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Breedlove Denied Restraining Order

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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Reader Comments
  • Name: S Kevin Wojtaszek
    Date posted: 5/31/2009 8:11:00 PM
    Hometown: Staten Island, NY

    Comment:

    That depends on what state you are in, Phillip. Here in NY, the age of consent is 17. In the UK it's 16.

  • Name: Phillip
    Date posted: 5/31/2009 3:22:00 PM
    Hometown: Reseda

    Comment:

    I'm sorry, but a man having sex with a 17 year old is rape, NOT an affair.

  • Name: Michael Lachance
    Date posted: 5/31/2009 8:51:00 AM
    Hometown: New York

    Comment:

    I find it profoundly hard to believe that the Mayor, in a position of custodial authority, did not know or didn't reasonably know, after Clinton's affair, after Newt Gingrich's affair and Bob Barr's affair, he was wrong for having sex or any kind of relationship with an intern! To say that Breedlove is a gold-digger is profoundly stupid. The mayor made a stupid decision and it was the mayor's choice to have sex too. The mayor put his penis ahead of his politics and position and mucked it up, period. Whatever Mr. Breedlove chooses to do after this debacle is his business. The mayor is not a victim. If he committed a crime, then he goes to jail. They investigated Clinton, no reason not to treat the mayor the same.

  • Name: Mario
    Date posted: 5/30/2009 11:34:00 PM
    Hometown: Portland, Oregon

    Comment:

    As a resident of Portland, Oregon Im sick and tired of hearing about Breedlove. Beau Breedlove is a gold-digging attention starved slut who screwed his way into the spotlight. I dont believe for one second that Sam Adams took advantage of Breedlove, it was the other way around. Supposedly Beau Breedlove is a "victim" and yet now that he has the media spotlight he has become a porn star, and now he seeks even more attention from people by any means necessary. Its Pathetic.

  • Name: Cindy
    Date posted: 5/30/2009 10:38:00 PM
    Hometown: Beaverton

    Comment:

    What a twit. Does he think he's going to receive special treatment just because he's a minor celebrity around town? And when will his 15 minutes of fame be over, anyway?

  • Name: Suzipdx
    Date posted: 5/30/2009 11:07:00 AM
    Hometown: Portland, oregon

    Comment:

    I'm a gay woman living in Portland, Or. and I've got to say, frankly I'm pretty tried of all the hoopla that continues over this issue. As a mayor Sam Adams has a fresh do-able vision for the city of Portland, out of all the candidates that ran for that position he was the only one that didn't have an issue with shaking up the "Status Quo". I didn't even know that he was gay untill after he was elected and this issue came into the spotlight.



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