James Moran's Engagement Results In Mention of the Infamous "James Moran's Birthday Nightmare" Incident

"One benefit of marriage: No more pesky media inquiries about women getting into catfights over him, as occurred outside his house one night in 2001."

Lloyd Grove reported on the incident in an article in the 5/17/01 Post entitled "Jim Moran's Birthday Nightmare":

"Trouble magnet Jim Moran -- who in recent months has coped with a nasty divorce, complaints about his ethics and bad publicity about his scuffle with an 8-year-old boy -- quietly marked his 56th birthday yesterday with a staff party in his congressional office. But it was a different story the night before outside Moran's house. The Arlington Democrat and two young women created a ruckus that a witness described as 'something out of a Jerry Springer episode.'... Our witness -- who lives on Moran's street, Walter Reed Drive, and asked not to be named -- told us that while walking her dog around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, "I heard arguing and slamming doors coming from Congressman Moran's house. He had one girlfriend, a blonde in her thirties, against his black Toyota, and was talking to her while another one, a redhead in overalls who seemed to be in her twenties, walked into his house with balloons and what looked like a cake."

As neighbors gathered, Moran followed the redhead into his house and 'then there was a bunch of screaming,' said our witness. "She said something like, 'I don't want to be here! I don't need this!' Then Moran had the redhead by the arm, trying to get her out of the house. She pointed at the blonde and yelled, 'That . . . is the one who should leave! I was invited! How could you do this to me?' And she was cussing the whole time and got into what looked like a Ford Escort station wagon and sped away. The blonde stayed behind."

Our witness continued: "The redhead came back a few minutes later and went into the house while the other girl was in there, and more yelling continued out into the walkway outside. The arguing and cussing continued for the next 10 minutes or so and all I could hear was the woman screaming at him, 'How could you do this to me?' and the congressman was standing next to her, trying to console her and saying: 'I'm sorry . . . I'm so sorry . . . ' "

Eventually peace returned to the neighborhood, and the redhead in overalls apparently returned, our witness said. She was spotted leaving Moran's house early yesterday morning."

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