Miami pool boy behind ex-Liberty University leader Jerry Falwell Jr scandal speaks out in new movie
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Ex-Miami pool boy Giancarlo Granda speaks out about his relationship with the Falwell family in a new documentary, 'God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty'
"They have a public image, but behind the scenes, they're freaks," Granda, who worked as a pool attendant for the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach in 2012, says in a trailer for the new Hulu documentary, "God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty." Falwell Jr.'s fall from grace began in 2020 after Giancarlo Granda, a younger Falwell family business partner, said he had a years-long sexual relationship with Becki and that Jerry would participate as a voyeur, scandalizing the private evangelical Christian college community that Falwell Jr. once served. ( Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) Granda says Jerry Falwell Jr. liked to record him having sex with his wife, Becki Falwell. ( Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) A new documentary details a former Miami pool boy's accidental introduction into the Falwell family's lives, his steady entanglement in their professional and personal affairs up until 2020, and the fallout that rocked the Christian community after news of their scandals made headlines. (Ethan Miller) Falwell Jr. eventually resigned as president of Liberty in August 2020. He also filed a defamation lawsuit against the school, which he dropped soon after. (Shannon Finney ) Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for FOX Business and Fox News. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.
The former hotel employee adds that he didn't know who the Falwells were, and had he known what his affair with Becki would turn into, he would have rejected her advances, he continues.