SALISBURY, Md. (WBFF) — Letters obtained by Spotlight on Maryland reveal a private confrontation between Wicomico County’s two most prominent elected officials escalated into accusations of “revenge porn” and “nude selfies.”
The letters, released late Wednesday after a public records challenge by Spotlight on Maryland, provide a different account than the one offered by County Executive Julie Giordano hours earlier.
In a Sept. 12, 2024, letter sent on official county letterhead to Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis, Giordano formally requested an investigation into the “alleged sharing of pornographic images of me by one of your deputies.”
Wicomico County Executive Letter sent to Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis on Sept. 12, 2024. (Wicomico County Government)
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She claimed the sheriff had acknowledged seeing such images and asserted that the deputy’s actions violated state law.
“I have never consented to the creation of any visual representation of myself with my intimate parts exposed or while engaged in an act of sexual activity,” Giordano wrote. “I have never provided consent to distribute any visual representation of me with my intimate parts exposed or while engaged in an act of sexual activity.”
Giordano wrote that Lewis told Matthew Leitzel, Wicomico County’s deputy director of administration, that “‘revenge porn’ only applies in the context of an intimate relationship between the parties.”
“While I agree that no such intimate relationship exists between myself and the deputy in question, your interpretation of Maryland’s revenge porn statute is incorrect,” Giordano wrote. “That law does not require an intimate relationship between the individuals for the prohibition against distributing explicit images to apply.”
She added: “No member of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office or any other law enforcement agency has permission to possess any visual representation of myself with my intimate parts exposed or whole engaged in an act of sexual activity.”
“This matter is straightforward: either a deputy shared a nude photograph of me, or they did not. If such an image has been shared, this constitutes a criminal act,” she added.
Giordano said she was prepared to cooperate fully with any investigation.
‘Nude selfies’
Public records now obtained show that Lewis responded to Giordano on Oct. 4, 2024, with a scathing rebuke.
“Since we last discussed your sharing of ‘nude selfies’ to one of my deputies, neither you nor anyone else requested an investigation be initiated into the possible dissemination of these ‘pornographic’ photos,” Lewis wrote. “Photos, of course, that any viewer would quickly discern were self-generated, self-created, and ultimately self-distributed.”
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The public needs to review these photos to validate this claim !
Holster sniffer, Julie!!!
SELF generated, SELF created, and SELF distributed tells all I need to know.
lets see it! we’ll be the judge if its porn or not!
Too bad we don’t have a conservative willing to challenge her in the primary.
We don’t want the Democrat – and she is flakier than a Crisco Pie Crust!
It’s too late. The deadline to file to run was in late February. The only hope we got is if she resigns and the Governor appoints a candidate. We have to make sure the appointment doesn’t come from the Republican Party in Wicomico County because she controls and has contaminated Republican politics in the county. I am so sick of the feminist women in Wicomico County and around the state defending their Queen, “a woman with power” and the low testosterone men simping over her.
With that said, if you see that she has hand picked and endorsed any “candidate” do not vote for them. Also run away from the Delmarva Conservative Bowel Movement endorsements, they are the Queens endorsements.
She endorsed Winn…I voted for Adkins…
We have to choose between this clueless bim and Ernie Davis, a Democrat…
We are doomed!
As a Republican I am voting for Ernie Davis. I would much rather deal with him then Julie for the next 4 years.
The Fraud Moore’s endorsement kills that chance for me!
Come on Patrick Adkins, step up, we
You can beat Julie.
Reminds me of the other Julie…what’s brewing with her?
She’s kissing the Queens arse every chance that she gets and always hating on Sheriff Shawty. They are big supporters of wannabe Sheriff Hamilton. . She’s also insinuating suicide based on things Lewis has done. Mainly releasing the bodycam videos of her DUI arrest that made nationwide television networks.
thanks for the update!
Correct the original mistake and place John Psota in this position.
He was a real a$$ but do you remember the other choices they had? Can you imaging if Liberal Cornbread Anderton got it? The county dodged that bullet and Wes Moore and Jake Day got him. That move proved his true blue colors.