Top Maryland Dem denies claim that sheriff demanded she stop sexting his deputies
A dispute between two high-ranking Maryland officials has boiled over into a salacious public brouhaha in which the sheriff says he has proof he asked a county executive to stop sending racy pictures to his deputies.Democratic Wicomico County Executive Julie Giordano has emphatically denied the claims brought by Sheriff Mike Lewis, who says he has documentary evidence that he formally made the unusual request in writing.Giordano dismissed the allegations as a “horrific rumor” sparked by a political vendetta and denied the document even exists.Lewis has stuck to his guns, but says he will not release the letter to the public without a court order, according to FOX Baltimore’s Spotlight on Maryland.Starting during her 2022 campaign and continuing into the early days of her tenure in office, Giordano allegedly sent “nude or semi-nude” photos to multiple sheriff’s deputies.Citing sources familiar with the matter, the outlet says in October 2024 Lewis finally had enough and issued a letter to the county executive demanding she put an end to the untoward behavior.Asked about the allegations last week, Giordano waved off the existence of the letter as “false narratives” and claimed she and the sheriff had met to discuss the matter.“There was never a letter sent to stop.So, basically what happened was, there was a horrific rumor that went around, and that’s just what happens in a campaign, and so, we’ve moved on from it,” Giordano said.
“We have a campaign coming up, so I think we have handled it quite well, and Sheriff Lewis and I have had those conversations,” she added.As for whether she actually shared intimate photos with sheriff’s deputies, Giordano demurred.“I don’t believe that there are any deputies who have claimed to have received any of them, at least not that I know of,” she said.
“I know of none that have claimed to have received anything.”Lewis declined when Spotlight on Maryland pressed him to release the alleged cea...