WATCH: Louisiana Republican Admits To Sexting With 17-Year-Old Boy But Says, ‘I’m Not Gay’

Jefferson Parish President Mike Yenni of Louisiana admits to sending sexually explicit messages to a 17-year-old boy. He won’t answer a question about sending the young man underwear. But he wants to make sure, in the midst of this scandal, that everyone knows he’s not gay.

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The recall effort began after the story first broke about Yenni’s relationship with Alex Daigle, now 19 years old. Daigle wrote a story called “I Was Seduced By A Politician” for the online blog The Tab. Various outlets began putting two and two together, and Yenni eventually admitted to the relationship.

Yenni states that some parts of the story Daigle wrote are not true. However, he admits to quite a bit of it as well.

He sat down for an interview with Lee Zurik of Louisiana’s WVUE-TV on Tuesday, November 22.

When Zurik pressed Yenni about exactly what parts of the story were untrue, Yenni attempted to dodge the question:

“…To go line by line so that a reporter from across town can get someone under anonymity and say, ‘Oh, well that’s not true, he said that didn’t happen. That did happen.’ And we could play this game all day long, because that’s what’s already happened.”

Yenni then immediately said:

“What I apologized for is what I did. I sent inappropriate text messages.”

There is also a part in Daigle story in which he states that Yenni bought him expensive underwear:

“We met in the bathroom. He handed me the Dillard’s bag, which held three pairs of designer underwear, worth $75 in total. We kissed briefly.”

Yenni, however, would not answer the question, despite Zurik saying to him, several times, that it’s a yes-or-no question.

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Screenshot via Fox8 WVUE New Orleans

Methinks thou doth protest too much, Mr. Yenni.

‘I’m Not Gay’

Yenni continued ducking and dodging Zurik’s questions throughout the interview. He called the explicit texts a “bad decision” but repeatedly stated that there was never any sexual contact.

Whether or not Yenni broke the law is slightly unclear. According to WWL:

“Under Louisiana law, the age of consent is 17, meaning Yenni would have committed no crime if he had had sex with the youth – something the youth said did not happen. But ironically, one question is whether Yenni’s texts proposing such activity could violate a federal law designed to protect children under 18 from obscenity.

The federal law bars the use of a telecommunications device for ‘the transmission of any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image, or other communication which is obscene or child pornography, knowing that the recipient of the communication is under 18 years of age, regardless of whether the maker of such communication placed the call or initiated the communication.'”

What is clear, though, is that Yenni is creepy and quite full of himself. He stated in his interview with Zurik that this scandal is the only mistake he’s made during his entire career in government.

At the end of the interview, Yenni said that this scandal “doesn’t define” him. When asked to elaborate, Yenni said:

“To simply say, I’m not gay.”

Apparently, for Yenni, people thinking he’s gay is the worst possible thing that could come of this whole scandal. And that speaks volumes about his lack of character.

Watch the interview here:

Featured Image via screenshot from YouTube video

 

Carrie is a progressive mom and wife living in the upper Midwest.