Former Aide Speaks Out On State Representatives' Affair: 'It Was Quite Awkward To Witness'

ROYAL OAK (WWJ) -- A former aide to state representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat spoke out on Monday about what really transpired between the two lawmakers.

Courser and Gamrat apparently had an affair that Courser plotted to cover up with a phony story about him being caught with a male prostitute. Courser claims he was the target of a blackmail campaign.

Speaking at the Dailey Law Firm in Royal Oak, Josh Cline said he wanted to "set the record straight." He said that the two did not share a routine working relationship.

"Representative Courser often openly told Rep. Gamrat how beautiful she was or how nice she looked that day," Cline said. "It was excessively personal and quite awkward to witness."

Cline said the lawmakers would often share loving embraces and would leave with each other for long periods of time. He said he went to both Courser and Gamrat to voice his concerns.

"I suggested that they should adopt and enforce professional and personal boundaries," Cline said. "They quickly dismissed my concerns and impressed upon me that as a mere staffer such a suggestion was not my place."

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Cline resigned before the scandal broke. He said he never knew what to expect from either Courser or Gamrat while in the office.

"I always wondered whom he [Courser] was going to be -- would he be nice and respectful, or abusive?" Cline said. "Would he berate or belittle me, or would he praise me or elevate me? I cringed with each email notification not knowing which representative wrote the email. Was it Jekyll or Hyde?"

Meantime, an investigation by the House Business Office is ongoing. Gideon Dassandro from House Speaker Kevin Cotter's office said there are calls for both Gamrat and Courser to resign.

"It's hard to put a firm timestamp on it because thank goodness this doesn't happen very often," Dassandro said. "We're letting the House Business office take as long as they need and right now it sounds like they're getting close to the finish."