Tag Archives: Beau Breedlove

Portland: Beau Breedlove Joins Recall Effort Against Mayor Sam Adams

Beau Breedlove, the former paramour of openly gay Portland Mayor Sam Adams, has joined the latest recall effort against him. Controversy over Breedlove’s age at the time of his encounters with Adams nearly brought the mayor down during his election campaign. Breedlove, who is volunteering with the recall campaign, said in an interview after the rally that other gays and …

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Beau Breedlove To Pen Memoir

Beau Breedlove, the young Oregon man whose teenage love affair with Portland Mayor Sam Adams threatened to cost Adams his office, is releasing a memoir. Breedlove (real name!) posed nude for Unzipped Magazine shortly after the affair became public. “The book is a reflection on the events of my life before, during and after the ‘scandal’ surrounding my relationship with …

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Portland Mayor Sam Adams Cleared

Openly gay Portland mayor Sam Adams has been cleared of charges that he had an affair with the then-underage Beau Breedlove. After a six-month investigation, Oregon Attorney General John Kroger found no evidence that Portland Mayor Sam Adams broke the law by engaging in a relationship with Beau Breedlove. In a report released this morning, Kroger said Breedlove lacked credibility …

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Sam Adams Recall Effort Launched

A citizens group in Portland, Oregon has launched a web effort to recall openly gay Mayor Sam Adams over the Beau Breedlove debacle. The Web site, www.recallsamadams.com, says Adams, who lied about his relationship with an 18-year-old legislative intern in 2005, doesn’t deserve to run the city. “Mayor Adams has many great ideas for our city, yet lacks the public’s …

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Beau Breedlove Talks To CBS

Portland mayor Sam Adams’ one-time paramour Beau Breedlove has given his first on-camera interview on the controversy. The state is continuing to consider criminal charges against Adams. (Via – Towleroad)

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Unnamed Source Says Breedlove Was 17 When Sex With Sam Adams Began

Ugh. The Sam Adams story just won’t go away. An unnamed friend of Beau Breedlove is now telling the Portland press that Breedlove told him that he’d had sex with Sam Adams before turned 18. New details are emerging every day as the pieces of the scandal surrounding Portland’s embattled mayor continue to unfold and people come forward. A longtime …

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Sam Adams Says He’s Staying In Office

Portland mayor Sam Adams released a statement last night saying that he will not resign. Tomorrow, I go back work as your mayor. I know I have let you down and made mistakes. I ask your forgiveness. I believe I have a lot to offer the city I love during this time of important challenges. Beginning tomorrow morning, I will …

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Beau Breedlove Talks

In an interview published in today’s Oregonian, Beau Breedlove tells his side of the Sam Adams story and says that their relationship “crossed the line” earlier than Adams has said. The former legislative intern at the center of the controversy involving Portland Mayor Sam Adams says Adams kissed him twice when he was 17 and that their relationship had “crossed …

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Sam Adams Mulling Resignation

Beleaguered Portland mayor Sam Adams has announced that he will make a decision on whether to resign within a few days. Portland Mayor Sam Adams, who admitted lying about a 2005 sexual relationship with an 18-year-old boy, says Portlanders should know “within days” whether he will resign. Adams did not appear in public Thursday but told The Oregonian he spent …

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Police To Investigate Portland Mayor Sam Adams Over Relationship With Staffer

The situation for Portland’s openly gay mayor Sam Adams has gotten more dire, as the state attorney general has begun a police investigation into his relationship with his then teenage staffer. Oregon’s attorney general has agreed to investigate Portland Mayor Sam Adams, who has admitted he lied to cover up an affair with a teenager in 2005. Adams took office …

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