Mike Duvall

Michael D. Duvall (OC Weekly) Michael D. Duvall has become the latest example of how not to conduct yourself in politics. If you're a married politician literally in bed with a lobbyist working one of your committees, you probably shouldn't brag about the affair in the first place. Not only can it wreck your marriage, it can wreck your career. But if you are going to brag about it, don't brag about it on an open microphone to a fellow committee member. Duvall made that potentially career-ending mistake in July, and word is just now getting around about the slip-up. Heidi DeJong Barsuglia (cawrecycles.org) ... Read Full Story

In the latest bizarre twist in the story of Mike Duvall 's scandalous open-mic storytelling, the former Assemblyman says that while he was caught telling stories, that's all they were -- stories. Mike Duvall (Official Head Shot) In a statement on his website , Duvall claims that despite telling graphic stories of 2 women he slept with, he has not carried on any affairs. Duvall says he's guilty only of "inappropriate story-telling." Here's the full statement. "I want to make it clear that my decision to resign is in no way an admission that I had an affair or affairs. My offense was engaging ... Read Full Story

An energy lobbyist who was the subject of an investigation after a former GOP lawmaker was caught on tape bragging about having sex with her is denying the relationship and has been reinstated to her job. An attorney for Heidi DeJong Barsuglia says that what former Assemblyman Mike Duvall called inappropriate storytelling was just a plain old-fashioned lie. The FBI announced Monday that it was ending its investigation into an alleged relationship between the Sempra Energy lobbyist and Duvall, as well as another affair Duvall bragged about. The Republican from Yorba Linda resigned last month. The state attorney general, Fair Political Practices Commission and ... Read Full Story

California's attorney general does not plan to investigate a state lawmaker who resigned after he was caught on videotape boasting to a colleague about his extramarital sexual escapades with two female lobbyists. A spokesman for Attorney General Jerry Brown says former Assemblyman Mike Duvall, a Republican from Yorba Linda in Southern California, did not break any laws and won't be investigated unless new information comes to light. After the videotape was made public, several political watchdog groups asked Brown to determine whether Duvall, a 54-year-old married father, could be prosecuted for trading votes for sex. The Legislature's lawyers told lawmakers last week they did ... Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California lawmaker who resigned after he was caught on tape bragging about his sexual exploits with two women, one of them reportedly a lobbyist, denied on Thursday that he was having extramarital affairs. Mike Duvall stepped down from the California Assembly on Wednesday, one day after a videotape surfaced in which the married legislator is heard telling a colleague that he enjoys spanking one of the women -- who he boasts is 18 years younger and favors skimpy, "eye-patch" sized underwear. "I want to make it clear that my decision to resign is in no way an admission that ... Read Full Story