Samson and the free haircut: Is this finally the end for Eric Greitens?

Missouri now has its own Samson-and-Delilah story.

In the Biblical version, Samson — who could no doubt teach Governor Eric Greitens a thing or two about proper pull-ups — is emasculated by a temptress who figures out the source of his superhuman strength lies in his long hair. She cuts it off, and Samson ends up on the wrong end of a prison mill grinder.

In the Missouri version, the governor who loves to impress with his physique and workout routine also gets involved with a woman who cuts hair. She appears to be more the victim than the temptress, but both stories end with the tough guys being taken away in custody, their dominions in tatters.

In the six weeks since a St. Louis TV station broke the news of Greitens’ 2015 affair with his hair stylist in the St. Louis area, the Republican governor has tried to brazen out the storm. He ignored calls from legislators in his own party to resign. He traveled the state talking up a tax-cut plan. Missourians were treated to television ads featuring the smiling face of their philandering governor, selling his tax plan, paid for by his dark-money political group.

But on Thursday St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner announced that a grand jury has indicted Greitens for felony invasion of privacy. The charge presumably stems from allegations that Greitens allegedly photographed his lover while she was blindfolded and at least partially nude, and threatened to put the photo on the internet if she revealed their relationship.

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