Terry Bean, 66, a gay activist and major Democratic fund-raiser, was arrested Wednesday in Portland, Ore., for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old boy.
Bean’s ex-boyfriend, Kiah Lawson, 25, was arrested Thursday in connection with the same incident.
The arrests follow an angry breakup between the couple, where Bean accused his former boyfriend of extortion after Lawson gained access to hidden video images from Bean’s bedroom.
Authorities said the duo found the 15-year-old online and had a sexual encounter with him in an Oregon hotel in 2013.
Bean, who raised more than $500,000 for Obama’s campaign in 2012, is charged with third-degree sodomy and third-degree sexual abuse in the sexual encounter.
Bean’s Flickr account shows him at several events with Obama and other political figures, including former President Bill Clinton.
He’s also been photographed with Obama on Air Force One and with Michelle Obama during a Christmas event at the White House in 2012.
Records show Lawson has prior arrests and has pleaded guilty to theft and misdemeanor assault.
Snapshots chronicle the couple’s trips to Democratic fund-raising events and on a White House tour.
Bean’s lawyer charged that her client was being extorted. Bean is a founder of the Human Rights Campaign, a leading gay-rights group. Culled from nypost.
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