Susanna Gibson Payne, the Democrat in Virginia who livestreamed sex with her husband before losing a close state house race, was arrested on domestic violence charges.
The 42-year-old nurse was arrested on September 22 for “assault and battery – family member,” though she has claimed that her now-estranged spouse, 44-year-old John David Gibson, falsely accused her. Speaking to the New York Post, Gibson said that her husband has been harassing her since she filed for divorce.
“After my estranged husband, arrested three times since I filed for divorce, assaulted me during a June 2025 custody exchange while I protected our son, he filed a retaliatory criminal complaint against me,” Gibson said. “More than three months later, police issued a misdemeanor warrant for my
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