[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Sans Serif]Former Star Trek: Voyager star Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) alleged that she was pressured to have sex in front of other patrons at swingers' clubs in New York, Paris and New Orleans by her ex-husband, Illinois Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jack Ryan, according to newly released divorce documents reported on TheSmokingGun.com Web site. The allegation is contained in nearly 400 pages of records ordered released on June 21 by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, who ruled on media requests to unseal documents from the Ryan case, the site reported.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Sans Serif]Jeri Ryan leveled the charges in a court filing in connection with child custody proceedings in September 2000, the site reported. Jeri Ryan argued that she refused Jack Ryan's requests for public sex during the excursions, which included a trip to a New York club "with cages, whips and other apparatus hanging from the ceiling," according to the court documents.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Sans Serif]Jack Ryan confirmed the trips with the actress, but described them simply as "romantic getaways," denying her claims that he sought public sex, the site reported. The politician has repeatedly claimed that his divorce file, portions of which were sealed in 2000 and 2001, contained no embarrassing information that would harm his chances against Democratic nominee Barack Obama. The Ryans were married in 1991 and, in November 1998, Jeri Ryan filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences," the site reported.
