RICHMOND, VA (WWBT/AP) -
Virginia Senate candidate Joe Morrissey and the 19-year-old mother of his newborn son told the media on Thursday they want to get married and have more children.
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A day after Morrissey first publicly confirmed he was the father to a 9-week-old with his former part-time receptionist, the family held a press conference to address questions about their relationship.
Morrissey, a former Virginia lawmaker now running as an Independent for Virginia State Senate, made the announcement Wednesday on the Jack Gravely show on WLEE radio in Richmond. Morrissey previously had said only that he was on hand for the baby's birth in Atlanta nine weeks ago.
"You become friends first, and then intimate," Morrissey said Thursday. "And that's what happened with us."
In December, the 57-year-old lawyer was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after being accused of having sex with his receptionist, Myrna Pride, when she was a teen. He attended House of Delegates sessions on work release while serving three months of a six-month jail sentence. Pride is now 19-years-old and the couple adamantly denied accusations they were intimately involved when she was a minor.
Virginia Senate candidate Joe Morrissey and the 19-year-old mother of his newborn son told the media on Thursday they want to get married and have more children.
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A day after Morrissey first publicly confirmed he was the father to a 9-week-old with his former part-time receptionist, the family held a press conference to address questions about their relationship.
Morrissey, a former Virginia lawmaker now running as an Independent for Virginia State Senate, made the announcement Wednesday on the Jack Gravely show on WLEE radio in Richmond. Morrissey previously had said only that he was on hand for the baby's birth in Atlanta nine weeks ago.
"You become friends first, and then intimate," Morrissey said Thursday. "And that's what happened with us."
In December, the 57-year-old lawyer was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after being accused of having sex with his receptionist, Myrna Pride, when she was a teen. He attended House of Delegates sessions on work release while serving three months of a six-month jail sentence. Pride is now 19-years-old and the couple adamantly denied accusations they were intimately involved when she was a minor.
