US State Senator Anthony Bouchard reveals he got 14-year-old girl pregnant when he was 18
- The Republican, who is seeking to unseat congresswoman Liz Cheney next year, made the disclosure in an online video in bid to get ahead of the story
- Bouchard compared the relationship to Romeo and Juliet, and said news of his previous marriage was coming to light because of ‘dirty politics’
Wyoming state Senator Anthony Bouchard, a Republican trying to unseat US congresswoman Liz Cheney next year, disclosed that he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18, describing the relationship as “like the Romeo and Juliet story” and saying it was coming to light because of “dirty politics”.
Bouchard initially disclosed what he described as a typical teenage relationship in a Facebook Live video to supporters Thursday. He later confirmed the girl’s age to the Casper Star-Tribune.
“So, bottom line, it’s a story when I was young, two teenagers, girl gets pregnant,” he said in the video. “You’ve heard those stories before. She was a little younger than me, so it’s like the Romeo and Juliet story.”
Bouchard married the girl when she was 15 and he was 19, when both were living in Florida. They divorced three years later, he told the newspaper.
Bouchard’s ex-wife killed herself when she was 20, he said. Online records list a woman with her name as being buried at a Jacksonville, Florida, cemetery in 1990.