Sep 9, 2009 7:42 pm US/Pacific
Calif. GOP Lawmaker Quits Over Taped Sex Comments
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CBS) ―
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Assemblyman Mike Duvall of Yorba Linda was caught on tape bragging about having sex with female lobbyists.
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A Republican state lawmaker from Southern California has resigned after he was caught on tape bragging about having sex with a female lobbyist and another woman.
Prior to the start of a committee meeting in Sacramento held earlier this summer, Assemblyman Mike Duvall of Yorba Linda is heard talking to an unidentified man seated next to him about the sensitive subject into a hot microphone.
He reportedly brags about having sex with a woman, who is "19 years younger..."
"She wears little eye-patch underwear, so I can see her eye patches. So, the other day she came here with her underwear, Thursday. And so, we had made love Wednesday, a lot," Duvall was caught saying on the recording.
And at the end of the conversation, Duvall mentions a second woman.
The videotape is courtesy of the in-house television station used by the State Legislature.
According to sources, the women Duvall is referring to are both married and both lobbyists in Sacramento. One works for a firm, which represents utility companies.
Duvall, who is married with two adult children, received a 100 percent rating from a conservative advocacy group for his votes on legislation considered pro-family. He represented parts of Yorba Linda, Fullerton, Anaheim, Placentia and Orange in Orange County.
On Wednesday, Duvall said in a statement that his comments were inappropriate and have become "a major distraction" from the work lawmakers are trying to finish during the final week of their session. He said it would not be fair to his family, constituents or friends to remain in office.
Earlier in the day, he had apologized for the comments on his campaign Web site. He said he thought he was having a private conversation.
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, a Democrat, had removed Duvall from two committees, and the Assembly Ethics Committee was investigating.
Watch Duvall's Taped Conversation About Alleged Affairs (Mature Content)
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