A previously private dispute between Wicomico County’s two highest-ranking elected officials has reached a breaking point, sparking a potential public records battle over whether the sheriff ordered the county executive to stop sending his deputies sexually explicit images.
Wicomico County Executive Julie Giordano and Sheriff Mike Lewis are at odds over the existence of a document that sources allege is a demand for Giordano to cease sending semi-nude, nude or pornographic photographs of herself to sheriff’s deputies.
While Giordano flatly denied that such a document exists, describing the allegations as a “horrific rumor” and a product of political malice, Lewis confirmed the letter’s existence in an interview last week. However, he said he would not release it to the public without a court order.