-liberty-university/index.html

 

[herdfan06]

Aaannnd he has resigned.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/us/jerry-falwell-jr-resigns-liberty-university/index.html

Maybe not....

 

[i am herdman]

They should be like a good baptist. Just go two miles down the road and start a new college.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

Maybe not....

Yeah, and it is weird, it was Liberty's own spokesman that said he was resigning.

His second thoughts are going to sink him twice as hard.

 

[herdfan06]

They should be like a good baptist. Just go two miles down the road and start a new college.

Cuckold U?

 

[herdfan06]

Yeah, and it is weird, it was Liberty's own spokesman that said he was resigning.

His second thoughts are going to sink him twice as hard.

I really do not know what he has to gain at this point, other than money.

 

[herdfan06]

Looks like he is receiving $10.5 million, which is $1 million per inch he and his wife received from the pool boy.

 

[herdfan06]

He needs to get help, and I am not saying that to be snide, I really hope he seeks help.

911 call from Falwell house reveals ex-Liberty president was drinking, fell down, lost 'a lot of blood' after resigning

An intoxicated Jerry Falwell Jr. had fallen, lost "a lot of blood" and had cuts all over his face after injuring himself less than a week after he resigned as president of Liberty University, a newly released transcript of the 911 call revealed.

Falwell's wife, Becki, made the call to Bedford County emergency responders on Aug. 30 around 2:30 a.m.

She told dispatchers she had been at church around 11 p.m. when she received a call from her husband, who said he was bleeding after falling down the stairs. When she got home, Becki Falwell said the door was locked so she used a chair to break through the back door.


Once inside, she dialed 911 for help.

When operators asked if Jerry Falwell had been drinking, she said "yes." When asked if he had been drinking "heavily," she responded, "I'm not going to answer that question," according to the transcript obtained by Huffington Post.

The dispatcher then informed Falwell that alcohol thins out blood and could be the reason there was so much at the scene. After explaining that to Becki Falwell, the dispatcher once again asked about the status of her husband.

“The more I tell you the name, the more you’re going to understand why we’re not talking to you right now,” Becki Falwell responded.


Dispatch logs, obtained through a public records request, stated that “[Falwell] won’t let her take him to the hospital as he is stubborn. Caller was not forthcoming.”

Medical responders sent to the Falwell residence said they had observed lacerations on Jerry Falwell's face, under his left eye, above both eyes and across the bridge of his nose. Falwell told responders he hit his head on a trash can. Blood and "empty alcohol containers" were found near the area Falwell had indicated.


Officers also noted that Falwell "has slurred and slowed speech and would repeat things already asked."

Falwell's relationship with alcohol has been rocky throughout the years. His father, Jerry Falwell Sr., had called alcohol "the worst, most offensive drug in American society."

When the elder Falwell founded Liberty University in 1971, he prohibited the use of alcohol by students -- regardless of whether it was on or off campus, before or after they turned 21, the legal drinking age. Liberty's anti-alcohol policy is so severe that students are subjected to random breath, blood and urine tests.

With such strict rules in place, it became a nightmare for school administrators, staff and donors when Falwell would allegedly show up on campus drunk. He claims that never happened but also noted that alcohol was not off-limits for faculty.


Falwell's messy fall from grace came in August following a series of personal scandals.

While much of the world saw him as a rising power in the evangelical world, those closer to his Lynchburg, Va., base of operations knew there was a darker side to the 58-year-old who had a problem with boundaries.

Giancarlo Granda, a former Miami pool boy and Falwell business partner, revealed a series of disturbing flaws that ultimately brought Falwell down, including a yearslong affair with Becki Falwell in which her husband watched. Falwell has denied having anything to do with the affair, but texts, emails and pictures provided to Fox News by Granda seemed to show otherwise.

Falwell had spent the better part of the last four years cozying up to President Trump -- something students and faculty had questioned. Falwell's business dealings in which he personally profited from Liberty business has also caused alarm.

Liberty University, America's largest evangelical college, announced shortly after Falwell's resignation that it had hired an outside forensic auditor to comb through property deals and other moves Falwell made while he was president.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/jerry-falwell-liberty-drinking-fell-911-call