Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Louisiana Joey Difatta abandoned race for state Senate after reports of “Toe Tapping”

Another Republican in trouble for bathroom sex, a Louisiana city official abandoned his race for state Senate as a newspaper prepared to report that he had twice been detained on suspicion of lewd conduct in mall restrooms, New Orleans' WDSU-TV reported.

He was not arrested in either case, In the 1996 case, a man who initially accused DiFatta of watching him through a bathroom peephole withdrew his complaint. In the second, in March 2000, an undercover deputy conducting a sting operation ceased his recherches when some children entered the room. In both cases, police reports state, DiFatta, when asked to show identification, produced a badge showing him to be a St. Bernard sheriff's captain. He acknowledged brandishing his law-enforcement ID, but said it was just part of the identification he carries in his wallet.

DiFatta states that he is stepping down do to “chest pains and elevated enzyme levels” and not the fact he was caught in his own Toe Tapping scandal.


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