John Diehl, Speaker of the House in the state of Missouri and a married father of three, is embroiled in a sex scandal that might derail his political career. Mr. John Diehl, a Republican, was caught exchanging sexual messages with an intern who is also a student of the Missouri Southern State University.
John Diehl, rising political star, husband and is now an alleged adulterer. Earlier today, a series of text messages released by The Kansas City Star explained why for the first time in 20 years the Missouri Southern State University abruptly ended its Capitol internship.
The hundreds of text messages between John Diehl, Speaker of the House, and an intern from Missouri Southern State University revealed a scandalous affair. For the past months, the unnamed student, who is an attorney specializing in employment matters and the speaker, have been flirting, having sex in his office, exchanging naughty pictures and making plans for the future.
John Diehl is not only a Republican politician with a squeaky clean image; he is also a married father of three boys. When the intern was contacted by the newspaper with the text messages, she claimed that they were fabricated.
However, two other interns and her friends stated that she had confessed to being in love with Mr. Diehl. She has since hired a powerful lawyer to represent her, and he has made it clear that his client does not want to be the next Monica Lewinsky. The attorney said:
“requests the media respect her privacy. She has provided all the information she intends to give on the matter, and will be issuing no further comment. (She) is not interested in being at the center of any political debate concerning her internship or the workings of the state Capitol.”
John Diehl is taking another approach, he has confessed to the affair and has apologized for his sinful actions. Diehl stated:
“I take full responsibility for my actions and am truly sorry to those I let down. I apologize for the poor judgment I displayed that put me and those closest to me in this situation.”
Diehl went on to add:
“I also regret that the woman has been dragged into this situation. The buck stops here. I ask for forgiveness. I will begin immediately working to restore the trust of those closest to me, and getting back to the important work that is required in the final days of session.”
Here are few text messages exchanged between the pair:
Intern: “You better take care of me.”
Diehl: “Like how?”
Intern: “I’ll bet you’ll figure it out.”
Diehl: “I dunno. You have always been disappointed;)”
Intern: “I just have high expectations, I guess. Thus far, you’ve done pretty well blows a kiss)”
Diehl: “:). I kinda want to hear what you are expecting.You will be in good hands :)”
Diehl: “God I want you right now,”
Intern: “I wish you could have me right now.”
After getting a bikini picture, Diehl responded: “Damn girl …Nice. I want to see more”
Democrats are demanding that John Diehl resign as Speaker of the House. Some of his critics are also hitting him for hypocrisy and his well-known opposition to same-sex marriage.
Do you think John Diehl is a hypocrite? Should he resign?
