Husband of late Gonzales staffer speaks out on alleged affair amid sex scandal

SAN ANTONIO – New details emerged in the sex scandal involving Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales as the husband of the congressman’s late staffer, who died after setting herself on fire, spoke publicly for the first time about what he says he discovered.

Adrian Aviles, the husband of Regina Santos Aviles, said the situation came to light in late May. He said Regina “was acting a little off,” and although he said he had never been someone to look through her cellphone, he did — and that is when he said he learned about an alleged affair between his late wife and the lawmaker.

“Look I’m not saying Look, I’m not saying he’s the one that went out there and did, did it himself, and I’m not saying that, but yeah, he played a role in it, you know, uh, he predatorized my wife, um, you know, and he pushed her to the sense of, of having an affair. I mean, I made that evident in the messages that I released…” Aviles said.

Aviles shared messages earlier this week that he said support his claims. A forensic extraction report shows a person with the initials “T-G” writing, “Send me a sexy pic.” After multiple exchanges, Aviles wrote, “Never and this is too far, Tony.”

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Gonzales, who has deflected questions about the text messages, said “just yesterday” that he was not resigning.

“There will be an opportunity for all the details and facts to come out what you’ve seen is not all the facts ..” Gonzales said.

Aviles said there are more messages than what has been made public, but he said he is not releasing everything.

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“I released just what was, you know, uh, enough information for the people to understand who this person and who they were dealing with. Um, if I were to release everything, you know, it, you, I, again, my biggest thing is, is protecting my son. I will not release, you know, uh, the salacious messages that went, uh, back and forth, much deeper than what, uh, uh, and much more graphic rather than what I presented to the American people….” Aviles said.

Aviles said his decision to speak out is not political, but about the facts and letting people know what happened.