Report: Anti-Gay ‘Family Values’ Alabama Governor Had Affair
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Robert Bentley is accused of an affair with his communications director, according to Legal Schnauzer.
Rebekah Caldwell Mason, a married mother of three from Bentley’s home base of Tuscaloosa, was the governor’s mistress in an affair that sources say raises a number of possible legal issues–including use of the state jet and a state trooper’s services for personal reasons that had nothing to do with Bentley’s official role.
According to Dianne Bentley’s divorce complaint, the couple separated in January 2015 because of a “complete incompatibility of temperament” and a “conflict of personalities which destroys the legitimate aims of matrimony.” In fact, sources say, Gov. Bentley’s affair with Mason destroyed the matrimonial bonds.
The 72-year-old Bentley, a Republican serving in his second term, repeatedly has touted his Christian faith and conservative “family values” to attract voters. He long has served as a deacon at First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa. Bentley made national headlines in 2011 when, shortly after his inauguration, he said, “”Anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I’m telling you, you’re not my brother and you’re not my sister. And I want to be your brother.”
Rebekah Caldwell Mason, sources say, quickly became more than just a communications director to Bentley. Their affair became so widely known that it diluted any moral authority the governor might have had. “He’s been impotent as governor for at least the last six months,” one source told Legal Schnauzer. “People have been going into his office and saying, ‘Do what I want or I’m going to play the girlfriend card.’ People have been running all over him.”
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