Texts Show GOP Rep Asked For ‘Sexy Pic’ From Now-Deceased Aide
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The messages undercut claims by Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) he’s the victim of a political smear campaign.
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) asked a staffer to send him a “sexy pic” in 2024, according to text messages obtained by HuffPost and other news outlets, undercutting the congressman’s ongoing insistence he never had an affair with the woman.
The staffer, Regina Santos-Aviles, died last year after setting herself on fire. Her husband has said she entered a depressive spiral after their marriage collapsed following his discovery of her relationship with Gonzales.
Gonzales continues to deny there was ever a relationship, and has even claimed he’s being “blackmailed” because an attorney for Santos-Aviles’ widower sought a $300,000 settlement over Gonzales allegedly retaliating against her after people found out about their relationship.
In the messages, sent after midnight on May 9, 2024, Santos-Aviles resisted Gonzales’ advances. “You don’t really want a hot picture of me,” she wrote. He responded, in part, “I’m just such a visual person.”
And she continued to push back: “This is going too far boss.”
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