Kevin Garn

Utah House Leader Resigns After Naked Hot-Tubbing Revelation

Jillian Rayfield | March 15, 2010, 9:50AM

Utah House Majority Leader Kevin Garn (R)

Utah House Majority Leader Kevin Garn (R) has resigned, following revelations that he took a nude hot tub in 1985 with a 15-year-old employee -- and then paid her $150,000 several years later to keep quiet.

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Kevin Garn

Utah House Leader Admits Naked Hot-Tubbing With 15-Year Old Girl

Zachary Roth | March 12, 2010, 12:15PM

Utah House Majority Leader Kevin Garn (R)

The Majority Leader of the Utah House took a nude hot-tub with a 15-year old employee, then paid her $150,000 and had her pledge to keep quiet, he admitted yesterday.

The incident occurred in 1985, when Kevin Garn was 30, and married. In 2002, when Garn, a Republican, was running for Congress, the woman, Cheryl Maher, began contacting reporters with the story, prompting Garn to pay her and have an attorney draft a non-disclosure agreement, reports the Salt Lake Tribune.

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