Kentucky lawmaker fined for 'inappropriate text messages'
Source: Associated Press
Adam Beam, Associated Press
Updated 4:27 pm, Tuesday, April 10, 2018
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — In February 2016, a young woman was working to get a Republican candidate elected to a state House seat in Kentucky.
Jeff Hoover, the Republican leader at the time, made her a deal: Win the election, and he would pay for a hotel room and spa treatment at an upscale resort in Lexington. The woman invited him to join her, adding she can be "decent company sometimes."
"Heck if I come with you, I don't want you to be decent JK," Hoover responded in a text message.
What followed was months of flirtatious messages between Hoover, who is married with three adult daughters, and the woman who worked for him. Details of their relationship became public Tuesday when Hoover agreed to a $1,000 fine and a public reprimand from the Legislative Ethics Commission. The action comes on the heels of the #metoo movement, which since it began last year has resulted in the downfall of powerful men in politics, entertainment and media who were alleged to have behaved inappropriately with women in the workplace.
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