Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
He pleaded no contest to one count of promoting sexual performance of a child and 28 counts of possession of child pornography. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the first and upon release 10 years of probation for the 28 counts of possession of child pornography.
Gary Rolls was a Republican county commissioner in Kent County, Michigan. In 2012, after he won his Republican primary in a state House race, a 28-year-old woman came forward claiming he had sexually abused her since she was nine years-old until she was twenty-three. But never fear, his arrest was dignified. He was charged with four counts of first-degree sexual assault, tampering with evidence, and using a computer to commit a crime.
The woman testified that she suffered from migraines, high blood pressure, anxiety, and nightmares as a result of the abuse. She said he threatened her and since she saw him associating with police and other powerful people, he could carry out his threats so she submitted to his demands.
“He made me do things that made me physically sick and he didn’t care. If I cried, he told me to stop because I was weak. If I said no, he told me I wasn’t allowed to tell him no because he was the adult and I was the child,” she said.
“There are no words to truly reflect the pain, the fears, and the lifelong scars that I have endured because of him.”
Michigan Radio: Former Kent County commissioner to serve a year in jail for sex crimes against minor
Coy C. Privette was a retired Baptist minister, a former North Carolina state legislator, and a Cabarrus County Commissioner when he was charged with aiding and abetting prostitution. He was also the president of the Christian Action League. He resigned from the League immediately to protect them from his scandal.
This project does not track consensual adult activities, including patronizing sex workers. He is included because he stopped payment on the checks claiming they were stolen. If you renege on a contract with a sex worker, it’s not really consensual, is it?
He denied the allegations but the police had video of him booking the room and taking the woman there. He pled guilty.
James Graves was the chairman of the Cullman County Commission in 2008, but lost his re-election bid and lost the subsequent primary. He was also a member of the Republican Party Executive Committee. In May 2017, he was arrested for sexually abusing a minor, a 17-year-old whom he had molested more than once but came forward after the most recent incident. He was 74. He pleaded guilty and got a 10-year suspended sentence and five years probation.
Dana Rinehart was the Republican mayor of Columbus, OH. Back in 1978, when he was the county treasurer, it was alleged that he molested his 13-year-old babysitter. He was not indicted and the prosecutor’s decision to let him testify to the grand jury on his own behalf. Even more irregular, a psychiatrist who had never…
Bruce Barclay, a Republican who had just been elected to a second term as Cumberland County Commissioner, had several consensual sexual encounters with sex workers. That does not merit inclusion on this list because it was consensual. However, the sex workers did not consent to be secretly recorded. This was discovered in an investigation into…
Keola Childs was a Hawaiian county councilman who pleaded guilty to child molestation in a plea agreement that allowed him to serve only one year rather than the twenty he was facing. Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Ex-Big Isle official pleads guilty to child molesting
David Swartz, a Republican Richland County Commissioner, pleaded guilty to felony sex abuse involving two teens, though he began abusing them when they were six or eleven years old. He was sentenced to just eight years in prison. The Lantern Project: Ex-County Commissioner Admits Sexual Assault of Girl