Who is Katie Hill and what are the leaked naked photos?
DEMOCRATIC Congresswoman Katie Hill resigned in 2019 after finding herself at the center of a sex scandal when nude images of her appeared online. However, Hill told the Los Angeles Times in June of 2021 that she would consider another run for public office. Katherine Lauren Hill was born on August 25, 1987, in Abilene, Texas, but she moved to California at a young age. Her parents, Rachel and Mike, are a nurse and a police lieutenant and Hill went to schools in the Santa Clarita Valley before attending California State University. After her schooling she began her career as a policy advocate at People Assisting the Homeless, a non-profit organization developing affordable and supportive services for the homeless in California. She rose through the ranks to become Executive Director of the organization before announcing her candidacy for California's 25th congressional district in 2017 as a Democrat. She was elected on November 6, 2018, as the first openly bisexual member of Congress from California. Leaked pictures of Hill emerged in October 2019 one day after the 33-year-old became the subject of a House ethics investigation into allegations that she bedded two young legislative staffers, one male, and one female. One of the images appears to show the congresswoman nude with a "bong" filled with a brown liquid and an Iron Cross style tattoo on her midriff. Another image appears to show the congresswoman kissing a female staffer, who has since been identified as Morgan Desjardins. 7 Democrat Katie Hill speaks at a campaign rally in 2018 Credit: AFP or licensors  After the images were released, Hill's lawyer sent out a cease-and-desist letter to the Daily Mail, demanding it take down the images as this was an "invasion of privacy." The Daily Mail reported that Hill and estranged husband, Kenny Heslep, who she is divorcing, were in a polyamorous three-way relationship with Desjardin for more than a year. According to the messages leaked to RedState, Hill called off the relationship in May, four months after she moved to DC. In a letter to her constituents on Wednesday, October 23, Hill acknowledged the relationship, writing: "I know that even a consensual relationship with a subordinate is inappropriate, but I still allowed it to happen despite my better judgment. For that I apologize. On October 31, 2019, Hill gave her final speech on the House floor. She said: "I wasnt ready for my time here to come to an end so soon. Its a reality Im still grappling with. I am leaving because theres only one investigation that deserves the attention of this country, and thats the one that we voted on today. I am leaving now because of a double standard. I'm leaving because of a misogynistic culture that gleefully consumed my naked pictures, capitalized on my sexuality and enabled my abusive ex to continue that abuse." Hill said she made the decision "with a broken heart" and that explicit private photos of her with a campaign staffer had been "weaponized" by her husband and political operatives. In a statement, Hill said: "Having private photos of personal moments weaponized against me has been an appalling invasion of my privacy. 7 Katie Hill in 2018 Credit: Getty  "It's also illegal, and we are currently pursuing all of our available legal options," adding, "However, I know that as long as I am in Congress, we'll live fearful of what might come next and how much it will hurt." The statement also read: "For the mistakes made along the way and the people who have been hurt, I am so sorry, and I am learning. I am not a perfect person and never pretended to be. Its one of the things that made my race so special.  Hill said in 2021 that she might consider a comeback. I dont feel like I have an obligation to [seek office], other than to show that people can recover from things, and if youve had a mission to do something and people try to derail you from it, dont let them, Hill told the Los Angeles Times. Hill's She Will Rise: Becoming a Warrior in the Battle for True Equality became available in bookstores on August 11, 2020. "Former Congresswoman Katie Hill shares her experience with misogyny and double standards in politics to help women topple the longstanding power structures that prevent them from achieving equality," reads the description on Amazon. "Powerful women who dare to make mistakes still face swifter and more brutal consequences than men, as the events that precipitated Congressional representative Katie Hill's resignation, in which she was the victim of revenge porn, clearly demonstrate. "But Katie Hill does not want women to be discouraged from taking positions of power -- in fact, the rampant misogyny we see is all the more reason for women to lead, to work to change the systems that have kept old, wealthy, white men in power for far too long." MOST READ IN NEWS GRIM FEAR Maddie 'was killed hours after vanishing & body will be found in Portugal woods' JOE'S LOVE-IN Biden touts special relationship with Boris & jokes he's not going back to US Latest BLAZING INFERNO Three homes go up in flames and man seen firing gun at the scene 'MURDERER'S' HEALTH SCARE Robert Durst, 78, hospitalized in jail after 'health incident' Breaking SUPERMARKET RAMPAGE Gunman dies after 'killing 1 adult & a child' in grocery store shooting JILL-TED Jill Biden goes to shake hands with Boris Johnson  but he elbow bumps her instead  Hill told The New York Times she is moving on with her life. I guess at a certain point you just kind of have to accept it: People who want to see me in very, you know, uncomfortable, awkward, non-flattering, naked positions can, she told The Times. They can see it, they probably have seen it.