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TexasTowelie

(117,584 posts)
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 01:39 AM Nov 2016

More lewd details about affair emerge in new bombshell lawsuit against Gov. Robert Bentley

A new lawsuit filed on Wednesday against Gov. Robert Bentley and his alleged mistress and former top political aide, Rebekah Mason, reveal new details about the Governor and Mason’s alleged affair and Bentley’s alleged misuse of State funds to facilitate that affair.

Wendall Ray Lewis, the former Head of the Governor’s Security Detail and Chief of the Office of Dignitary Protection, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Governor and Mason — alleging the pair defamed him, pushed him into early, involuntary retirement and interfered with job opportunities after Lewis left State government.

Lewis — joining a chorus of other former Bentley staffers and insiders, including former ALEA Secretary Spencer Collier — now alleges that Bentley maintained a physical affair with Mason, not just the emotional affair the Governor claims.

“Governor Robert Bentley had a physical and sexual affair with Defendant Mason,” Lewis said in his lawsuit. He said the Governor confirmed the physical affair, in person, several times, to him. Lewis and others, including top staffers and Business Council of Alabama head Bill O’Conner, pleaded with the Governor to end the affair several times as well, but “none of them succeeded,” according to the lawsuit.

Read more: http://www.alreporter.com/more-lewd-details-about-affair-emerge-in-new-bombshell-lawsuit-against-gov-robert-bentley/

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More lewd details about affair emerge in new bombshell lawsuit against Gov. Robert Bentley (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2016 OP
Why are we always more interested in... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #1
It really is about misuse of state funds madaboutharry Nov 2016 #2
I get that, but then... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #4
It's about the hypocrisy of the Bible thumpers to me. Laffy Kat Nov 2016 #3
Yeah, hypocrisy is bad news. And firing a guy to cover it up is worse. TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #5
Rachel did a story on this last night ... Mason's salary was not paid by the state. eppur_se_muova Nov 2016 #6
That Bentley is a looker. Rustyeye77 Dec 2016 #7

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
1. Why are we always more interested in...
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 01:50 AM
Nov 2016

who you fuck than who you fuck over?

Having the guy fired over this is a problem.

madaboutharry

(41,391 posts)
2. It really is about misuse of state funds
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 02:13 AM
Nov 2016

Alabama taxpayers were funding part of his affair when he used state money while with his mistress.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
4. I get that, but then...
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 02:50 AM
Nov 2016

if you're paying for food, transportation, and lodging for your wife, why not your girlfriend or mistress?

(yeah, I know...)

Laffy Kat

(16,531 posts)
3. It's about the hypocrisy of the Bible thumpers to me.
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 02:27 AM
Nov 2016

Now with corruption on top. I care. Sorry.

eppur_se_muova

(37,671 posts)
6. Rachel did a story on this last night ... Mason's salary was not paid by the state.
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 11:22 AM
Nov 2016

In fact, ACEGOV, the dark money group that paid her salary, has taken down its Web site and tried to disappear from public view. According to our local TV station, it may have been effectively moribund for some time: http://whnt.com/2016/09/13/pulling-back-the-curtain-on-governor-bentleys-dark-money-organization/

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