Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Washington State Rep. Richard Curtis, R-La Center-I'm Not Gay

Yet another family values Republican apparently has become involved with a male prostitute. Truly, we are approaching at least one new situation a week it seems with either GOP elected officials or conservative Christian ministers. Highlights from this article from the Washington State newspaper, The Columbian, (http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2007/10/10292007_Curtis-denies-wrongdoing-says-he-is-not-gay.cfm) seem to suggest something went on despite Mr. Curtis' denials:

State Rep. Richard Curtis, R-La Center, caught up in a statewide media frenzy over an ongoing extortion investigation in Spokane, said Monday that he is not gay. "I committed no crime," Curtis said Monday afternoon. "I did not solicit sex. I was trying to help somebody out." Curtis, 48, has been besieged by phone calls since news broke about the two-term lawmaker being the alleged victim of an extortion attempt.

The Spokesman-Review newspaper reported Monday that the alleged extortionist is a reputed male prostitute. DeRuwe would not confim that report and said that prostitution did not appear to be involved in the case. A Spokane TV station, KREM, reported on its Web site that Curtis and the man had a sexual encounter and were seen together at various spots around the city.
Police spokeswoman DeRuwe said she could not discuss how the case came to attention of Spokane police, nor could she provide details about Curtis' relationship with the alleged extortionist because the police investigation is ongoing."Obviously there is some sort of relationship between the two of them," she said. "Obviously one of them is a suspect and one is the victim."

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