A Portland, Ore., judge
has denied a request by Beau Breedlove for a restraining order
against a reporter from
The Oregonian
newspaper on Friday.
A Portland, Ore., judge
has denied a request by Beau Breedlove for a restraining order
against a reporter from
The Oregonian
newspaper on Friday.
Breedlove, who as a
teenager had an affair with Sam Adams, now mayor of
Portland, filed the request claiming that reporter Brent Walth
threatened to publish damaging information about him if he
didn't speak about his relationship with the mayor. In his
filing, Breedlove, now 21, said Walth's reporting
"is affecting the public perception of me and the way it
is affecting the attorney general's investigation,"
according to
The Oregonian.
Walth was accused of
sending Breedlove several text messages despite him asking the
reporter to stop. However, Judge Pro Tem Steven A. Todd said
Breedlove's concerns about the reporter didn't qualify
for a restraining order.
Oregonian
editor Sandy Rowe called the allegations that Walth threatened
Breedlove "absurd." She added, "Mr. Breedlove
gave us an on-the-record interview voluntarily. He asked for
nothing in exchange for the interview, and the newspaper made
him no promises about what it would or would not
publish."
Shortly after his
inauguration in January, Adams, one of first openly
gay mayors of a major U.S. city, apologized publicly for lying
about his sexual relationship with Breedlove. The men's
relationship began in 2005, when Breedlove was an intern for an
Oregon state legislator and Adams was a Portland city
commissioner. During his mayoral campaign, Adams denied that he
had ever had a sexual relationship with Breedlove; after his
inauguration, the mayor acknowledged the relationship but said
it did not become sexual until after Breedlove turned
18 in the summer of 2005. The Oregon Department of Justice is
investigating whether the mayor violated campaign laws, had a
sexual relationship with Breedlove as a minor, and abused his
power as the city commissioner.
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