Alabama Republican Scandals | Updated List of GOP Scandals in AL

Allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl by undressing and groping her over her underwear and bra in addition to having her place her hand over his underwear when he was a 32-year-old lawyer

Lied to state officials investigating a wide-ranging scandal involving state Republican Speaker Mike Hubbard and other legislators about his knowledge of Hubbard's actions and how it affected his political success or failure

Had a yearslong extramarital affair with his senior political adviser and accidentally revealed it to his wife of 50 years when he texted her by mistake "I love you, Rebekah" which presumably didn't go over very well as his wife's named Dianne

Ordered the head of state police Paul Collier to "be prepared to arrest" his wife's chief of staff Heather Hannah in order to prevent her from going public with details of an affair he had with a senior political adviser

Told his wife's chief of staff Heather Hannah that she better "watch herself" after he found out she helped his wife secretly record intimate conversations with a woman he was having an affair with

Ordered head of the state police Paul Collier to track down a secret recording of him speaking with a woman he was having an extramarital affair with so he could presumably have the recording destroyed

Illegally paid $8,912 in campaign funds to the lawyer of a woman he had an extramarital affair with to help pay her legal fees in an attempt to keep their affair from becoming public

Had a three-year long extramarital affair with a woman and when he denied it, she released a 17-minute recording of the pair talking about all the sexual acts they performed together over the years

Received oral sex from a woman who wasn't his wife after they both partially undressed and fondled each other

Improperly directed $105,000 in court-appointed legal work to his son who was an attorney in the public defenders office

Funneled roughly $2.3 million to his private businesses by leveraging his status as state Speaker of the House and chair of the Alabama Republican Party to solicit favors from some of Alabama's most influential politicians (including former Gov. Bob Riley) and businesspeople

Promised a handcuffed and shackled female inmate that he would use his friendship with the judge and assistant district attorney overseeing her case to go lenient on her as long as she agreed to be his “sex slave” and give him $2,500

Groped and forcibly kissed a handcuffed and shackled female inmate inside a private room where inmates meet with their lawyers

Was charged with felony domestic abuse of his ex-wife and was ordered to restrain from contacting her in any way

Illegally accepted $24,000 from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for giving them non-public information he had access to that helped the company financially

Conspired with at least three doctors to defraud Medicare and enrich himself with taxpayer dollars by paying them kickbacks in exchange for recommending their patients suffering with chronic pain to his pain management company

Fraudulently claimed a 5-by-5-foot closet-sized space he rented for $5 a month was his official residence in order to run for office in a district he didn't actually live in

Stole $32,000 from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Montgomery, $4,800 from a local Alabama city hall and more than $2,500 worth of flooring materials and construction materials from his previous employer over a yearslong period

Punched the mayor of his small town in the face without warning in the parking lot following a heated city council meeting in the presence of multiple witnesses including the local police chief

Sexually tortured another man with an inanimate object and then murdered him with a hammer

Illegally deputized six individuals who didn't have the proper certifications for employment and sent four of them to work as armed school resourced officers in charge of keeping children safe while hiring another as an armed jailer

Funneled $750k from a taxpayer-funded account that was supposed to feed inmates in the county jail he oversaw to pay for a $740k home that he likely would have never been able to afford on his yearly salary alone

Crashed into another vehicle so forcefully while driving drunk in his taxpayer-issued vehicle that her car rolled over and she had to be cut free by first responders and later required multiple surgeries to fix numerous injuries she suffered as a result of his actions