Thread: USA:Utah GOP Leader Resigns Over Nude Hot Tub Romp w Minor, 25 Years AGO !

Some young women are awfully mature at 15, and some men are awfully immature at 30...


In many cultures, this would be a big non event, well maybe not hot- tubbing,

but if they had wanted to get married, no one would blink an eye in most of the world.



The Associated Press: Utah GOP leader resigns after hot tub confession

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Utah GOP leader resigns after hot tub confession

(AP) – 6 hours ago
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's House majority leader has resigned from the Legislature, two days after his confession about sitting nude in a hot tub with a teenage girl 25 years ago stunned the conservative state.
Republican Rep. Kevin Garn said Saturday that stepping down is in the best interests of his family, his colleagues and the people of Utah.
In an e-mail message to House Speaker David Clark, Garn apologized for becoming a distraction.

The 55-year-old Garn acknowledged the indiscretion late Thursday immediately after the Legislature adjourned for the session.
He says he paid the woman, Cheryl Maher, $150,000 to keep quiet about the episode when he unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2002.

Maher was 15 and a legal minor when the hot tub incident occurred. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Garn was 30.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's House majority leader has resigned, two days after his confession about sitting nude in a hot tub with a teenage girl 25 years ago stunned the conservative state.
Republican Rep. Kevin Garn said Saturday that stepping down is in the best interests of his family, his colleagues and the people of Utah.
In an e-mail message to House Speaker David Clark, Garn apologized for becoming a distraction.

The 55-year-old Garn acknowledged the indiscretion late Thursday immediately after the Legislature adjourned for the session.

He says he paid the woman, Cheryl Maher, $150,000 to keep quiet about the episode when he unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2002.
Maher was 15 and a legal minor when the hot tub incident occurred. The 40-year-old says it was necessary for Garn to resign.


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