{"id":2029067,"date":"2023-09-12T11:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-democratic-candidate-susanna-gibson-slams-release-of-pornographic-videos-as-invasion-of-privacy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:10:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:10:47","slug":"virginia-democratic-candidate-susanna-gibson-slams-release-of-pornographic-videos-as-invasion-of-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-democratic-candidate-susanna-gibson-slams-release-of-pornographic-videos-as-invasion-of-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Democratic candidate Susanna Gibson criticizes the release of explicit videos as a violation of privacy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-democratic-candidate-susanna-gibson-slams-release-of-pornographic-videos-as-invasion-of-privacy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029067&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Virginia Democrat Denounces Invasion of Privacy<\/h2>\n<p>Virginia Democrat\u200d Susanna Gibson has strongly condemned the recent\u2062 release\u200d of videos depicting \u2063her and \u200bher husband engaging in sexual acts on a \u200dlive streaming site. Gibson describes \u200cthis as a blatant invasion of her privacy.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post has verified \u200cthe authenticity of these videos,\u2063 which show Gibson and her husband performing explicit acts on Chaturbate, a well-known pornographic website. During \u2063the live stream, they also requested &#8220;tips&#8221; from viewers, claiming that the funds raised were for a noble cause.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns \u2063over Terrorism Threat on Southern Border<\/h3>\n<p>On the anniversary of\u2063 9\/11, Governor DeSantis has raised concerns about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-denied-pause-on-congressional-map-ruling-for-voting-rights-act-violations\/\" title=\"Alabama's request for a pause on the congressional map ruling, due to Voting Rights Act violations, was denied.\">renewed terrorism threat<\/a> on the southern \u2064border.<\/p>\n<p>The videos featuring Gibson and her husband were archived\u2063 on Recurbate, a publicly accessible \u2063website, \u200din September 2022, shortly after she \u2063entered \u2062the House race. Unfortunately, the\u2064 exact \u2064dates of\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-democratic-candidate-susanna-gibson-slams-release-of-pornographic-videos-as-invasion-of-privacy\/\" title=\"Virginia Democratic candidate Susanna Gibson criticizes the release of explicit videos as a violation of privacy.\">live streams remain unclear<\/a>, \u2062and\u2063 as\u200b of Saturday, the videos are no longer available for\u200b viewing.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson,\u2062 who is currently \u200drunning in\u200c one of Virginia&#8217;s highly contested House \u2062races, released a statement expressing\u200b her outrage \u200cat the leak of her online \u200bactivities. She \u200cdescribes it as a despicable act of gutter politics and an illegal\u2064 invasion of\u2064 her privacy, specifically designed to humiliate her and her \u2062family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I \u2062refuse to be intimidated or silenced,&#8221; Gibson asserts.\u2062 &#8220;My political opponents and their \u2062Republican allies\u2064 have shown that they are willing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vice-doc-on-sex-offender-acceptance-ends-with-interviewee-sending-a-picture-of-his-genitalia-to-producer\/\" title=\"Vice Doc On Sex Offender Acceptance Ends With Interviewee Sending A Picture of His Genitalia To Producer\">commit sex crimes<\/a>\u200c in order to attack me\u200d and my family. They\u200c have no boundaries\u2062 when \u200bit\u200c comes to silencing women who \u2063dare to speak up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Daniel P. Watkins, Gibson&#8217;s lawyer, argues that the release of these videos violates Virginia&#8217;s revenge pornography\u200c law. This law classifies the distribution\u200b of nude or sexual images with \u2062malicious intent to coerce,\u200c harass, or \u200cintimidate as \u200da Class\u200d 1 \u200dmisdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we have here is a criminal act: the\u2064 dissemination of revenge porn \u200dby a Republican operative,&#8221; Watkins states in\u200d an interview with the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson is currently facing \u2064Republican David\u2064 Owen \u2063for the House seat in Virginia&#8217;s 57th \u200cDistrict,\u200b which\u200d is located\u2062 outside\u200b of Richmond and primarily encompasses Henrico County. This \u2063district is one of seven highly \u2063competitive seats in the 100-member House.<\/p>\n<p>All 140 seats in\u2062 Virginia&#8217;s House \u2064and Senate are up \u2062for reelection on November\u2063 7th. Currently, Republicans hold a\u200d slim majority in the House with\u200d 49 seats to Democrats&#8217; 46, \u200bwhile Democrats control the \u2064Senate with 22 seats to\u2062 Republicans&#8217; 18. The outcome of the 2023 race could significantly\u2064 impact Governor Glenn Youngkin&#8217;s ability to advance \u200bhis conservative agenda, which has faced \u200bopposition from\u200d state Senate Democrats on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Although Gibson has raised more funds than Owen, with $377,000 compared to his $340,000, she has already spent $300,000 in the primary battle against her fellow Democrat. As of\u2062 June 30th, Gibson had\u200b only \u2062$77,000 remaining\u2064 in her campaign funds, \u200bwhile Owen had\u200c $166,000.<\/p>\n<p>During a rally on \u2062Saturday, Gibson spoke alongside Senator Tim\u2062 Kaine (D-VA), denouncing the media&#8217;s exposure of the \u200bvideos \u2062as a \u200ctactic to silence women.\u2063 While a Republican operative directed \u2064the Washington Post to the \u2064videos, he\u2063 denied any collaboration with\u200d Owen or other prominent Republican groups.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner has reached out\u2062 to \u200cGibson&#8217;s campaign \u200dfor further comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click\u2064 here to\u2063 read \u2062more \u2063from \u200dthe Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Democrat Susanna Gibson condemned the invasion of her privacy after explicit videos of her and her spouse engaging in sexual acts were leaked on Chaturbate, a pornographic streaming site. 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