Key aide to Patrick accused of sex assault (MA Dem gov)

Boston Globe ^ | 02/07/07 | Andrea Estes

[raccoonradio]

A top official in the Patrick administration has been placed on unpaid leave because he was arrested in Florida and charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old male in a steam room at a $500-a-night Gulf Coast resort.

Carl Stanley McGee, 38, assistant secretary for policy and planning, is scheduled to be arraigned next week for sexual battery in Lee County, Fla. McGee helped draft Patrick's casino bill, life sciences legislation, and his plan to bring broadband Internet service to the farthest reaches of the state.

According to police reports, McGee was arrested Dec. 28 and accused of performing oral sex on the 15-year-old, who was a guest at The Gasparilla Inn & Club, a 95-year-old hotel and championship golf course in Boca Grande. McGee was held overnight on a $300,000 bond.

Few state employees were aware of the arrest. An account had appeared in the local newspaper, the Boca Beacon. McGee's co-workers said they had been told he was out sick.

McGee, whose annual salary is approximately $150,000, could not be reached for comment. His lawyer, Charles Rankin, did not return phone calls from the Globe.

Kofi Jones - spokesman for McGee's direct supervisor, Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Daniel O'Connell - issued a brief written statement saying, "Mr. McGee was placed on administrative leave effective January 7, pending the outcome of the matter."

[raccoonradio]

Together we can...molest teen boys.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I am shocked, completely shocked! I had thought that good Democrats don’t do this kind of thing. I thought only evil Republicans would do this.

[raccoonradio]

McGee, a former Rhodes scholar and Harvard Law School graduate, was previously a corporate lawyer at the law firm WilmerHale.

He was instrumental in the movement seeking to defeat efforts to overturn legalization of same-sex marriage, serving as director of the civic and business outreach efforts of the advocacy group MassEquality.

A year after same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts in May 2004, McGee's wedding to John Finley IV was highlighted in the "Vows" section of The New York Times. Former state senator Jarrett T. Barrios officiated.

Known for his shock of platinum hair, McGee was named one of The Boston Globe's 25 most stylish Bostonians in November. In the article, he described his style as "traditional, but it's also subversive and ironic."

"You cannot wear pinstripe suits and have my hair color," McGee said.

Friends and supporters in state government were stunned by the news of McGee's arrest and said they do not believe the charges.

"I know it didn't happen," said one official, who asked for anonymity because she was not authorized to speak on the matter.

According to a probable cause statement filed by the Lee County sheriff's office, an "unknown white male" approached the alleged victim the day before the alleged assault, striking up a conversation with him in a bathroom. The next day, the alleged victim was in a steam room when the same man, later identified as McGee, entered the room and sat beside the teenager.

McGee is accused of masturbating and performing oral sex on the teenager. >>striking up a conversation with him in a bathroom.

paging Larry Craig

[raccoonradio]

>>Boca Grande.

Doesn’t that translate to “big mouth”? You can’t make this
stuff up.

[John Jorsett]

I’ll wait for the full investigation. I know of another case where someone was accused by a couple of boys and it turned out to be baseless. Nevertheless, the man’s reputation was destroyed and all people remember is the accusation.

[theDentist]

He has that “come hither, young boy” look about him...

[RightWingConspirator]

Typical Democrat!

[AU72]

His husband can’t be too pleased.

[raccoonradio]

>>a 15-year-old male

Don’t forget the Dems motto—”it’s all for the children”.
Yeah, the oral sex is, too.

[hometoroost]

"McGee's co-workers said they had been told he was out sick."

Doesn't matter where he is - the dude is just sick period.

[raccoonradio]

>>his plan to bring broadband Internet service to the farthest reaches of the state.

The smallest burg in Berkshire County will be able to get gay porn online! What an achievement.

Deval Patrick= our Obama (endorsed him, of course). Picture a cross between Steve Urkel and Mike Dukakis.

[LostInBayport]

Friends and supporters in state government were stunned by the news of McGee's arrest and said they do not believe the charges. "I know it didn't happen," said one official, who asked for anonymity because she was not authorized to speak on the matter.

I'll bet this psychic 'official' would say he/she KNEW it happened if it was a Republican who was the assailant.

This is the liberal mindset...right and wrong are determined solely by political affiliation or by virtue of the subject being in one of the key 'protected classes' that liberals adore.

Can't wait to see how Deval handles (or more aptly, mishandles) this one...

[calcowgirl]

Hubby must not be happy about this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/fashion/weddings/20vows.html

[weegee]

“Few state employees were aware of the arrest. An account had appeared in the local newspaper, the Boca Beacon. McGee’s co-workers said they had been told he was out sick.”

Someone LIED about it. That still is a COVERUP of a culture of corruption regardless of any guilt. Someone on staff pretended there was no arrest, no scandal, nothing. Why? Party loyalty?

[weegee]

You could only KNOW it didn’t happen if he was a randy heterosexual accused of having sex with a male.

We know Bubba is a horndog but would be skeptical if someone at a resort claimed he went down on a 15 year old boy. From what I’ve heard, I don’t even know if Bubba ever gave Monica anymore pleasure than from a cigar and a pearl necklace.

[RexBeach]

“Hello, I’m Stam McGee, and I’m a gay American!”

[VeniVidiVici]

wow. Is this guy a twinkletoes or what? He could be a stunt double for Anderson Cooper.

[massgopguy]

There was a hearing in front of the Judiciary Committee today at 1:00 on S905. This bill would eliminate “archaic” laws on “Morality and Public Order”. Pretty much decriminalizing this behavior.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

The Herald's booking photo of him:

Taken at the moment he realized what prisoners do to child molesters in the clink.

[Semper-Fido]

appreciate your noticing this. I made a post on the same subject, and reference the free Republic’s chat thread. do you think he will get the Barney Frank kid glove treatment, or the Mark Foley boot?

http://semper-fido.blogspot.com/2008/02/arrest-of-deval-patricks-top-aide-carl.html