hypocrite there. >> reporter: lucien says rekers knew he was gay before the trip because he had told him about his boyfriends. does he still deny to you that he's gay? >> yeah, yeah. i actually asked him over the phone, you know, do you think you're gay? and he just said, "no." >> reporter: lucien told me reeker asked him not to share his story with the media. >> he just didn't want me to mention the massage aspect, you know. that's what it really was. >> reporter: he asked you not to. >> yeah, he had asked me not to. >> reporter: in response to the publicity, narth where reekers is a board member, released this statement saying "it takes seriously the accusations that have been made." in response to an e-mail from cnn, rekers wrote, "i am retaining the services of a defamation attorney in this matter because the fact is i am not gay and never have been." lucien says he feels sorry for rekers.