10/05/2007
GOP Senate Candidate in Louisiana Drops Out Over Lewd Conduct
At what point does this officially qualify as an epidemic?
Republican state senate candidate Joey DiFatta has reportedly dropped out of the race in Louisiana following revelations that he was stopped not once, but twice, for lewd conduct suspicion. In the first, a "Peeping Tom" incident, DiFatta was issued a misdemeanor summons for spying on a man in a stall at a Mervyn's department store at The Esplanade mall. The man whose privacy he allegedly violated eventually withdrew his complaint.
In the second, DiFatta was caught pulling a Larry Craig in a stall at at Dillard's at Lakeside Shopping Center, according to the Times-Picayune:
"The deputy inside the stall, Detective Wayne Couvillion, responded by tapping his foot, and DiFatta reached under the partition and began to rub the deputy's leg, the report states. The detective asked DiFatta, 'What do you want?' according to the report, and he replied, 'I want to play with you.' DiFatta also used a hand signal to indicate that he wanted to engage in sex and used language that indicated the same, according to the report. Conley, who is now the Kenner city attorney, confirmed the report's authenticity Thursday. The incident did not culminate in an arrest because the deputy in the bathroom with DiFatta terminated the investigation after several children entered the bathroom, the report states."
Said Di Fatta: "If I had done something wrong, I would have been arrested. I was not. I will deny that I was involved in any activity of that nature."
DiFatta is a Councilman for St. Bernard Parish in New Orleans. According to DailyKos, DiFatta was a member of the Republican State Central Committee from 1996-2004, is married with two sons and three grandchildren, and pledged to "defend our conservative values from attacks by extreme liberal groups" as part of his campaign.
Posted 10:05 AM EST by Andy Towle in Crime, Louisiana, New Orleans, News, Republican Party | Permalink
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who the fuck goes to Mervyn's???
Posted by: Blair | Oct 5, 2007 10:17:02 AM
Hrmmm. I'm beginning to think the new solution for this is:
Act like a Bonobo, Go to Zoo.
Yep, new exhibit at the San Diego Zoo...former legislators, street trash, and public sex offenders , and perhaps willing participants alike...all on display behind the plexiglass windows, no privacy really, minimum sentence: 6 months. This way they can fondle each other all day and night. Want a banana? Lick me. Need water? Rub my leg. All manner of orgiastic pleasures. I'm sure some people would be more than willing to put their exhibitionist talents to work in this scenario, as troubling as that may be to some of us. I just feel for the zookeeper. Is it an epidemic or just human nature? SOME people's nature. Certaily not mine, but HEY, whatever makes you happy, right?
Posted by: FizziekruntNT | Oct 5, 2007 10:20:48 AM
Could there be some kind of super-secret Pink Elephant Demolition Squad, setting out to bring these losers down once and for all? Have some gay Dems finally gotten it together to take some pages out of the Karl Rove playbook?
Posted by: Roscoe | Oct 5, 2007 10:22:22 AM
Another 'family values' spokesman caught looking for gay sex. I'm shocked. Dillards? Tacky. Also, is this now common practice to have deputys hang around washrooms?
Posted by: secretagentman | Oct 5, 2007 10:27:25 AM
LOL @ FIZZIEKRUNTNT: "want a banana?...Lick me."
He wants to defend conservative values against liberals. How are we going to defend our public mens' rooms against Republicans? Can't even take a dump without some Republican rubbin' your foot.
The Democrats could have a field day with this shit next year (not in the big race, just local & House & Senate), but they won't. They're too scared of offending "middle of the road" folks. Fuck 'em! Let's give the right-wing Republicans a taste of their own medicine...the lousy hypocrits.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Oct 5, 2007 10:30:06 AM
What a goldmine of an idea for some enterprising Entrepreneur. Create a private club that is just one giant restroom facility with hundreds of stalls and hire some hot well built men to play the part of cops who serve drinks and a few sit in some of the stalls. People can go there and drink, pee, get some Mitt Romney buttons and bumper stickers, go into stalls and deficate, and then pick up other willing men in the next stalls, without fear of any real arrest and scandal that could ruin their enjoyment and reputation. FUN FOR ALL!
Posted by: Patrick | Oct 5, 2007 10:32:23 AM
Esplanade and Lakeside Shopping Center? Those are like the two yattiest suburban malls in the New Orleans area. Soliciting sex in public bathrooms is gross, and doing it in Dillard and Mervyn's is somehow 100x more twisted.
Posted by: Meeg | Oct 5, 2007 10:33:33 AM
Hum...after all these years of voting I have been voting for the gays after all.
Posted by: Matt | Oct 5, 2007 10:56:03 AM
The solution is to mandate three public restrooms.
Women
Men
Republican
Posted by: Mike_in_Lancaster | Oct 5, 2007 11:09:34 AM
Good god! This is an epidemic!!!!!!
Posted by: dc-20008 | Oct 5, 2007 11:26:25 AM
Public Restroom Sex: The favorite pastime of Republican Family Values legislators.
Posted by: beergoggles | Oct 5, 2007 11:31:29 AM
I'm eagerly awaiting a new edition of Jared Diamond's book, "The Fourth Chimpanzee" covering the lifestyles of Republican Senachimps.
Diane Fosse will handle "Senators in the Mist", covering their antics in saunas.
I will cash in with my own volume: "Dumb Baboons you may have voted for".
Posted by: Mike | Oct 5, 2007 11:37:38 AM
I feel sorry for this poor soul, so mangled by the "family values" he portends to defend. If he could just be honest about his sexual needs.
Posted by: dave | Oct 5, 2007 12:35:13 PM
Sung to the tune of "Mirror in the Bathroom" by The English Beat:
Repugnican in the bathroom
Please don't freak
the door is locked
just you and me
Can I take you to a truck stop
that's got stall doors
so I can watch you
while you are peeing?
Posted by: Burks | Oct 5, 2007 1:04:16 PM
Fizzie and Patrick, you're inspired! Love it. This is indeed an epidemic and makes you wonder how many repubs are NOT getting caught.
Posted by: the queen | Oct 5, 2007 2:34:40 PM
"St. Bernard Parish in New Orleans"
Thumbs up for the article, but this is like saying "Fairfax County in Washington, D.C."
Posted by: MT | Oct 5, 2007 3:24:05 PM
Damn bisexuals:-(
Posted by: TNBlueDogDem | Oct 5, 2007 10:18:18 PM