Governor threatened by blackmail over gay affair

THE US state governor forced to resign after having an adulterous gay love affair with a former adviser was being threatened with blackmail, it emerged yesterday.

Democrat Jim McGreevey made the bombshell announcement that he was a “gay American” and tended his resignation.

Flanked by his wife, the 47-year-old New Jersey governor said his illicit affair with Israeli Golan Cipel made it impossible for him to remain in office.