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Matos McGreevey denies threesomes; Jim McGreevey confirms aide's account

In a case of he said, she said, he said, denials flew back and forth Monday over reports that disgraced ex-New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey had threesomes with his wife and a male aide.

In an e-mail sent to the Daily News, McGreevey confirmed statements made by former campaign aide Teddy Pedersen.

The 29-year-old hunk said he had frequent sexual liaisons with McGreevey and his wife, Dina Matos McGreevey, for about two years before the "I am a gay American" governor took office.

"This happened, this happened in the past, and now we need to move on with our lives," McGreevey said.

Pedersen claims he and the McGreeveys had what they referred to as "Friday Night Specials" for about two years starting in 1999.

In her rebuttal, Matos McGreevey said the statements were "completely false" and claimed that Pedersen was one of her estranged husband's "cronies."

She said McGreevey set Petersen up to spread the tale because he "cannot stand it when I am receiving attention in the media rather than him."

Her denial prompted a quick response from Pederson, who said in a statement that Matos McGreevey was "in denial."

"It's time for her to face the truth," Pedersen said in a statement, challenging Matos McGreevey to take a lie detector test with him.

"The only reason that I spoke to the media is because she dragged me into her divorce," he said. "I'm not gaining anything from this."

Pedersen said the weekly romps usually began with dinner at T.G.I. Friday's and ended at McGreevey's condo in Woodbridge, N.J.

Pedersen said he gave a sworn deposition about the sexual liaison and expected to be called as a witness in the McGreevey divorce proceedings. McGreevey's lawyer, Stephen Haller, confirmed the deposition.

Pedersen, who said he had physical contact only with Matos McGreevey, said the trysts ended when McGreevey was elected governor in 2001.

Pedersen went public with the allegations because he disputed Matos McGreevey's claims that she didn't know about her husband's homosexuality, he said.

Matos McGreevey has made the rounds on television talk shows recently to give her perspective on the seamy Gov. Eliot Spitzer pay-for-sex scandal.

Divorce proceedings are ongoing. Another hearing is set for Thursday.

McGreevey resigned in 2004 after acknowledging an affair with a male staffer who he said was trying to blackmail him. The ex-staffer said McGreevey sexually harassed him.

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