A Virginia Democrat who appeared in more than a dozen video broadcasts of her and her husband having sex online for “advice” is speaking out, claiming to be the victim of an invasion of privacy by Republican operatives.
In a recent interview with Politico, former Virginia House of Delegates candidate Susanna Gibson spoke about how she felt about the explicit videos that surfaced before her election loss earlier this year.
“It’s a feeling I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy,” the Democrat, a nurse practitioner and mother of two, told the outlet.
Gibson made waves in September after archived live videos of her having sex with her husband resurfaced and circulated online.
The Washington Post broke the story, reporting that the couple solicited payments from viewers in exchange for specific acts.
The Post headlined the story: “Va. Democrat. “The House candidate had online sex with her husband for tips.”
Gibson and her husband appeared in more than a dozen videos that were archived on a site called Chaturbate in September 2022, after she officially entered the delegate race, with the most recent videos archived on September 30, 2022.
Once the news broke and Republican operatives shared the story before Election Day, Gibson insisted that he had been the victim of “an unlawful invasion of my privacy designed to humiliate me and my family.”
He continued in the race until he lost.
Former Virginia House of Delegates candidate Susanna Gibson said she was the victim of an invasion of privacy by Republican operatives after live videos of her and her husband having sex emerged online. AP Photo / Steve Helber Gibson said her entire life was “shaken” after the initial Washington Post article was published.
In his recent interview with Politico, Gibson maintained that he was the victim of a media job and an illegal distribution plan for the videos.
Mentioning the Post story from September, he said: “My whole life was shaken on 9/11, when the article was published. It was posted, implying that I performed sexual acts online with my husband for money. It was actually written based on this Dropbox file that self-styled Republican operatives were searching for prices.”
Gibson spoke to Politico about how he felt blindsided: “They found these videos on the dark web and bought them from various media outlets. I had no idea that videos of me had ever been made and uploaded to various sites,” he said.
Gibson remained in the race, but lost the election. AP Photo/Steve Helber
Gibson added: “When you discover that there are sexually explicit videos of you online, especially when you are contacted by national journalists, it’s a feeling I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.”
Regarding his claims that the videos are spread illegally, he said: “Content that is initially created in a consensual context, which is then distributed digitally in a non-consensual context, is a crime.”
Speaking of his actions against Republicans who spread information about his explicit content, he opined: “Choosing to share content, online or in any media, with selected people with the understanding that it will disappear and can only be seen by those present at the time. when we talk about live streaming, webcams and Skype, that is a far cry from giving consent for that content to be recorded and then widely disseminated. And there is jurisprudence that confirms it.”
He also told the outlet: “I think that what people do in their private lives, digitally — if it’s legal, it’s consensual and it doesn’t influence their ability to do their job — I think there should be a barrier. “I think it’s unethical to make people’s private lives public, especially their private sex lives, and be part of how we think about them and their ability to do their jobs and make positive contributions to their communities.”
Gibson also warned that other women will soon be victims of the same type of scrutiny, saying, “I think this will continue to happen as millennials age and run for public office. There was a 2014 study by McAfee that said or showed that 90 percent of millennial women had taken nude photos of themselves at some point.”
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