South Australia Premier silent over barmaid’s sex claims
Adelaide (Australia), Nov.22 (ANI): South Australian Premier Mike Rann has opted to remain silent and out of the public eye over allegations that he had secret intimate meetings with a married Parliament House barmaid.
The Sydney Morning Herald quotes Michelle Chantelois as claiming she was his “puppet”, and that she would pick the premier up when he called.
On one occasion, she said they were intimate on the side of the road near a city golf course.
The claims are made in a paid interview with the Seven Network’s Sunday Night program, to be aired tonight, sections of which have already been broadcast on Seven and published in weekend newspapers.
Chantelois is the estranged wife of the man charged with assaulting Rann last month.
According to News Limited newspapers, Chantelois was involved in a lengthy affair with the premier that ended in 2005.
In 2006, Rann married his current wife Sasha Carruozzo.
“I’m not going to live off lies any more – the fact is that we did have a sexual relationship,” Ms Chantelois says in the interview.
“Basically I was his puppet. He was calling the shots and I was his puppet. I would just follow his instructions. And there were secret meetings,” she added.
A spokesman for the premier said he would not be making any public appearances or comments to the media ahead of the program being aired. (ANI)
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Having now seen the interview, I must say I disagree with Mark Rielly who insisted she was “very credible”.
I am always suspicious of people who, while recalling a particularly “emotional” moment, make crying noises while their eyes remain completely dry.
No question she is in this for the money – and to hell with the implications for her own children. Has she not considered that this bombshell will result in her children being mercilessly teased, humiliated and embarrassed in the schoolyard? And what for? $200,000, if rumours are to be believed?
I understand she might feel guilty about cheating on her husband, but that is what marriage counselling is for – or the confessional at church – not a national TV programme. You want to bear you soul, make sure it is not done publicly and that no innocents will be hurt in the process.
$200,000 might be nice for her to have in her bank account, but how much of that will she have to use over the next few years for her children’s counselling?