The pool boy who had an affair with Jerry Falwell’s wife Becki now claims the former Liberty University president is a ‘predator’ who sent him a photograph of a female student exposing herself on the family’s Virginia farm.
Giancarlo Granda, 29, made his latest claim in a statement last night after Jerry resigned from his position, claiming a reported $10.5 million on his way out.
He says he had an affair with Becki from 2012 until 2018 and that Jerry sometimes watched them having sex.
Both Jerry and Becki deny his claims and say she did have an affair with Granda but that Jerry did not participate.
They have accused Granda of trying to extort them and say he is lying about ’90 percent’ of their interactions with each other.
In his latest statement, Granda said: ‘In his effort to lie and discredit me, the Falwell’s are exposing to the world why I felt it was important to step forward and tell the truth about them.
‘The fiction they are peddling in an effort to save themselves is on par with the kind of victim-shaming tactics we’ve come to expect from people who have abused their positions of power and authority.’
He went on to say he was not profiting ‘in any way, shape or form’ from the scandal, and said: ‘The reality is Jerry Falwell is a predator. I know this because he sent me an image of a female Liberty University student exposing herself at their farm.
‘This is not appropriate conduct for someone who up until this week, has been charged with overseeing the well-being of thousands of vulnerable and impressionable students.’
Giancarlo Granda
Falwell told The Washington Post that Granda might have been referring to an incident at the family home when neither he nor Becki were there.
His daughters-in-law were using the guesthouse and, he claimed, one of them pulled her skirt up while being filmed.
‘She had on, I don’t know how to say this, granny panties,’ he said, saying that he sent the screenshot to several people because he thought it was funny.
He went on to call Granda a ‘criminal’ and ‘liar’, saying: ‘I grew up as a preacher’s kid and we were under a microscope.
The saga began on Sunday night, when Jerry gave a long statement to The Washington Examiner, claiming he and his wife were being extorted.
He did not name Granda, but revealed that Becki had had an affair.
He said he’d chosen to forgive her, but that finding out about it upset him so much he lost 80lbs.
He then claimed that their lawyers had told them to stay in touch and remain friendly with Granda, with whom they run a gay-friendly hostel in Miami.
Granda, in an interview with Reuters, then claimed that not only did Jerry know about the affair, but that he watched him and Becki having sex.
He said the trio met in 2012, when he was working as a pool boy at the Fontainebleau in Miami, and says Becki picked him up.
He claims she told him he needed someone more experienced than the young girls he was talking to and that she brought him to her hotel room, where Jerry was waiting in Speedos.
The pair then had sex in front of Jerry, he claims.
In 2015, the couple tried to cut ties with Granda by buying him out of their Miami hostel. It coincided with Donald Trump’s first presidential campaign, which they endorsed enthusiastically.
Granda did not agree to the terms and they remained in business. In 2018, the relationship soured, he said.
The couple have also had legal issues in the past with Gordon Bello, another young man who claims he had a ‘personal relationship’ with Becki. He said in a lawsuit that he was owed a stake in the hostel. The lawsuit was settled privately for an undisclosed amount last year.
The couple have also given a former Liberty University student and personal trainer help setting up his own business. Benjamin Crosswhite trained the couple in 2011 and later. In 2016, Liberty gave him a health and fitness center on campus.
Giaancarlo Granda meets Donald Trump with Falwell, 2012
The Granda scandal comes after questions and criticism over Jerry’s leadership at the Christian university.
He was in the past accused of using the university purse to give favors to friends, and disgruntled staffers said he ran it more like a ‘real estate hedge fund’ than a college.
The university has amassed more than $500 million in assets since he took over. Much of it is down to him taking in online students.
Liberty was founded in 1971 by Jerry’s father, Jerry Falwell Sr.