Texas state senator accused of sexting grad student, sending penis pic

[left-of-center2012]

A state senator in Texas is accused of sending an explicit text message and a photo of his genitals to a University of Texas graduate student — telling her, “I just really want to f–k you,” according to unnamed university officials.

Three senior officials at the university told the Austin American-Statesman that the school was probing the allegations against state Sen. Charles Schwertner (R-TX), who met the graduate student at an on-campus event this summer. The student told the married Republican she was interested in politics, particularly working at the Legislature, prompting them to exchange messages on LinkedIn before taking the conversation to text message, two officials told the newspaper.

The student then told Schwertner he had acted inappropriately and the lawmaker did not respond. The student then reported the explicit exchange to university officials, leading to an investigation that could result in Schwertner being banned from campus, two university officials told the newspaper. The University of Texas is also considering bringing in outside counsel to further probe the student’s accusations, a third official said.

“The Senator categorically denies any knowledge of the accusations leveled against him and only became aware of this allegation when contacted by the media late [Tuesday],” a spokesman for Schwertner said in a statement. “The Senator is eager to cooperate with the University of Texas and hopes to make clear he played no part in the behavior described.”

https://nypost.com/2018/09/26/state-senator-accused-of-sexting-grad-student-sending-penis-pic/

[RockRaven]

1. I wish I could have seen the look on his stupid face when

he got the reply message telling him he had behaved inappropriately. It spooked him enough not to respond.


Looks like he's going with the "I was hacked" defense. That won't go well given that there's this little thing called computer forensics.

[lame54]

2. Is that the dick pic?

[OriginalGeek]

4. I regret I only have 2 physical thumbs

because that needs way more than two thumbs-upses.

[hedda_foil]

3. Why the eff do some men do this? What do they think they will gain by exposing their penises?

It's a guaranteed turn off. No matter how delightful the man thinks his junk is, at least 99 out of 100 women they're not in a relationship with will run for the hills. For that matter, what the fuck do these assholes get out of masturbating in front of women they barely know? Do they think the women will take it as a compliment or what?

[crazycatlady]

5. They have a function, but penises are not the most attractive body part

Honestly a guy sending me a dick pic makes me run for the hills.

[gratuitous]

7. I suspect Sam Bee captured it pretty well

A little business advice for the guys:

"I'm sorry to break this to you . . ."

[MurrayDelph]

8. To paraphrase something (I believe) Fugelsang actually said first

Any woman who wants you to send her a dick pic online already has one of her own.

[gratuitous]

6. Youthful indiscretion! It wasn't me! I was really drunk at the time!

Whatabout, whatabout, whatabout . . .

Followed by the extinguished gentleman's resignation from the Texas lege. At least, it is to be hoped. Since he's a Republican, though, this could be just the boost his career needs to run for Congress.