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A Democratic candidate running for Virginia’s House of Delegates, Susanna Gibson, is facing allegations of engaging in explicit acts with her husband in front of an online audience and encouraging viewers to send them money as tips.
This controversy has emerged in the midst of her competitive campaign for the House of Delegates in the 57th district, which covers suburban Richmond.
Gibson, a 40-year-old nurse practitioner and mother of two, allegedly used a platform called Chaturbate to stream these explicit acts with her husband.
She posted over a dozen videos on a site named Recurbate, even after officially entering the political race.
Gibson informed viewers that she would engage in particular sexual acts in a “private room” if she gets paid more “tokens.”
“I need, like, more tokens before I let him do that,” Gibson said and asked for “tip” money.
After a GOP operative tipped off Recurbate, the videos were no longer accessible on that platform. However, another non-password protected site still had videos available for viewing.
“It won’t intimidate me and it won’t silence me,” she said. “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.”
Gibson said this is “an illegal invasion of my privacy designed to humiliate me and my family.”
She was captured on video stating that the money raised was for a “good cause.” which was against Chaturbate’s policies.
Susanna Gibson is now set to compete against her GOP opponent, David Owen, in the upcoming election.