Ohio Republican candidate’s ex-intern says adult site post was a ‘prank’

Bernie Moreno, a hardline LGBTQ+ opponent running to face Sherrod Brown, seemed to seek men for 1-on-1 sex' in 2008 profile

A former intern to Bernie Moreno, Donald Trump's endorsed candidate for US Senate in Ohio and a hardline opponent of LGBTQ+ rights, said he wrote as an aborted prank" a post on the Adult Friend Finder website in which Moreno appeared to look for young guys to have fun with" and men for 1-on-1 sex".

I am thoroughly embarrassed by an aborted prank I pulled on my friend, and former boss, Bernie Moreno, nearly two decades ago" in late 2008, the former intern, Dan Ricci, said in a statement provided to the Associated Press by Moreno's lawyer.