Arizona gay sheriff Pl Bab 'dated male stunt when he ran troubled boardg school' | Daily Mail Onle

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• REPUBLIN SHERIFF PL BAB, OUTED AS GAY BY EX-LOVER, RUNNG AGA FOR CONGRS
• ARIZONA GAY SHERIFF PL BAB 'DATED MALE STUNT WHEN HE RAN TROUBLED BOARDG SCHOOL'
• GAY ARIZONA SHERIFF’S POLIL STAR TARNISHED
• GOP CANDIDATE AND AZ SHERIFF ADMS HE’S GAY AFTER ACCATNS SURFACE THAT HE DATED AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
• ARIZONA SHERIFF FACG LONG ODDS AFTER GAY OUTG
• ARIZ. SHERIFF SAYS HE’S GAY AFTER MISNDUCT CLAIMS
• ARIZ. SHERIFF SAYS HE'S GAY AFTER MISNDUCT CLAIMS
• GAY ARIZ. SHERIFF FENDS OFF NEW ATTACK -- OM SISTER
• GAY SHERIFF PROMPTS TRIGUG QUTNS

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

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. 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.

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

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. 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. 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.

GAY ARIZONA SHERIFF’S POLIL STAR TARNISHED

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. He is the only member of his partment who is openly gay.

Like many gay men, the sheriff had been only half the closet.

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

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.

ARIZONA SHERIFF FACG LONG ODDS AFTER GAY OUTG

“I don’t re if he’s gay, ” she said. “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.

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.

ARIZ. SHERIFF SAYS HE’S GAY AFTER MISNDUCT CLAIMS

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. "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. "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.

ARIZ. SHERIFF SAYS HE'S GAY AFTER MISNDUCT CLAIMS

(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. 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.

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

— A natnally known sheriff rigned om printial hopeful Mt Romney's Arizona 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 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, " Bab said. "That's the tth — I am gay.

GAY SHERIFF PROMPTS TRIGUG QUTNS

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. Reach out to hundreds of thoands of potential new gay tourism & weddg ctomers wh Arizona Pri Gui and. 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.

"This may be a lm tt, " said Patton, not jt of whether a gay man n survive nng for Congrs a eply nservative district a red state but, more so, of the ntrast between how far society has e — and still has to go. "I have many, many, many iends my life that are gay and have been gay, and I don't have issu wh .

"A day later, Bab found himself before microphon and reporters, nyg the threats but acknowledgg, wh stark ndor, that he is gay. Are absolutely pletely false except for the issu that refer to me as beg gay.