Saturday 4 June 2022 04:01 AM Inside the mysterious nude photo saga tainting Labor MP Jerome Laxale's ... trends now
Jerome Laxale, 38, is the member for Bennelong
A rookie Labor MP embroiled in a nude selfie saga insists there was no relationship with a young childcare worker.
She tells a different story.
The drama erupted when the Daily Telegraph on Thursday detailed sensational claims the new member for Bennelong, Jerome Laxale, had allegedly failed to delete naked photos she had sent to him during an alleged 'intimate online relationship'.
The woman, 27, demanded Prime Minister Anthony Albanese investigate after being told her private photos had allegedly been seen by Liberal staffers.
The accusation, coming less than two weeks after Mr Laxale's election victory in ex-PM John Howard's old seat, has cast a shadow over the newly-minted MP and thrust the treatment of women in politics back into the spotlight.
In her version of events, she met Mr Laxale at a Labor Party function in 2018, before they mutually decided to pursue their year-long 'intimate, online' relationship in October 2020 using encrypted messaging app, Signal.
Messages sent using Signal are encrypted so they can't be read by a third party. The app also has a 'self-destruct' feature, which means some messages disappear after a period of time.
She claims the 38-year-old asked her for the photos, however, a source close to Mr Laxale told Daily Mail Australia the photos were 'unsolicited' and he never had a relationship with the woman.
It is understood that the woman approached Jerome Laxale and his partner, Jo Taranto (pictured together), about the images
'He cut off all contact when [she sent the photos] - there was no "relationship",' the source said.
The woman also contacted Mr
