Tag: scandal
Homophobic politician announces resignation after sending creepy texts professing his love to staffer
Jared O’Mara is a member of British Parliament who was first elected in 2017. But it looks as though his political career is being cut short after he fell in love with a staffer who didn’t reciprocate his feelings.
Jennifer Barnes says O’Mara repeatedly sent her creepy texts while she was under his employ, including several in which he proclaimed his undying love for her.
The 20-year-old said she finally quit her job two weeks ago after she received a 17-paragraph...
It turns out that antigay lawmaker allegedly caught on Grindr also has a gay...
Well, this is awkward.
Earlier this week, Tennessee state Rep. Bill Sanderson announced his immediate resignation from office amid allegations he’s been maintaining a secret Grindr profile.
The political blog The Dog and Pony Show accused the 59-year-old lawmaker of soliciting sex with men, some of whom were up to 40 years younger than him, throughout his tenure in office.
That wouldn’t be such a big deal except for the fact that, while he was doing so, he also supported nearly ever anti-LGBT...
Morehouse College’s gay sex abuse scandal just got a whole lot worse
Morehouse College, one of the few remaining traditional HBCU men’s liberal arts colleges in the United States, is dealing with a gay sex scandal that will likely have major repercussions.
It all started last week when 20-year-old Michael Key posted a heartbreaking video to his Twitter page alleging sexual misconduct by a male faculty member that went unaddressed by the school for over a year and a half.
In the video, Key detailed alleged abuse he suffered at the hands of...
NBA superstar Dwight Howard says gay rumors “set him free”
NBA superstar Dwight Howard is finally opening up about those gay rumors that began circulating around him last year.
A little backstory: Last November, a man by the name of Masin Elije alleged that he had engaged in an ongoing sexual relationship with the NBA player and that he threatened to “beat the sh*t out of him” if he ever went public about it.
Elije claimed he first met Howard at a Wild n’ Out party. They kept in touch on Instagram...
Puerto Rican Governor Uses Homophobic Slurs In Leaked Text Messages • Instinct Magazine
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló
Governor Ricardo Rosselló of Puerto Rico is currently embroiled in an ugly political scandal as hundreds of pages of a private group chat between the governor and 11 other officials were anonymously released last week.
Now dubbed #RickyLeaks, the private text messages (889 pages) included profane homophobic and sexist comments from the governor and others regarding politicians, officials and journalists.
El Nuevo Dia reports that on December 24, 2018, Rosselló posted a video featuring PDP senator Eduardo Bhatia which...
More lurid details emerge regarding that Jerry Falwell Jr. x-rated photos scandal
Both the Miami Herald and The New York Times published reports this week with lurid new details regarding the Jerry Falwell Jr. x-rated photos scandal that broke earlier this year.
Quick backstory: In May, Reuters reported that the evangelical leader contacted Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, for help regarding an “embarrassing personal matter” involving him, his wife, Becki Tilley, and their 20-something pool boy, Giancarlo Granda, in 2016.
Rumor had it, Granda had somehow gotten his hands on some scandalous photos...
Italy Discrimination Minister Quits After Gay Sex Club Scandal
The businesses hosted orgies and "dark rooms" for clients to engage in sexual activity.
Francesco Spano, Italy’s anti-discrimination chief, has resigned after reports that government funds were being used for gay clubs offering services from prostitutes.
An Italian investigative television show Le Iene, or The Hyenas, reported that Spano’s department—the National Office against Racial Discrimination (UNAR)—had allocated “nearly €180,000 in taxpayer money to a variety of associations that run private gay social clubs and saunas across Rome,” reports The Daily Beast.
A...