Oh how I love it when anti-gay Rethuglicans get caught with their pants down. Well, he didn’t exactly get caught with his pants down, but he did squeeze the Charmin.
An Indiana state Representative, who recently voted for a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, has been accused of using Craigslist to offer an 18-year old male $80 for “a couple hours of your time tonight” plus a tip “for a really good time.”
The Indianapolis Star obtained e-mails sent from Rep. Phillip Hinkle’s (R) publicly listed personal address, responding to a Craigslist posting by Kameryn Gibson that said “I need a sugga daddy.” Gibson told the Star that the post was in the “Casual Encounters” section under m4m, or men for men. He used his sister Megan’s e-mail address — and she later sent the e-mails to the Star.
Rep. Hinkle claims to be a “fit 170,” but I don’t know too many guys with double chins who are fit. But then again, who am I to judge? And he said he loves to “get and stay naked.” He went on to tell his new found friend that if he wanted to spend the night, he wouldn’t give him anymore money but would give him a “free breakfast and maybe late night snack.” OK, now I’m even grossed out.
The Star reports:
The young man told The Star that they met, but that he tried to leave after the man told him he was a state lawmaker. He said the lawmaker at first told him he could not leave, grabbed him in the rear, exposed himself to the young man and then later gave him an iPad, BlackBerry cellphone and $100 cash to keep quiet.
So, he thought he could buy his silence with an iPad, a BlackBerry and a C-note. Guess he didn’t realize that a person has to eat.
Megan Gibson told the Star that later that evening she went back to the JW Marriott to show Hinkle’s daughter the e-mails. She soon after received another phone call from the woman claiming to be Gibson’s wife, who offered her $10,000 not to tell anyone. Still another call came from Hinkle himself later, and she told him what she had told his family members. “You just ruined me,” she says Hinkle responded.
Hinkle did not deny the e-mails in response to the Star’s request for comment, but said: “I am aware of a shakedown taking place.” He did not elaborate on what “shakedown” meant, nor did his attorney.
So let’s add Hinkle to the list of Rethuglican sex offenders.