Lindsey Graham hit with a new and serious allegation of paid encounters with male escorts.
According to Newsweek, three male escorts in a new documentary have alleged that late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham paid them for sexual encounters, including one who says he was 17 at the time.
The CLOSETocracy, produced by Swamp Watch Studios and Tystnaden Films and released by the left-wing Young Turks network, features testimony from men who say Graham paid them for sexual encounters in Arizona and Washington, D.C.
One of the men, identified in the documentary as Kelvin, alleges he met Graham at a property in Arizona in 2001, when he was 17. He claims Graham paid him $120 for the encounter.
“My name is Kelvin. I had sex with Lindsey Graham when I was 17,” he says in the documentary.
Kelvin alleges the encounter took place at a friend’s home belonging to Graham that was under construction. He described the property as appearing staged and compared it to a set for “very extreme” pornography.
As per Kelvin, Graham repeatedly asked his age after getting a closer look at his face.
He said he insisted he was 18 in an attempt to reassure Graham.
“I felt powerless in arguing with him about it,” he added.
The documentary also features two other men who describe alleged sexual encounters with Graham.
A man identified as Cory recounts an encounter in which he says Graham expressed a preference for being degraded.
Another man, identified as Jesse, alleges he had a sexual encounter with Graham at a hotel in Washington, D.C., in 2012.
Graham, who was first elected to the Senate in 2002, died on July 11. His cause of death was listed as aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
His sister, Darline Graham, was appointed to take his place. President Donald Trump campaigned for her on Wednesday night ahead of a midterm battle with Democratic rival Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician.
