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31-07-2025
- Politics
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‘Pro-Life' Republican Accused of Paying for Stripper's Abortions
A Texas Republican state lawmaker who describes himself as a 'pro-life champion' has been accused of a years-long affair with a stripper and paying for her to have 'several abortions.' Alex Grace, a former exotic dancer, alleged she had a nearly two-decade-long affair with state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione. Capriglione admitted that he had an affair 'years ago,' but denied ever paying for an abortion. Grace went public with the allegations on Friday, with the conservative outlet Current Revolt publishing an extensive interview with her about the alleged 17-year affair. She continued to post online over the weekend, detailing more specific allegations. Her bombshell claims came just three days after Capriglione announced he would not seek re-election in 2026. Grace claims she met Capriglione in 2004 when she was 18 years old. She said he came to a club where she worked, appearing to be a 'very straight-laced businessman,' and that he would visit every few weeks. She said after initially becoming 'close friends,' she and Capriglione developed a relationship and started meeting up in several places, including his home and office. Grace claimed that Capriglione told her his wife was aware of the relationship. Nevertheless, Grace claimed Capriglione was paranoid about them being seen together and would use a burner email account to communicate with her. In one incident, she said, he instructed her to go to an address to meet up—which turned out to be a Chuck E. Cheese. 'He told me to go to the back of the building and next to the dumpster there would be a rubber mat,' Grace said Capriglione told her. 'Look under it, and under this rubber mat was an envelope with money.' Capriglione, who represents part of the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs and is Chair of the Texas House's DOGE Committee, describes himself as a 'pro-life champion' who 'voted to defund Planned Parenthood and authored the Abortion Trigger Ban Bill, which banned abortion in Texas when Roe v. Wade was overturned.' After having 'one-on-one meetups' with Capriglione for nearly two decades, Grace says she hit a breaking point over the Republican's anti-abortion politics—despite paying for her to have 'several.' Pressed for further details by Current Revolt, Grace said: 'You're just going to have to go with my word.' Capriglione responded to Grace's allegations in a lengthy statement on Friday, which he sent to Texas Tribune reporter Renzo Downey after setting his official account to private. In the statement, Capriglione admitted to having an extramarital affair but pushed back on 'appalling gutter politics.' 'Years ago, I selfishly had an affair. I'm not proud of this. Thank God my wife and family forgave me, and we moved past it,' wrote Capriglione. The rest, he said, is 'categorically false and easily disproven,' adding that he would be 'pursuing my legal remedies.' 'I have never, nor would I ever, pay for an abortion,' Capriglione said. The Daily Beast has contacted Grace and Capriglione for comment. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
25-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Guess Which Texas Republican Was Just Accused of Paying for Abortions?
Republican Texas state Representative Giovanni Capriglione co-authored the law that bans nearly all abortion in the state. And on Friday, the District 98 representative was publicly accused of having 'funded several abortions for his own personal gain.' The accusations against the legislator, who earlier this week ended his bid for an eighth term in office, come from Alex Grace, a former exotic dancer. On Friday, the right-wing publication Current Revolt published a video interview with Grace, in which she reportedly claims she had a yearslong affair with Capriglione, with their relationship beginning in 2004 when she was 18 years old. Grace said Capriglione's hypocrisy on issues like abortion contributed to the end of their fling. 'He is someone that portrays himself to be so anti-abortion, yet he has funded several abortions for his own personal gain,' Grace alleged—though she refrained from providing further details, saying, 'you're just going to have to go with my word.' Capriglione was the author of Texas's 'trigger' abortion ban, which outlawed abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The law makes performing an abortion, at any time from the moment of fertilization, punishable with life imprisonment or a civil penalty of $100,000. He has also, per The Texas Tribune, backed laws making it a civil offense to pay for someone to receive an abortion. Capriglione on Friday issued a statement admitting to infidelity, without mentioning whom it was with, but denying having ever funded an abortion: 'Years ago, I selfishly had an affair. I'm not proud of this. Thank God my wife and family forgave me, and we moved past it and have the strong marriage we do today.… The rest is categorically false and easily disproven.… I have never, nor would I ever, pay for an abortion.' The lawmaker chalked the revelation up to 'blowback' for 'holding the wealthy, the powerful, the corporate elites, and the Austin insiders to account.' Capriglione also vowed to pursue 'legal remedies,' and Current Revolt publisher Tony Ortiz says he received a legal threat from the lawmaker on Wednesday evening. The day prior, Capriglione had announced the end of his reelection campaign. Since the story broke, The Texas Tribune reports, Republican Representative Briscoe Cain, another prominent anti-abortion lawmaker in Texas's House, called for Capriglione's resignation, and urged the body's Committee on General Investigating to probe the matter. Solve the daily Crossword
