Senator Denies Marriage Rumors, Rebukes Media For 'Personal Attacks'

Jones-Micaebun says media taking 'personal attacks' to extreme

GRASSADELLA CITY, DMG--She's a senator, a mother of three, and the wife of a mega-church minister. And now she's becoming the center of a tabloid frenzy.

Senator Alyssa Jones-Micaebun (C-DMG), who is more commonly known just as Alyssa Jones, took a swipe at the media Tuesday night after several tabloids and Grassadella City-area newspapers published stories about her family and marriage.

The most aggressive article, which came from The Informer tabloid magazine, suggested the senator and her husband, Darren Jones, who is a senior-associate pastor at the mega-size Falls Church in Grassadella City, are having marriage problems and have split up. The article also said the couple's three children are staying with their grandparents until the problem is resolved.

Senator Jones used her appearance on GNN's The Capitol Report Tuesday night to address those rumors.

"I have no idea where these rumors are coming from," Jones told host James Madine. "My husband and I are not split up. We are not having problems. We have a very strong, healthy, happy marriage, and we would certainly never put our kids through that kind of ordeal. These rumors are completely false and untrue, and they are just that, rumors."

Jones told Madine the rumors may have began circulating after she and her husband purchased a home in Mavocke in February, following her induction into the senate. In a letter disseminated to church members in Grassadella City, the couple announced they would be splitting their time between their home in Grassadella City, where Mr. Jones still holds a pastoral position, and their new home in Mavocke.

"At the time, I had just arrived in the senate, and Darren was still working in Grassadella City, and we didn't know whether I should fly home on the weekends or if the family should come up to Mavocke during the week or what," Jones said.

Eventually, the couple was able to negotiate an arrangement with church leaders to allow Rev. Jones to work at the church's sister-congregation in Mavocke, where he now works part-time. The couple still own their home in Grassadella City, and Rev. Jones continues to travel to the Grassadella City congregation once a month. However, the couple's children are now living in Mavocke permanently and are attending school in the Mavocke area.

"It's possible that some people may have read that letter and misinterpreted it and thought we were separating or something. But the truth is we were just trying to figure out how to balance my new job in Mavocke as a senator and Darren's job as a pastor in Grassadella City. It took a few months to figure it out, but now we are all happily living in Mavocke," Jones said.

The couple's children are living at home, Jones added.

"No, they are not living with their grandparents. They go to visit, but they are living with Darren and I in Mavocke," she said.

As for the media frenzy, Jones had strong words for the reporters and publishers who have been propagating the 'lies.'

"These are nothing short of personal attacks on me and my family," she said. "And I have to say, I am appalled and deeply hurt that someone would accuse me of putting my children through something like this. I love my kids. I love my husband. And I am deeply offended that someone would suggest otherwise. And the fact that newspapers and magazines publish this stuff is just shocking."

A spokesman for The Informer said the magazine will not retract its story.

Jerri Watkins, a spokeswoman for the senator's Mavocke office, said Jones' legal team will continue to pursue legal options and will "not rest" until a retraction has been made.