The husband of a late staffer to Rep. Tony Gonzales referred to as the congressman a “predator” on Wednesday, and stated that the Texas Republican has “continued to lie to the American people” amid affair allegations.
“You know, the guy’s a predator. You know, he’s continued to lie to the American people, his constituents,” Adrian Aviles informed NCS’s Erin Burnett on “OutFront” in an interview the place he defined why he launched alleged textual content messages between Gonzales and his spouse, Regina Ann Santos-Aviles.
Gonzales has denied that he had an affair with Santos-Aviles, who died by suicide final 12 months, and has stated he’s being blackmailed. But the allegations have gained new traction within the ultimate days main as much as the congressman’s main election subsequent week. Gonzales can also be going through calls from a few of his fellow congressional Republicans to resign.
NCS has reached out to Gonzales’ workplace for remark.
The congressman told NCS on Tuesday that he wouldn’t resign.
“There will be an opportunity for all the details and facts to come out,” Gonzales stated. “What you’ve seen is not all the facts. And there will be ample time for all of that to come out.”
An lawyer who represents Aviles told NCS final week that his consumer’s partner had confessed that she had been having an affair with Gonzales in June 2024 and had proven textual content messages to her husband that exposed the extent of the affair.
Santos-Aviles, a former staffer in Gonzales’ district workplace in Uvalde, Texas, died in September, according to NCS affiliate KENS. The county medical expert dominated that she died of self-immolation and listed her method of loss of life as suicide.
Aviles insisted through the interview Wednesday that he didn’t go public together with his claims with a political motive.
“This is not a political thing for me. I want everybody to know that. I don’t care two cents about the whole political matter behind it,” he stated. “I care about facts. I care about what he has done and how he’s continued to lie on on Regina’s name.”
“This is you know, this is this is not only about her, but this is also about my son and showing my son that, you know, we stand up to cowards. This guy is a coward,” Aviles stated.