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The state Senate staffer at the heart of a steamy scandal involving a prominent Arizona GOP candidate for Congress believes she is a victim of revenge porn, her lawyer said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The scandal involving\u00a0Steve Montenegro<\/a>, a former state Senate president who lives in Litchfield Park, threatens to alter the race for the congressional seat vacated by Trent Franks, who resigned in disgrace on December 8 in his own sexually charged scandal.<\/p>\n

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Montenegro’s a lead contender among 16 Republicans in the upcoming February 27 special primary election for the Congressional District 8 job. But perhaps not anymore:\u00a0News broke on Tuesday that the woman staffer had exchanged flirtatious texts with Montenegro late last year, and that she also sent him a topless photo of herself.<\/p>\n

Today,\u00a0Tom Ryan<\/a>, a prominent Chandler attorney with a history of tackling government corruption, told\u00a0New Times<\/i>\u00a0that the flirtatious texts and topless photo of his client were “shopped around all over the place. The fellow that did it may be facing criminal charges.”<\/p>\n

Even though the topless photo wasn’t published, Arizona law still allows for a possible felony charge just for revealing such a photo to another person, he said.<\/p>\n