Former pool boy reveals explicit details of how Jerry Falwell Jr.'s wife allegedly enticed him with sex and claims the former Liberty University president watched: 'They're freaks'



A former Miami pool boy is dishing explicit details about the affair he had with former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr.'s wife, Becki Falwell. An upcoming book and documentary breathed new life into the world-rocking scandal that started 20 years ago.

Falwell Jr.'s fall from grace happened in 2020 when Reuters exposed the affair between his wife and a pool attendant. Falwell Jr. was forced to resign as president of Liberty University – one of the largest Christian universities in the world.

The former pool boy – Giancarlo Granda – is publicizing scandalous revelations of the longtime tryst from 20 years ago to promote a new book and documentary film.

"They have a public image, but behind the scenes, they're freaks," Granda said in the trailer for the upcoming Hulu documentary "God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty."

Granda previously worked as a pool attendant at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. While working as a pool boy on March 13, 2012, Becki Falwell allegedly began flirting with Granda – who was 20 at the time.

Granda said he had no idea who the mysterious older woman was.

"As a pool attendant, I would get hit on," Granda added. "But if I would have known that accepting this woman’s invitation to go back to her hotel room would have led to a scandal involving the president of the largest Christian university in the world, and the president of the United States, I would have walked away and just enjoyed my private life."

Of the first time meeting her, Granda described Becki as in "her mid-forties, attractive, fit, and very charismatic."

He claimed that Becki told him, "Oh, these girls don’t know what they’re doing. You need someone older."

He responded by flirting back.

In his upcoming book “Off the Deep End: Jerry and Becki Falwell and the Collapse of an Evangelical Dynasty," Granda wrote, "It all seemed innocent enough, but then near the end of my shift, she asked me to sit down next to her on the daybed, where nobody could hear us, and in a conspiratorial tone asked me, 'Hey, do you want to come back to my room?'"

Granda alleged that Becki informed him, "There’s just one thing . . . My husband wants to watch.”

After Granda purportedly hesitated on the offer to have an affair with a married woman, Becki allegedly reassured him, "Oh don’t worry, he’ll hide in the corner and watch us. That’s his thing. You won’t even know he’s there."

Granda wrote in his book, "By way of explanation, she said that she and her husband had visited Miami Velvet, a local swingers club in Doral. A lot of swingers stayed at the Fontainebleau, so Miami Velvet was well known to all of us who worked there."

Granda claimed that he met the couple at a Days Inn later that night for the rendezvous.

"Jerry lay on the one closest to the door, dressed, but with his jeans unbuttoned and fanned open so you could see his underwear; shoes off, with his shirtsleeves rolled up to the elbows," Granda alleged in his book.

"I kissed Becki, and she was practically vibrating," Granda said. "I picked her up and carried her over to the second bed. She was surprisingly light. She wasn’t wearing any panties, which is the kind of thing that makes an impression on you at twenty, and she half whispered, 'Our rule is anything but intercourse.'"

Granda said after the sexual encounter Becki "was buzzing, electric, and Jerry continued to giggle with excitement."

The next day, Granda said that Becki called him to have another sexual tryst, and he agreed.

The Miami romp led to a six-year affair.

Granda said Falwell's children "had no idea that their dad liked to record his wife having sex with me."

Falwell even made Granda a business partner.

The Falwells have not denied Granda's allegations of an affair with Becki, but Jerry said he was not part of the relationship. The Falwells alleged that the former pool boy attempted to extort them to keep their secret quiet.

You can watch the trailer for "God Forbid" below.

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Disgraced former Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. admits he's not a 'religious person'



In a lengthy profile piece published by Vanity Fair this week, disgraced former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. opened up about his remarkable fall from grace and, in doing so, acknowledged what many Christian onlookers long-suspected — that he never seriously cared for the faith his father's school so famously espoused.

"Because of my last name, people think I’m a religious person. But I’m not," Falwell told reporter Gabriel Sherman in a series of interviews late last year, adding, "My goal was to make them realize I was not my dad."

While this statement may amount to more of a repudiation of his father's fundamentalism than a wholesale rejection of Christianity, elsewhere in the profile, Falwell went into greater detail about his spiritual beliefs. In the end, the version of faith Falwell described to Vanity Fair appeared at odds with the mission and values of the university he would at one point lead.

Reportedly at a spiritual crossroads upon entering college, Falwell decided to major in religious studies to figure out what he really believed. It was during those studies, and particularly through a class on apologetics — the study of the defense of the faith — that he developed a "rational" belief that Jesus was literally the son of God.

But nowhere in the write-up is it suggested that Falwell's rational belief in Jesus became anything more than that, much less a personal relationship with him. Moreover, after graduation, Falwell never bothered to join a church but instead embraced a looser interpretation of the commands of scripture.

According to Sherman, "Jerry decided believing in Christ didn’t mean he had to follow the evangelical rules."

While it's true the Bible teaches that faith precedes moral action, it also teaches that "every tree is known by its fruit" (Luke 6:44). And one's obedience to scripture is certainly a marker of faith, or lack thereof.

Based on the descriptions of Falwell's faith recorded in the profile, it appears that the largest Christian university in the world was run by a man who took little interest in the Christian faith.

That news may not be so surprising given the events that led up to Falwell's ouster last year. The former president became embroiled in a series of controversies ranging from his sycophantic support for former President Donald Trump to the posting of a picture on social media of himself aboard a yacht with his pants unzipped and a drink in his hand.

A few weeks later, Falwell's downfall dramatically escalated when an alleged former business partner and pool boy, Giancarlo Granda, came forward with allegations that he engaged in regular sexual encounters with Falwell's wife, Becki, while Falwell would watch.

Falwell later admitted that his wife had an affair with Granda but denied taking any part in it. Instead, he claimed his wife's paramour was attempting to extort him and his family for money.

During that time, a former Liberty University student claimed that Becki Falwell pursued him romantically and performed oral sex on him while he stayed at the Falwell residence.

Falwell was eventually forced to resign from his post as president and wa sued by the university, which argued that he breached "various fiduciary duties" and summarily damaged the school's reputation.

Liberty University sues disgraced former President Jerry Falwell Jr. for more than $10 million



Liberty University has filed a lawsuit against its scandal-ridden former president, Jerry Falwell Jr., accusing him of breaching "various fiduciary duties" he contractually owed to the prominent evangelical institution while serving as its president.

Falwell, the son of the university's beloved founder, became engulfed in controversy last year after reports surfaced alleging his wife, Becki Falwell, had engaged in a years-long affair with a former business partner and pool attendant for the couple — and that Falwell would often watch.

In response, Falwell acknowledged that the affair happened but denied any personal involvement. Instead he claimed that his wife's paramour, 29-year-old Giancarlo Granda, attempted to extort him and his family by threatening to expose the relationship.

Eventually, after a messy and often confusing back-and-forth — which included Falwell suing Liberty for defamation — the former president agreed to resign.

In the lawsuit filed on Thursday in the circuit court in Lynchburg, Virginia, and obtained by Politico, the university argued that Falwell injured the university by withholding damaging information from its board of trustees even while negotiating a favorable new contract in 2019.

Had the university known the "full circumstances of Granda's extortion of Falwell," it would not have agreed to renew Falwell's contract, the lawsuit states.

In the 38-page complaint, the school cites several other scandals with which Falwell was involved in that appear to run counter to its conservative Christian standards of conduct. Examples include Falwell's decision to party at a Miami-area night club, exercise with two young women, and post a picture on a yacht with his arm around a female friend and his pants unzipped.

The lawsuit also accuses Falwell of failing to disclose "his personal impairment by alcohol, which ... led Falwell Jr. to actions and courses of conduct detrimental to the spiritual mission of Liberty."

As a part of the lawsuit, the university is now seeking more than $10 million in damages, claiming Falwell's conduct has "induced injury to Liberty's enrollment, impacted its donor base, disrupted its faculty" and "damaged Liberty's reputation."

In a statement to Politco, Liberty University spokesperson, Scott Lamb, said that the "University's only word on the subject is the lawsuit itself."

The news outlet tried to reach Falwell for comment, but he reportedly declined, stating, "I haven't even seen the lawsuit."

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Liberty University orders investigation 'into all facets' of operations during Falwell's tenure as president



Liberty University announced Monday that it has hired a top firm to conduct a "forensic" investigation "into all facets" of its operations during the tenure of its former president, Jerry Falwell Jr., who agreed to step down last week amid a sex scandal involving his wife and former business partner.

What are the details?

Falwell resigned after Reuters published an interview with a former pool boy and business partner, Giancarlo Granda, came forward claiming he had an affair with Falwell's wife, Becki, and that Falwell would watch the two have sex. Both Falwells acknowledged Becki's relationship with Granda but denied Jerry had any involvement.

Falwell was already on leave from his leadership duties at the institution he had run for nearly 13 years following an uproar over a picture he posted to social media showing him with his arm around another woman while both their pants were undone.

In a statement posted to Liberty University's website, the evangelical institution wrote of Falwell:

Some may say that all the signs were there for a long time before last week. It's certainly fair to say that there were questionable comments made, worrying behavior, and inappropriate social media posts, but all the signs were not there until the start of last week. While we still didn't know the full scope of the matter, we have learned enough about the past to know that we had no choice but to take the leadership of Liberty University in a new direction.

The school then announced:

We are also committed to learning the consequences that have flowed from a lack of spiritual stewardship by our former president. One of the leading forensic firms in the world has been retained by Liberty University's Board of Trustees to conduct a thorough investigation into all facets of Liberty University operations during Jerry Falwell, Jr.'s tenure as President, including but not limited to financial, real estate, and legal matters.

Liberty's statement did not mention Mrs. Falwell, who was also accused last week of performing a sex act on a former student in 2008 when she was an employee of the university.

The Associated Press noted that "A number of Falwell's family members have worked for the school, including his son Trey Falwell, who on Monday was still listed on Liberty's website as the vice president of university support services."

In a statement on Sunday, the Falwells told the outlet they "welcome any inquiry as we have nothing to hide."

Former Liberty University student claims Becki Falwell performed sex act on him at her home



A former student of Liberty University says Becki Falwell — the wife of the evangelical school's former president, Jerry Falwell Jr. — pursued him romantically and performed oral sex on him while he was staying at the Falwell residence following a band practice with the couple's son, according to an exclusive report from Politico.

What are the details?

The former student, who is now 34, claims that Mrs. Falwell began "grooming" him when he would attend practices at the Falwell residence ahead of the alleged sexual encounter in 2008, when he was 22 years old and she was still an employee of the university.

He also provided text messages and social media exchanges purportedly indicating that she persistently continued to contact him for years afterward.

From Politico's extensive report:

'One night [in August or September], we were up till one or two, and we went back to his room. We had a decent amount of Jack Daniels,' the former student said. He remembered walking into the guest room, just as he'd done many times, closing the door behind him, and preparing the bed.

'I'm laying in the bed and I hear, like, giggling to the side of me on the floor. And, pardon my French, but I was like, 'What the f*** is that?' I look over and it's Becki,' he said. "Just, you know, in my room. I'm like, 'You can't be in here. This can't happen.'

After some prodding, he coaxed Falwell into leaving. He slept, woke up and acted like things were normal.
A few nights later, he stayed the night again. Again, Falwell came into the guestroom where the then-student was in bed.

This time, she was more aggressive. The former student remembers that Falwell climbed into bed with him, and quickly took down his pants.

'I was like, 'uh, what are you doing?'' the former student said. Falwell then proceeded to give him oral sex.

The report comes off the heels of Jerry Falwell Jr. resigning as president of Liberty University after the Falwells' former pool boy and business partner, Giancarlo Granda, claimed he and Becki had an affair over the span of 7 years and that Mr. Falwell would watch the two have sex.

The Falwells have both acknowledged Becki's affair with Granda, but denied that Jerry had any involvement.

The unnamed student, who chose not to allow his story to be told until the allegations from Granda were revealed, says he was left with an immense amount of guilt, shame and depression over the alleged incident. He did not come forward before, he said, because he respected the university's mission and that of its founder, Jerry Falwell, Sr. He also explained, "I don't want to be a homewrecker."

In response to Politico's request for comment, the Falwells issued a statement saying:

It is unfortunate that the coverage of our departure has turned into a frenzy of false and fantastic claims about us. These false and mean spirited lies have hurt us and our family greatly and we will respond fully with the truth at an appropriate time. At this time, however, we think it is best to move on and help the Liberty community focus on its very bright future.
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