It’s been a rough day for Mike Yenni, the “happily married with one daughter” Republican from Louisiana who was just outed for allegedly having an affair with a 17-year-old Catholic school boy.
According to local New Orleans news station WWL-TV, 40-year-old Yenni, the former mayor of Kenner, LA and current Jefferson Parish President, allegedly sexted with the teenager while he was on the campaign trail last year. He also allegedly gave the youth designer underwear, kissed him in a mall bathroom, and suggested they have a threesome with another 19-year-old male.
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According to the station, Louisiana’s age of consent is 17, which means any sexual contact between Yenni and the teen would not have been illegal, but federal law bars the use of any telecommunications device to engage in “obscene” conversation with anyone under the age of 18. So there were whispers that the FBI was investigating the matter.
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Indeed, Craig Betbeze, a spokesman for the FBI, told WWL-TV, “We have been made aware of the allegations and are looking into it.” It was also confirmed that the feds had taken the teen’s cell phone.
Yenni’s camp had remained tight-lipped about the whole thing until this afternoon, when his media consultant Greg Buisson finally released the following very brief, very vague statement:
Mike does not believe there’s any reason he should be contacted [by the FBI] because he maintains that he has not violated any laws personally or professional. And that’s his belief at this point.
According to NOLA.com, Buisson refused to elaborate on the allegations or what they could mean for Yenni politically, insisting that the politician, who was out of the office today and appears to have gone into hiding, will have no further comment on the matter.
The teen is also keeping quiet for now, telling Queerty in an email, “I’m not doing any further correspondence with media outlets for the time being.”
It should be noted that this is not the first time Yenni has been embroiled in a sexting scandal. WWL-TV reports that he was accused of sending racy messages to eight different adult men and one adult woman during a three week period between December 2009 and January 2010 using a city-issued BlackBerry.
Does anyone else feel like there’s another shoe just waiting to drop here?
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kurt_t
Yes. Specifically, a nine-inch platform-soled glitter go go boot once owned by Latrice Royale. Trimmed in marabou.
He BGB
It never says he had sex with the boy. But I’m suspicious that when a lover asks for a three way, they usually have done it at least one time but not always. Maybe he was more interested in the boy’s friend he wanted to have a 3 way with? I love a juicy piece of gossip.
abnerbha
Though it’s repeat it must be said again. If a person has homosexual activities with a boy, then they are a homosexual pedofile. The priests who molest young boys are gay pedophiles. If a man has sex with little girls only, then he is a straight pedophile. Rush H. Limbaugh’s right when he said Jerry A. Sandusky is gay-a gay pedophile and columnist Patrick J. Buchanan condemns gay priests who molest boys. Those priests are again gay pedophiles, pederasts or homolesters. So there are many homosexual pedophiles such as the gay priests, Jerry A. Sandusky.
crowebobby
@abnerbha: And it must be said yet AGAIN that you have no idea what the hell the word pedophile means.
brooklynpunk
I hope this scumbag’s wife takes him to the cleaners by divorcing his sorry ass and getting every penny he has……
REPUG RIGHT-WING HYPOCRITE….!!!
joeyty
@abnerbha: But, of course, doing it with a 17-year-old doesn’t make one a pedophile. (Pedos want pre-pubescent boys and girls).
joeyty
Meanwhile, Linda Tripp just said the Clintons would have killed Monica Lewinsky if she (Tripp) hadn’t exposed the whole thing to the public. (If anything is fair to mention on Queerty…)
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Jesus that hawtness hit a wall fucking hard. Is this the same guy???
Bauhaus
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID:
The closet is brutal.
joeyty
Notice how the writers for Queerty are always in hiding? No pics, no way to contact them. That’s what makes them feel free to spout all this venom against others. Yet, of course, they hid from the Aric Babbitt suicide story this summer. http://heavy.com/news/2016/08/aric-babbitt-teacher-matthew-dayo-st-paul-minnesota-suicide-sexual-assault-students-charges-facebook-photos-youtube/
Brian
Well, Bill Clinton had sexual relations with a young Monica Lewinsky, don’t forget.
Bill and Hillary have exploited women their whole lives. Some might even say that the Clintons are misogynists.
Kangol
@Brian: Monica Lewinsky was 22 years old, idiot. Donald Trump, your fave, is accused of having RAPED A 13-YEAR-OLD girl, molested a grown woman, and exploited other women. The rape is linked to a convicted billionaire pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein. He is a raging misogynist, just like you. This Louisiana right-wing ephebophile should be investigated thoroughly. Where there’s heavy smoke there’s more than a brush fire!
glennmcbride
@abnerbha: a pedophile is attracted to prepubescent children not teenagers
Brian
@Kangol: Bill Clinton used his position as President to seek sex with a woman who was not even his wife. He abused his position of trust.
Bill Clinton acted in an appallingly sleazy and reprehensible fashion. Worse, Hillary tolerated it.
Trump is no saint but he’s not a hypocrite about his tacky and questionable liaisons. The Clintons are a team of hypocritical woman-exploiters.
BigWill
@Brian: You’re embarrassing yourself.
danciergy
Am I the only one who thinks he’s kinda cute?
Stilinski26
What he did was wrong but lets not portray the teen as the victim he knew exactly what he was doing and their actions were consensual
pharaon.em.joe
Ok. So here is my opinion.
I was once 17 years old in a place where homosexuality is prosecuted let alone 18 years of age being the age of sexual consent. Anyway, in a school setting i met this 35 year old guy and i engaged in a conversation. Was i mature enough to realize that this is called being interested and attracted to another man? Yes. Was his number and his correspondences for ed on me? NO. Just as in “adult” relationships, things might not work out. What is hot for one guy might not be hot for another guy. What should have happened is the moment this stupid teenage realized that there is no interest in what is being offered, simply end it with no further action. This boy is not harmed in any single way. In my opinion, he is a little whiny bitch calling for some attention.
On another note, is Yenni hypocrite? Yes he is. He is a member of a party that endorses anti-lgbt laws. Yenni: you don’t live in a country where homosexuality is illegal! You are a f*cking adult. Learn to accept that you like men and learn how to stand for it.
JerseyMike
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID: BABYYY, I was thinking the same thing. LMAO..
Kernos
The FBI should spend its time and money and real crime.
Stilinski26
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID: Hes still a daddy lol
rbernard
@pharaon.em.joe: I think you unpacked his mess about right. I grew up in Jefferson Parish and it is very catholic. If you are gay, you have to live a double life. To be a politician there, you need to wear a conservative badge and be catholic. Mike Yenni’s family has held elective office there for generations. I feel sorry for Mike Yenni that he was trapped in a marriage and started acting out on his feelings with a 17 year old boy. That poor man is going to be driven so far into the closet. Unfortunately, this is messy and there is a wife and child in the mix.
To the Trumpateers itching to find a way to slut shame Hillary for tolerating/surviving Bill’s philandering around, at worst, Bill was boinking a consenting 22 year old, unlike the Donald who reportedly raped a 13 year old little girl – ewwwwwww.
oregonduckbrad
Bury the lead, much?:
“It should be noted that this is not the first time Yenni has been embroiled in a sexting scandal. WWL-TV reports that he was accused of sending racy messages to eight different adult men and one adult woman during a three week period between December 2009 and January 2010 using a city-issued BlackBerry.”
This wasn’t a one-off, folks. It’s a pattern.
David
I wish he would sext me; he’s a handsome man.