February 23, 2010 4:40 PM

Nevada Governor Gibbons Says He Hasn't Had Sex in 15 Years, Especially Not With That Playboy Model

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(AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, C. Allison)
LAS VEGAS (CBS/KLAS) According to a recent deposition given by Republican Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, he has not had sex in 15 years, he didn't sleep with a former Playboy model, and perhaps most surprisingly, he doesn't tell jokes very well.

Photo: Governor Jim Gibbons

CBS affiliate KLAS-TV reports that Gibbons was recently deposed regarding allegations of an assault that occurred in 2006. The federal civil suit was brought by Chrissy Mazzeo, a cocktail waitress who says that Gibbons assaulted and groped her in a parking lot after spending hours drinking at a Las Vegas restaurant.

The alleged assault never resulted in any criminal charges, but on February 5 of this year, the governor was deposed for four hours by Mazzeo's attorney, Bob Kossack. During the deposition, Gibbons claimed that he hasn't been sexually intimate with any woman since 1995, and that he's "living proof that you can survive without sex for that long."

Two of the women Gibbons says he hasn't been intimate with are Kathy Karrasch, a married woman with whom the governor exchanged hundreds of late night text messages, and Leslie Durant, a former Playboy model who accompanied Gibbons to a rodeo in Reno.

In addition to the text messages, KLAS-TV reports that Karrasch and Gibbons were recently in Washington, DC together at the National Governors' Association conference. Other things the Governor denied during the deposition: he didn't play footsie with Chrissy Mazzeo on the night of the alleged assault, because he was wearing cowboy boots, and he didn't tell her any raunchy jokes, because he isn't a good joke teller.

KLAS-TV reports that when the assault allegations surfaced in 2006, Gibbons was running for governor. He called a press conference with his wife, Dawn, where he denied the assault allegations and described himself as a happily married man.

Kossack and Mazzeo claim that Gibbons has been as untruthful about his personal life as he has been about the alleged assault. That's because, in addition to the lack of intimacy Gibbons admitted to, Gibbons filed for divorce from his wife in 2008.


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by barkway February 26, 2010 8:34 PM EST
On Olbermann just now. Proved a lie. Went to Gov's conference with new lady friend....and even took pic of himself, her...and get this MARK SANFORD! OOPS!
Gov, surely you must know media would hunt down this lie the day you made it?
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by thesevenveils February 24, 2010 9:01 AM EST
Come on, you know he spanks his monkey.
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by book_of_wally February 24, 2010 9:11 AM EST
Yes but in true republican form he puts his seed in jars and places them in the refridgerator so they do not spoil and anger the Lord.
by formrusmcsgt February 24, 2010 6:41 AM EST
by harp1963 February 24, 2010 4:04 AM EST
All these poor women who cut their husbands off after a few years of marriage can't figure out why their husbands stray.
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If she cuts him off, his stuff isn't "all that".
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by harp1963 February 24, 2010 4:04 AM EST
He must have been married for a long time. All these poor women who cut their husbands off after a few years of marriage can't figure out why their husbands stray.
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by justsane-2009 February 24, 2010 1:09 AM EST
tmi...
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by jackp32 February 23, 2010 11:49 PM EST
At least he has a set. That's more than can be said about most Dems.
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by ibsteve2u February 23, 2010 10:00 PM EST
"...a cocktail waitress who says that Gibbons assaulted and groped her in a parking lot after spending hours drinking at a Las Vegas restaurant"

The Governor saying that he has not had sex in 15 years does nothing to refute the above accusation; if anything, in fact, the behavior described in the complaint goes a long way to explain WHY he has not had sex in 15 years and to validate his assertion.
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by tryhonesty February 23, 2010 8:51 PM EST
RepubliCON LIAR!
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by usisbest February 23, 2010 10:19 PM EST
ever heard of John Edwards? .... you can try to spin it towards your political agenda but it doesnt work when there are lying scumbags on both sides. This isnt a Republican/Democrat issue....its a character issue.
by CBSisCommunist5 February 24, 2010 12:30 AM EST
What about "I did not have sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky" Slick Willie ?
by consh8theusa February 23, 2010 8:33 PM EST
As Robin Williams voiced it years ago, "Now there's a man who really NEEDS a blow-job", maybe it would clear his mind enough to tell the truth for a change.
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by roach9703 February 23, 2010 8:31 PM EST
Now remember, Billy, did not have sex with that woman either?
Now as to the definition of sex....
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by ffoulkes-2009 February 24, 2010 1:23 AM EST
Still waiting to know what 'is' is.
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