Portland Mayor Sam Adams Slept With an
18-Year-Old Intern. Earlier this month, in a feature on Portland's new openly gay mayor Sam Adams, we called the newly elected politico "a handsome
do-gooder gay politician who wins over the citizens of his city by riding his bike to work, keeping citizens abreast of what he's doing via blog and
campaigning by standing on street corners holding a sign that reads 'Honk for the Wonk' after his opponent accused him of being to policy-driven."
That was before he acknowledged that prior to becoming Mayor Sam Adams, then-City Commissioner Sam Adams was romancing a newly legal intern. Adams has spent
the past year and a half denying allegations he and a one Beau Breedlove had a sexual relationship. But now, he's out of the closet with the truth, saying
in a statement, "I lied at the time because I was afraid that people would believe untrue rumors being circulated by an undeclared mayoral opponent that I
had broken a law involving sexual relations with a minor. But this is not a good excuse." (He also publicly apologized to Breedlove for making him lie
about their relationship.) And he had a right to be worried: When Adams met Breedlove in April 2005, the young intern was just 17 (he's now 21). Adams
insists their relationship began only after Breedlove was legal. In 2007, Adams was briefly engaged to actress Tawny Kitaen's infant son.
















