Toronto’s mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone was forced to publicly apology to his girlfriend and family after a former lover went public about their relationship.
Giambrone admitted Monday night that he had “an inappropriate relationship with a young woman” and it was “a serious lapse in judgment.”
The public apology came after 20-year-old Kristen Lucas said she had an intimate relationship with Giambrone for more than a year.
She said on December 27, she received a text from Giambrone saying he was going to publicly announced he has a girlfriend named Sarah McQuarrie whom he had been involved with in the past. Lucas told a local newspaper that Giambrone said the announcement was “political” and it was “important for the campaign.” The college student says the 32-year-old city councilor later asked her if they could continue to see each other.
Lucas said after receiving that text from her former lover, she broke off their relationship. Then she received a series of messages from Giamborne saying, “Do you mean we can’t talk?” and “I still think of you when I need…um…stimulation.”
Lucas claims that Giambrone, who announced on February 1, that he was running for mayor of Toronto, also revealed secrets relating to his work while they were making love on a couch in his City Hall office.
“I knew a long, long time ago about the TTC fare hike,” Lucas told the reporter. She claimed that the only person she shared the information with was her mother, Lori Lucas, a non-profit social worker.
Lucas, who says the last time she had sex with Giambrone was January 2, 2010, insists that at the time she was seeing Giambrone he told her he did not have a girlfriend.
Monday, Giambrone released a statement saying that his relationship with Lucas “consisted of text messages and conversations in public places only.” He said after realizing the inappropriateness of the relationship he tried to end it, and finally broke off all contact with Lucas.
He released what he calls a “threatening” text message he received from Lucas on January 7 where Lucas threatened to track down his girlfriend and let her know about the affair.
Lucas claims she did not send the email.
