Campaigning US Democrat under fire for exposed pornographic recording

The AP news outlet received screenshots of a video recording, depicting a Democrat running for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates, Susanna Gibson, which was posted on a pornographic website of her having sexual intercourse with her husband during which they asked viewers to pay money in exchange for them carrying out specific acts.

According to the publication, her campaign issued a statement, denouncing the sharing of the videos as a violation of the law and her privacy, with Gibson herself calling the exposure of the videos “the worst gutter politics".

“My political opponents and their Republican allies have proven they’re willing to commit a sex crime to attack me and my family because there’s no line they won’t cross to silence women when they speak up", the Democrat stated.

Her attorney has said, that the act of disseminating videos is a violation of Virginia’s revenge porn law, which makes it a crime to “maliciously” disseminate or sell nude or sexual images of another person with the intent to “coerce, harass, or intimidate", disclosing, that this was done by a Republican operative.

The AP recalled, that Democrats currently control the Senate by a four-vote margin, and Republicans control the House of Delegates by the same margin, with four seats currently vacant. The incident could have a significant impact on the race for the upper hand in the state.