Ariz. sheriff says he's gay after misnduct claims - Washgton Tim

Contents:

• ARIZONA SHERIFF PL BAB QUS ROMNEY CAMPAIGN AFTER ALLEGATNS BY GAY LOVER
• ARIZONA GAY SHERIFF PL BAB 'DATED MALE STUNT WHEN HE RAN TROUBLED BOARDG SCHOOL'
• REPUBLIN SHERIFF PL BAB, OUTED AS GAY BY EX-LOVER, RUNNG AGA FOR CONGRS
• ARIZONA SHERIFF FACG LONG ODDS AFTER GAY OUTG
• GOP CANDIDATE AND AZ SHERIFF ADMS HE’S GAY AFTER ACCATNS SURFACE THAT HE DATED AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
• DAVE HUTCHSON POISED TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY SHERIFF IN MIDWT
• ARIZ. SHERIFF SAYS HE’S GAY AFTER MISNDUCT CLAIMS
• GAY ARIZONA SHERIFF’S POLIL STAR TARNISHED
• PL BAB, ARIZONA SHERIFF, ALLEGEDLY THREATENED GAY MEXIN EX-LOVER WH DEPORTATN (VIDEO)
• GAY ARIZ. SHERIFF FENDS OFF NEW ATTACK -- OM SISTER
• ARIZ. SHERIFF SAYS HE'S GAY AFTER MISNDUCT CLAIMS
• ARIZONA SHERIFF FACG LONG ODDS AFTER GAY OUTG

ARIZONA SHERIFF PL BAB QUS ROMNEY CAMPAIGN AFTER ALLEGATNS BY GAY LOVER

(AP) — A sheriff seekg the GOP nomatn for an Arizona Congrsnal seat was forced Saturday to nfirm he is gay amid allegatns of misnduct ma by a man wh whom he prevly had a County Sheriff Pl Bab on Saturday nied claims he tried to threaten the man, a Mexin immigrant and a former mpaign volunteer, wh portatn if their past relatnship was ma public. It also posted a cell phone self-portra of a sg Bab his unrwear and another of what appears to be the shirtls sheriff a bathroom, posted on a gay datg webse.

ARIZONA GAY SHERIFF PL BAB 'DATED MALE STUNT WHEN HE RAN TROUBLED BOARDG SCHOOL'

"I'm here to say that all the allegatns that were the story were unte — except for the stance that refers to me as gay, " Bab said. "That's the tth — I am gay.

Gould said he believed Bab's postg of pictur on what the lawmaker lled a "homosexual hookup webse" were a "Congrsman Weer type of moment.

Outed Arizona gay sheriff and ex-Romney ai 'dated teenage male stunt when he ran troubled boardg school a ago'Republin Pal County Sheriff Pl Bab nfirmed this month he's gay New allegatns stem om when he was head of Massachetts schoolDeni sexual relatnship wh 17-year-old boy while he was headmasterAlso ni allegatns that he threatened portatn of ex-lover 'Jose'Dropped out of Romney mpaign to foc on own ngrs mpaign It’s been a by fortnight for this Arizona sheriff and Mt Romney ai, who has e out as gay, nied threateng to port his ex-lover to Mexi and promised to ntue his bid for Pal County Sheriff Pl Bab, 43, is fightg allegatns he dated a 17-year-old male stunt while he was head of the now-closed DeSisto School Stockbridge, Massachetts, a boardg school ed ntroversial disciple methods such as ‘sheetg’, which forced stunts to remove their cloth and wear only a sheet, acrdg to former stunts and state rerds. Now-closed: DeSisto School Stockbridge, Massachetts allegedly ed ntroversial disciple methods such as 'sheetg', which forced stunts to remove their cloth and wear only a sheet Ser accatns: Bab, pictured wh Senator John McCa 2010, admted that he was gay this month Although eight former stunts claim Sheriff Bab had a relatnship wh the stunt, both men ny any appropriate or sexual bond at the school. The claims e after the notorly anti-immigratn ai to Republin printial ndidate Mr Romney left the mpaign after he was acced of threateng to port his ex-gay lover to Mexi.

REPUBLIN SHERIFF PL BAB, OUTED AS GAY BY EX-LOVER, RUNNG AGA FOR CONGRS

He said all the accatns the alternative weekly newspaper were ‘absolutely false, except to the issu that refer to me as beg gay’ and arose to mar his chanc of nng for ngrs. Racy profile: The Phoenix New Tim says this is the datg profile of Bab on gay se 'Unterred': Bab, who left his volunteer posn Romney's mpaign, will ntue to n for ngrsAn attorney for Jose didn't immediately return msag om MailOnle earlier this month over this. The last time Republin Pal County Sheriff Bab ran for Congrs on an anti-illegal immigratn platform, his Mexin lover outed him as a gay man and acced him of blackmail a bombshell tale reported first New Tim.

Bab spent his first few years office here as a closeted gay man. "But, on Saturday, Bab's nservative image took a beatg as he was forced to nfirm publicly that he is gay and was volved a relatnship wh a Mexin immigrant who claims the sheriff threatened to have him ported if he revealed their ni any wrongdog, and has vowed to ntue his battle for the GOP nomatn an extremely nservative ral ngrsnal district. Ron Gould says Bab is sure to lose major support among the fay-valu voters who oppose gay prevly avoid a public stance on gay rights, but me out favor of them on Saturday.

ARIZONA SHERIFF FACG LONG ODDS AFTER GAY OUTG

"Bee is a Republin primary a nservative district, 's likely that the thg that hurts him the most is that he was a gay relatnship. "Bab's acknowledgment that he is gay me after a story the Phoenix New Tim, an alternative weekly magaze that quoted a former lover as sayg Bab threatened his immigratn stat if he revealed their nied claims he tried to threaten the man, a former mpaign volunteer.

It also posted a cell phone self-portra of a sg Bab his unrwear and another of what appears to be the shirtls sheriff a bathroom, posted on a gay datg web se.

GOP CANDIDATE AND AZ SHERIFF ADMS HE’S GAY AFTER ACCATNS SURFACE THAT HE DATED AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT

Acrdg to the Phoenix New Tim, Bab may have had a sexy sleepover wh hunky gay Arizona State Rep. Openly gay Tucson state Reprentative Matt Hez was one of two Democratic lawmakers who broke ranks wh the party March 2011 and voted to give Bab $5 ln to bat borr vlence.

What’s the next chapter My Big Fat Gay Arizona Affair? Arizona is currently the midst of a very fiery sex sndal as Pal County Sheriff Pl Bab, a well-known anti-illegal immigrant proponent and Republin Congrsnal ndidate, has been exposed as gay by a source tellg the Phoenix New Tim that he was Bab’s ex-lover, and that Bab threatened him wh portatn several tim when he refed to promise to keep the affair unr wraps. Bab rpond by admtg a prs nference that he was gay, steppg down the Romney mpaign, and nyg the mors that he threatened anyone wh portatn.

José provid text msag and the above photos, as well as an Adam4Adam (thk OKCupid’s ls self-important gay ) profile. Gay culture and polics blog Towleroad reports that the uple met through a (’s ls self-important gay ) profile. Today he held a prs nference where he stepped down om Romney mpaign duti and nfirmed that he was gay, but nied the mors about José beg illegal– or at least that he had no knowledge of his legal stat– or him threateng to port anyone, statg: “’s blatantly, pletely false.

DAVE HUTCHSON POISED TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY SHERIFF IN MIDWT

Reach out to hundreds of thoands of potential new gay tourism & weddg ctomers wh Arizona Pri Gui and. Dave “Hutch” Hutchson on Wednday appeared to have narrowly feated three-term cumbent Sheriff Rich Stanek Hennep County, Mnota, all but guaranteeg his tle as the first openly gay sheriff the an credibly tight race, the 39-year-old veteran police officer clared an unofficial victory over Stanek, a Print Donald Tmp supporter whose crics say he was too amenable to feral immigratn early Wednday morng, 100 percent of the unty’s preccts had reported their electn rults, suggtg Hutchson had won roughly 2, 300 more vot than Stanek, a former Mnota Hoe some lol media outlets have lled the race for Hutchson, an official wner likely won’t be certified by the Mnota secretary of state’s office until Nov. (AP) — A natnally known sheriff rigned om printial hopeful Mt Romney’s Arizona mpaign mtee and acknowledged he was gay amid allegatns of misnduct ma by a man wh whom he prevly had a relatnship.

It also posted a cellphone self-portra of a sg Sheriff Bab his unrwear and another of what appears to be the shirtls sheriff a bathroom, posted on a gay datg webse. “I’m here to say that all the allegatns that were the story were unte — except for the stance that refers to me as gay, ” Sheriff Bab said. “That’s the tth — I am gay.

ARIZ. SHERIFF SAYS HE’S GAY AFTER MISNDUCT CLAIMS

Gould said he believed Sheriff Bab’s postg of pictur on what the lawmaker lled a “homosexual hookup webse” were a “Congrsman Weer type of moment. Bab, who subsequently me out as gay, nied makg threats, and a state attorney general vtigatn later cleared him of any crimal wrongdog, ncludg that the allegatns were “not supported by the facts. However, his stat as a ntenr for a seat Congrs me to a screechg halt Febary 2012, shortly after the Phoenix New Tim published an exposé that alleged Bab had threatened his Mexin ex-boyiend wh portatn for releasg tails about their relatnship – as well as photos of Bab that were origally posted on a gay “hookup” webse.

”The accatns, he add, “are absolutely, pletely false – except for the issu that refer to me as beg gay.

Bee that’s the tth, I am gay. ”Jose Oroz, who had worked as a mpaign volunteer for the sheriff om 2008 to 2011, managg Bab’s webse and Facebook page, was posssn of several text msag and photos of Bab wearg only a pair of tight unrwear – photos the sheriff had posted on, a gay datg se.

GAY ARIZONA SHERIFF’S POLIL STAR TARNISHED

Forced to adm publicly for the first time that he was gay, while nyg he had threatened his former lover, a Mexin natnal, wh portatn, Pl Bab, was one of the Republin party's bright new prospects. Except for his raggedy voice, he seemed about as fortable and upbeat as uld be expected of a man who had jt faced the world to adm publicly for the first time that he was gay, while nyg he had threatened his former lover, a Mexin natnal, wh portatn. All charg were false, he said, except for one: He is gay.

PL BAB, ARIZONA SHERIFF, ALLEGEDLY THREATENED GAY MEXIN EX-LOVER WH DEPORTATN (VIDEO)

He is the only member of his partment who is openly gay. Like many gay men, the sheriff had been only half the closet.

Many Arizona journalists say they knew or spected he was gay; an assignment edor at a lol news statn said that the last year, his statn had received photographs of Bab sual pos wh men social suatns. Bab was not an opponent of gay rights, after all. “I don’t re if he’s gay, ” she said.

GAY ARIZ. SHERIFF FENDS OFF NEW ATTACK -- OM SISTER

“Oddly enough, ’s not g out of the closet that’s the problem, ” Schweikert said, notg Arizona’s famo libertarian streak and tickg off the nam of other gay GOP elected officials. The New Tim and lol Fox News affiliate KSAZ also published photos which appear to be of a barechted Bab, which had been upload to a profile allegedly belongg to the sheriff on the gay datg webse Though he acknowledged Jose was a volunteer who helped on his first mpaign for sheriff 2008, Bab -- who is currently nng for Congrs his home state -- cled to rpond to qutns about whether the pair had a romantic relatnship, sayg he would not discs his personal life, acrdg to the Arizona Republic.

"Check out some other gay polil sndals below: Before You Go10 Gay Sex SndalsPopular the CommunyYou May Like. Sheriff Babe, known for his tough stance agast illegal immigratn, ma natnal headl mid-Febary after the Phoenix New Tim published an article which a man claimed the sheriff threatened him wh portatn for refg to promise never to disclose their years-long held a prs nference and acknowledged he is gay but nied the allegatns of misnduct agast him.

After announcg his n for Congrs, the Phoenix New Tim reported that he's gay and had prevly threatened a Mexin boyiend wh portatn.

ARIZ. SHERIFF SAYS HE'S GAY AFTER MISNDUCT CLAIMS

: All the allegatns that were one of the newspapers are absolutely, pletely false, except for the issu that refer to me as beg gay, bee that's the tth. I am gay.

ARIZONA SHERIFF FACG LONG ODDS AFTER GAY OUTG

The sheriff says no threats were one pot his news nference, Bab said he felt relieved to publicly acknowledge his homosexualy. But actually, a way, he did that awhile ago when he posted bare-chted photos of himself on at least one gay datg se.

First, the admissn that he's gay uld hurt him wh nservative voters who make up much of Arizona's 4th ngrsnal district.