Confusingly, the general public invite got here simply two years into Santos’ marriage to Uadla Vieira Santos, a Brazilian lady whom his housemates hardly ever noticed and solely knew as “a pal,” in accordance with the Day by day Beast.
Former roommate Morey-Parker instructed The Day by day Beast that Santos as soon as “tried to get me to marry some Brazilian lady so she might get citizenship” — saying he might earn money from the deal. The report didn’t elaborate on when that suggestion was made.
Santos’ spouse first filed for divorce in Could 2013, simply to halt it by the top of that 12 months — 11 months earlier than Santos proposed to his younger boyfriend.
He remained legally married till September 2019, ending his principally secretive marriage lower than two weeks earlier than he filed the official paperwork to launch his preliminary 2020 marketing campaign.
The overtly homosexual politician didn’t point out his marriage to a girl in both of his campaigns, the Beast famous.
His 2022 marketing campaign initially stated he was dwelling along with his husband and their 4 canine on Lengthy Island. That has since been scrubbed.
One other former roommate, Yasser Rabello, instructed the outlet that Santos all the time appeared like a “pathological liar” — even sharing outdated Fb messages the place the congressman claimed he’d landed a job at CNN.
Rabello stated he lived with Santos, his sister and their since-deceased mom in a crowded condo in Jackson Heights in 2013 and 2014 — however “by no means knew” his roommate was married on the time.
Santos’ spouse was dwelling in Astoria on the time, and the one time he met her, Santos launched her as “a pal,” Rabello stated.
Morey-Parker, in the meantime, instructed The Day by day Beast that the pol stole from him a hat {that a} pal gave him after a “had tried to kill myself.”
“Watching him put on that scarf which means quite a bit to me simply p—es me the f–okay off,” he stated.
Santos’ ex-wife didn’t reply to questions, whereas the under-fire congressman solely commented after The Day by day Beast article was already revealed, the outlet stated.
Referring to Morey-Parker, Santos stated: “I can’t give remark to slanderous accusations made by an individual of the likes of Gregory.”