Mel Reynolds a former Illinois Democrat State senator from district 2 was arrested in Zimbabwe. Mel Reynolds was allegedly in Zimbabwe illegally since December, making pornographic films in hotel rooms with at least 10 models. But that’s not the only thing Reynolds is famous for. Mel Reynolds has quite a record in America too. After being elected to the Illinois State Senate, he was indicted for sexual assault and criminal sexual abuse for engaging in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old campaign volunteer that began during the 1992 campaign.
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In 1995, Mel Reynolds was convicted on 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography.
His resignation lead to the another jailbird beginning his political career, Jesse Jackson Jr who won the seat after Reynolds resigned.
Disgraced Democratic Congressman whose resignation from Congress opened up Barack Obama’s first political opportunity arrested in Zimbabwe after allegedly making 100 porno films and taking 2,000 naked pictures in hotels
Mel Reynolds was allegedly in the country illegally since December, making pornographic films in hotel rooms with at least 10 models
He reportedly racked up $24,500 in unpaid hotel bills
Reynolds went to prison in the 1990s for the statutory rape of a 16-year-old campaign volunteer, and for bank fraud
His resignation from Congress opened up Barack Obama’s first political opportunity, when a state senator stepped forward to run for the seat
Reynolds claimed Monday that Zimbabwe’s immigration police refused to give him his passport so he could contact the U.S. Embassy in Harare