A cheating scandal is brewing for The Bachelorette‘s Ed Swiderski. Two different women claim Swiderski cheated on Jillian Harris, even after the proposal…and they have proof!
Lindsey Johnson and Bethany Steffen are speaking out and warning Jillian about Ed’s three-timing ways.
Just eight days after popping the question to Jillian, Ed allegedly slept with former girlfriend Lindsey. A day later, he texted Bethany, saying “bring beer and condoms,” to his place.
Prior to filming The Bachelorette, Swiderski had been dating both Johnson and Steffen behind each other’s backs.
Johnson, whom Swiderski dated for a year, drove him to the airport when he left for the show on March 25, where he assured her he would only be on the show for two weeks.
Ed promised Lindsey they would be engaged by the end of the year, and even texted her while on the show, saying “I love you,” and telling her Jillian wasn’t his type and that he prefers blondes.
Swiderski kept in touch with both Steffen and Johnson through texts and emails while filming the show. On April 10, he allegedly wrote Lindsey, “I’m going to molest you when I get home.”
Swiderski left the show on April 15, explaining to Harris that he needed to go back to Chicago to work. Both Johnson and Steffen claim they slept with him while he was away.
He then told both women he was flying to Texas for a business trip, when in reality he returned to the show and begged Jillian to take him back.
Steffen told US Weekly, “Lindsey and I are both smart girls, and Ed just has this way of making people believe what he wants. Jillian needs to be careful.”
Johnson added, “I feel gross, used and completely violated. It shocks me that he was able to do something like that to me.”
Jillian has denied the women’s claims, telling Extra, “It’s not possible…it is absolutely made up.”
“I know that he’s kept in semi-friendly touch with those girls. I’m aware of that — he doesn’t hide anything from me, Jillian says about the text messages. “This is a bump in the road and we’ll get through it.”