NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee lawmaker has resigned from the state Senate after his extramarital affair with a 22-year-old intern was revealed by an investigation into an extortion case.
State Sen. Paul Stanley said Tuesday he has "decided to focus my full attention on my family and resign my Senate seat effective August 10."
The 47-year-old senator was appearing on a radio talk show in Memphis and couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
Court records show that Stanley told agents investigating a blackmail case that he had a sexual relationship with intern McKensie Morrison. Her boyfriend, Joel Watts, is charged with trying to extort $10,000 from Stanley in April in return for explicit photos of Morrison that Stanley had taken.
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