Clinton and Flowers

Gennifer Flowers, the cabaret singer who had an affair with Bill Clinton, has threatened possible legal action over the former president's treatment of her in his newly-published memoir, My Life.

 

"I have not yet read Mr Clinton's book but you can bet that my Judicial Watch attorneys will," Flowers said in a statement issued by Judicial Watch - a Washington-based conservative court and government watchdog.

 

"I have learned that Bill Clinton has repeated his lies about me and I am sickened by his continued disregard for the truth," Flowers said. "Bill Clinton pretends to be contrite but he continues to bear false witness against his neighbour. He is a national disgrace."

 

A storm broke over stories of Clinton's relationship with Flowers - she said they had a 12-year affair - when he was running for the Democratic nomination for president in 1992.

 

Clinton, with his wife by his side, categorically denied the accusation at the time, although six years later he would admit that they had a relationship.

 

In the memoir, he continues to deny any 12-year affair, saying only that he had a relationship with Flowers "that I should not have had" in the 1970s.

 

"The fact is there was no 12-year affair," he wrote.