Intending to blunt rumors of an affair with a similarly conservative and pious Tea Party legislator, Michigan representative Todd Courser had an ingenious idea: He would start the rumor that he frequents male prostitutes.
State Rep. Todd Courser planned the distribution of a fictional email alleging he had sex with a male prostitute in a bid to conceal his relationship with Rep. Cindy Gamrat, according to audio recordings obtained by The Detroit News.
Courser, a Lapeer Republican, said on one recording the email was designed to create “a complete smear campaign” of exaggerated, false claims about him and Gamrat so a public revelation about the legislators’ relationship would seem “mild by comparison.”