I believe we have given Rep. Gauthier and the Democrat caucus a respectful amount of time to address this situation on their own, House Speaker Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, said Friday.
Police reports of the incident reveal that Mr Gauthier, 56, put out an ad for an encounter on Craigslist and the 17-year-old responded.
The two walked to a wooded area behind the rest stop pavilion for five minutes, where they engaged in oral sex and touching, police records show.
Rep. Gauthier’s actions are not becoming of a member of the House of Representatives, and today I am calling on him to resign from the Legislature.
