Gennifer Flowers
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| Birthdate: | January 24, 1950 |
| Birth location: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US |
| Hair color: | Blonde |
| Skin color: | White |
| Ethnicity: | Caucasian |
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Gennifer Flowers (born January 24, 1950) is a woman who had a relationship with former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Prior to Bill Clinton's presidency, she also posed nude for Penthouse magazine and was an actress in two films and one TV show. After becoming a celebrity, she acted as herself in two films and guest starred as herself in various TV shows.
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[edit] The Bill Clinton controversy
Gennifer Flowers came forward during Bill Clinton's 1992 Presidential election campaign alleging that she had had a twelve-year relationship with him. [1]
At least two Arkansas state police officers, who had formerly guarded Bill Clinton when he was Governor, backed up Flowers' story.[citation needed] But when Bill Clinton denied having a relationship with Flowers, she held a press conference in which she played tape recordings she claimed were of secretly recorded intimate phone calls with Bill Clinton.[2] Clinton subsequently apologized publicly to Mario Cuomo for remarks he made about the former governor on the tapes.
In December 1996, Gennifer Flowers was invited to talk about her sexual relationship with Bill Clinton on The Richard Bey Show. The show was cancelled the following day. Richard Bey later attributed a direct connection between the two consecutive events (see TV appearances).
In his presidential deposition in January, 1998, while denying Kathleen Willey's sexual accusations against him, Bill Clinton changed his prior statements and admitted that he had sex with Flowers. [3]
In his 2004 autobiography My Life, Clinton acknowledged testifying under oath that he had not had sexual relations with Flowers while he was with Hillary. It was only on one occasion before Hillary and Bill were together.[citation needed]
Flowers sued George Stephanopoulos, James Carville, and others in 1999 for defamation (later amending the suit in 2000 to include Hillary Rodham Clinton as a defendant), claiming that they orchestrated a campaign to discredit her. Judicial Watch represented her in her defamation lawsuit against Hillary's former aides, Stephanopoulos and Carville. [4] In 2003, a federal judge further approved appeal. [5] The appeal was revived in 2002, but rejected by the Ninth Circuit in 2004.[6]
[edit] See also
- Arkansas Project
- Troopergate
- Juanita Broaddrick
- Elizabeth Ward Gracen
- Paula Jones
- Sally Perdue
- Kathleen Willey
- Monica Lewinsky
[edit] Post controversy years
Gennifer Flowers published her memoir Gennifer Flowers: Passion and Betrayal in 1995. In it she confessed a sexual naïveté at the time of her relationship with Clinton ("The first time he [climaxed during oral sex], I was taken aback. I was saving that for my husband, if ever. But Bill was gentle and held me after.").[citation needed]
She posed nude for Penthouse magazine during this period and was featured in the December 1992 issue along with her story "Gennifer Flowers Tells All, Shows All". After already being an actress in an Australian film in 1987, she played in another independent Australian film in 1992 and in the same year guest starred in the erotic comedy Dream On.
After becoming a celebrity, she acted as herself in two films: Play It to the Bone and The War Room. She also guest starred as herself in various TV shows.
Until Hurricane Katrina, she ran a cabaret called the Kelsto Club in a former bordello in New Orleans's French Quarter. As of 2007, she lives in Las Vegas, Nevada where she occasionally writes a column. [7]
In 2008 she put the answering machine tapes of her conversations with Bill Clinton up for auction. [8]
[edit] Filmography
- Frenchman's Farm (1987), Mrs. Grenville
- Redheads (aka Desperate Prey) (1992), Carolyn
- The War Room (1993), herself
- Play It to the Bone (1999), herself
[edit] TV appearances
- The Howard Stern Show, herself - in "Episode dated 1 February 1992" (1992)
- Dream On (TV series) - in the episode "And Bimbo Was His Name-O" (1992)
- The Richard Bey Show, herself - in the episode "Clinton Scandals" (1996). The show was cancelled the following day and Richard Bey later attributed a direct connection between the two consecutive events
- WrestleMania XIV (1998), herself
- The Frank Skinner Show, herself - in episode #2.7 (1998)
- Where Are They Now? (VH1 TV series), herself - in the episode "Notorious & Newsworthy" (2000)
- Weakest Link (US), herself - in the episode "Newsmakers Edition" (2001)
[edit] References
- ^ "Declaration of Gennifer G. Flowers", The Washington Post, 1998-03-13. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
- ^ "Gennifer Flowers may proceed with defamation suit", Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 2002-11-19. Retrieved on 2008-03-20. "At the press conference, Flowers -- who initially denied allegations that she had an affair with then Arkansas governor Bill Clinton but then changed her story -- played tapes of conversations she had secretly recorded between herself and Clinton"
- ^ "TESTING OF A PRESIDENT: THE ACCUSER; JONES LAWYERS ISSUE FILES ALLEGING CLINTON PATTERN OF HARASSMENT OF WOMEN", The New York Times, 1998-03-14. Retrieved on 2008-03-20. "In his January deposition, the President, though finally confirming a sexual encounter with Ms. Flowers, was precise in denying Ms. Willey's report that he had sought to kiss her and feel her breasts"
- ^ "West: California: Libel Suit From Clinton Era", The New York Times, 2002-11-13. Retrieved on 2008-03-20. "The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, revived a 1999 libel suit filed by Gennifer Flowers against two former aides to Bill Clinton."
- ^ "Flowers' Suit Vs. Clinton Proceeds", CBS News, 2003-07-24. Retrieved on 2008-03-20. "Now a federal judge has ruled that Flowers can move ahead with a lawsuit that accuses Hillary Rodham Clinton and others of trying to discredit her during the 1992 presidential campaign."
- ^ "GENNIFER FLOWERS: Judge rejects lawsuit against Clinton aides", Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2004-03-17. Retrieved on 2008-03-20. "Ruling dismisses defamation claim by woman who said she, ex-president had affair"
- ^ Ask Gennifer with a G. - Gennifer will answer questions on Love & Life. vegascommunityonline.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
- ^ Malcolm, Andrew (2008-02-26). Gennifer Flowers to auction off The Tapes with Bill. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Gennifer Flowers at the Internet Movie Database
- Gennifer Flowers. NNDB. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
