State Rep. Jud McMillin, the number three Republican in the Indiana House, resigned Tuesday after reports emerged that a sex video had been texted from his phone to an unknown number of his contacts. Macmillan, naturally, blamed a Canadian thief for the incident, and sent a text to his contacts shortly after the apparent sext saying as much.



The text, via Fox 59 in Indianapolis:



“My phone was stolen in Canada and out of my control for about 24 hours. I have just been able to reactivate it under my control. Please disregard any messages you received recently. I am truly sorry for anything offensive you may have received.”

McMillin, who was elected in 2010, served as the House majority leader for this year’s legislative session, during which time, Fox 59 reports, he was a sponsor and vocal supporter of the state’s anti-gay Religious Freedom Restoration Act. He also led a failed attempt to drug test welfare recipients.



Bigotry aside, the Indy Star reports that McMillin sought lucrative government contracts for companies or organizations to which he had close relationships, once going so far as to ask for a $600,000 grant to support a project that involved a company which he started and is now run by his mother.



There was also this, via the Star:

In 2005, his career as an assistant county prosecutor in Ohio came to an end amid questions about his sexual conduct. He admitted to a relationship with the complainant in a domestic violence case he was prosecuting, but he insisted the relationship began after he stepped off the case, according to the Dayton Daily News. He resigned a week after he stopped working on the case.

In a statement on his resignation, McMillin, who is married, said he “decided the time is right for me to pass the torch and spend more time with my family.”



“Now I want to focus all of my attention on making my family’s world a better place,” he added.