Sex Scandal in Toronto Mayor's Race

Source: CBC News

Posted: 02/09/10 8:18AM

Filed Under: Canada

Woman Claims Affair With Candidate Adam Giambrone

Toronto's mayoral race took on a strange twist Tuesday with an admission from one of the candidates that he has been involved in an "inappropriate relationship with a young woman."

Adam Giambrone, who officially launched his campaign for mayor just last week, said in a statement to the Toronto Star that the affair "consisted of text messages and conversations in public places only."

At his campaign launch Giambrone was accompanied by Sarah McQuarrie, described as his longtime partner.

But Kristen Lucas, 20, said Giambrone told her McQuarrie was by his side for "political" reasons only. Lucas said the two have been having a relationship for more than a year and, according to the Star, "on several occasions, [they] had sex late at night on a couch in [Giambrone's] City Hall office."

The 32-year-old city councillor said in his statement that he had committed a "serious lapse in judgment" and offered apologies to "my partner, Sarah, my family and friends for the pain and embarrassment my indiscretion will cause them."

It's not the first time a Toronto politician has been caught in a sex scandal. In 2000, former mayor Mel Lastman admitted to a 14-year affair with a woman who had once been an employee and who said he had fathered two sons with her.

Attempts by CBC News to contact Giambrone have not been successful.

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