Virginia Republican Scandals | Updated List of GOP Scandals in VA

Deceitfully implied he was a married father of three children by sharing images and video footage of him posing and interacting with them around a dinner table on his campaign website and social media pages when in fact he is not married and has no children

Strangled his wife's neck while their infant daughter slept next to her after he drank himself into a "fiery rage" on Mother's Day

Struck his wife in the head on two separate occasions, had a "history" of physically pinning her to the ground and once punched multiple holes in the wall during an argument

Initiated a sexual relationship with an underage high school girl he met while working as a substitute teacher

Accepted cash bribes totaling $72,500 to circumvent concealed carry gun laws by giving people official deputy credentials that allowed them to carry a concealed weapon in any state without a permit

Overdosed on heroin twice in a twelve-hour timespan and was administered a drug to reverse their effects both times

Watched his wife have sex with a much younger man both in person and via CCTV over a period of seven years while also being a minister who preached the virtues of monogamy and abstinence before marriage