The disgraced Florida State Rep Bob Allen returns to the headlines. The Republican legislator caught cruising a public restroom and offering to perform oral sex upon an undercover officer for $20 maintains his innocence and offers a not-so-novel defense strategy, what pop culture blogger Novaslim calls the "Lindsay Lohan Defense": The Black guys made me do it.
Read it and weep in The Orlando Sentinel:
"I certainly wasn't there to have sex with anybody and certainly wasn't there to exchange money for it," said Allen, R-Merritt Island, who was arrested on charges of soliciting prostitution.
"This was a pretty stocky black guy, and there was nothing but other black guys around in the park," Allen, who is white,& told police in a taped statement after his arrest. Allen said he feared he "was about to be a statistic" and would have said anything just to get away.[...]
When Allen was being placed in a marked patrol car, he asked whether "it would help" if he was a state legislator, according to a police report. The officer replied, "No."
Here is the delicious part: Allen was voted the Tampa Police Union's 2007 Lawmaker of the Year and the big black men that he allegedly feared—the "pretty stocky black guy" whom he offered $20 for oral, as well as the "other black guys" outside—were all "undercover officers staking out a nearby condo hoping to catch a burglar."
This year alone, Allen sponsored six different sex crime bills this year and three focus on indecent exposure and soliciting sex. He has also supported amending the state constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage and opposed a bill to curb the bullying of gay students.
State Rep. Allen Explains Sex Case [Sentinel via Novaslim]
Sad Spectacle [Sentinel]
Some Background ...
FL GOP Rep. Charged with Soliciting Oral [R20]
(Another) Conservative Caught in Sex Scandal [R20]
I can sympathize with the state legislator. Whenever I see big, muscular black men, I get scared and want to go down on them too. I wish I could see one now.
Posted by: Derrick From Philly | 06 August 2007 at 10:43
And I bet the conservatives like Sean Hannity and such are going to jump right on the band wagon and try to act like he's the innocent guy as well and then all those people that listen to them and agree with them are going to be hypnotized as usual and jump on the band wagon as well. And then they're gonna figure out some way to blame liberals/Democrats
Posted by: Michael | 06 August 2007 at 14:12
LOL at Derrick. I always look forward to your commentary bro.
Posted by: DFS | 06 August 2007 at 18:51
It's all Clinton's fault!
I was gonna say roughly the same as Derrick.
Maybe Allen should take better care of himself - I mean, a good blowjob is it's own reward, he shouldn't have to offer money to do it.
Posted by: Robguy | 06 August 2007 at 22:01
hmmm funny, i never get arrested when i feel compelled to do that... oh wait--i dont do it in restrooms or offer cash.
Posted by: Andy in Seattle | 06 August 2007 at 22:11
Is he one of the many that make sex crime laws ?
Posted by: blind justice | 12 August 2007 at 17:44
From his pic it looks as if he's swallowed more'n enough already.
Posted by: Intbel | 22 October 2007 at 14:06
I have no sympathy for these "conservatives" who keep getting busted for gay sex. However, I do have a big fat one they can all suck for FREE ;-)
Posted by: BhamJoel | 23 October 2007 at 00:11
What a deprived life I've had ..
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Posted by: Redskinned619 | 23 October 2007 at 17:11