Kay and Katherine Bryson
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He: Kay Bryson
Claims to fame: Former Utah County Attorney; schlemiel; divorcé
She: Katherine “Kathy” Bryson
Claims to fame: Former Utah state legislator (R-Orem, UT); adulteress; divorcée
Moral apices:
She had a longterm extramarital affair, and was also suspected of fooling around with another Utah legislator.
He installed a surveillance camera in the condominium she owned, and was renting to her son.
She accused him of misusing county property (the camera, which belonged to the county) and personnel (a Utah County sheriff’s deputy) to install the camera.
He said he had the camera installed to see if somebody was stealing stuff from his son’s residence.
She accused him of invasion of privacy, alleging that he had the camera solely to catch her in flagrante delicto.
He did indeed catch her, via the hidden camera, with another man.
She withdrew her 2004 re-election bid — but not before testifying “during a floor debate involving a domestic violence bill … [telling] fellow legislators that she, too, had been the victim of non-physical domestic violence and intimated that Kay Bryson was responsible.” [Deseret Morning News, October 7, 2004]
He “responded with allegations of improper use of family finances, saying that Katherine Bryson had forged his name on loan documents” [ibid.], and threatened to release the tape of his estranged wife’s clandestine meeting with the other man.
The outcome:
They divorced. Of course.
No charges were filed against Kay Bryson; “prosecutors announced that there was not sufficient basis to file any criminal charges in the case.” [Deseret Morning News, November 29, 2004]
Divine fallout: Their very messy and very public divorce was blamed for various Republican losses in state and local offices in 2006 — but that’s a “some say” kind of rumor, so make of it what you will.
One thing’s for sure: In April, 2006, Kay Bryson, seeking his fifth term, “was ousted by Jeff Buhman, one of his own employees, who garnered 69 percent of the vote.” [Desert Morning News, May 1, 2006]
Kay Bryson won — if you can call it “winning” — a mere 12% of the vote.
Suggested Bible reading for Mrs. Bryson:
Thou shalt not commit adultery.— Exodus 20:14
Suggested Bible reading for Mr. Bryson:
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.— Matthew 18:9
