GOP State Senator Admits Affair

Scandal

Updated Apr. 25, 2017 2:38PM EDT / Published Jul. 25, 2009 4:26PM EDT

Tennessee State Senator Paul Stanley admitted to having a "sexual relationship" with his 22-year-old intern to a state investigator, Talking Points Memo reports. According to the sworn affidavit, Stanley took provocative photos of the intern during their affair. The intern's boyfriend was attempting to blackmail Stanley with the photos for $10,000. The senator eventually went to the police, and the boyfriend has been charged with attempted extortion. Stanley, a conservative Republican, promotes abstinence before marriage.

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GOP State Senator Admits Affair