A woman competing for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates is accusing Republicans of committing sex crimes' because she alleges that they uploaded footage of her doing sex acts online to torpedo her campaign.
Susanna Gibson has stated that she will not withdraw from the race, although it was revealed that she and her husband had posed as porn stars online and asked for advice on performing certain sexual acts, as per New York Post.
Susanna Gibson Scandal Exposed
She is also saying that her Republican opponents were the ones who brought to light the existence of the videos, which were obtained by DailyMail.com just a few months before the election day, which was on November 7.
She stated, "There's no line they won't cross to silence women when they speak up, and my political opponents and their Republican allies have shown that they are willing to commit a sex crime to attack me and my family because there is no limit to how far they will go to silence women when they speak out."
However, the recently discovered recordings demonstrate that Gibson was not at all careful concerning her sexual encounters that took place online. The videos were uploaded to Chaturbate, which describes itself as a forum for the act of masturbating while chatting online.
Videos can be watched live on the website without the need for a password, and they are frequently archived on other websites that are accessible to the general public. In September 2022, after she had entered the race, Gibson had more than a dozen videos preserved on another website, Recurbate, using the alias she used for that account.
It is unclear when the live streams occurred; nonetheless, her username had 5,770 followers at the time. Although the footages are no longer viewable on Recurbate, they are still accessible on other websites that are open to the public.
Gibson can be seen in videos online performing sexual acts alongside her husband and encouraging viewers to pay them with "tips" for specific requests. This behavior violates the terms and conditions of Chaturbate, which state that requesting or demanding specific acts in exchange for tips may result in a ban from the platform for all parties involved.
The nurse practitioner and mother of two, who is 40 years old and lives in a suburb of Richmond, Virginia, is running for a very competitive seat there. On Monday, Gibson responded to calls for her to withdraw from the race by stating that the disclosure of the recordings was an "illegal invasion of my privacy designed to humiliate me and my family."
Gibson encourages viewers to offer her tips in the form of "tokens" during several of the videos and makes the promise that she will let viewers into a private online area if the appropriate fee is paid.
"I need additional advice from you all... They want anal and missionary, but I won't do it until they can do it in a private room,'" according to Daily Mail.
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In addition to this, she says, "Racking up one token left and right, any more? I'm doing this because it's for a cause that genuinely matters to me.' It is unclear whether she wanted to imply that she was attempting to raise funds for her campaign.
In the upcoming election in November, when all 140 of Virginia's House and Senate seats will be up for vote, Gibson will square off against David Owen, a retired home builder who represents the Republican party.
She is conducting a campaign that is concentrated on providing health care that is affordable. Her website states, "My particular medical experiences have given me a unique insight into the intersectionality of health with economic stability, education, environmental justice, discrimination, social support systems, and more," all of which significantly impact the requirements of Virginia's policy and legislation.
