Creep of the Week: Richard Curtis

Just when you thought it was safe for anti-gays to get gussied up and go trolling dirty bookstores for some man on man action, some unscrupulous prostitute has to go and ruin it for everyone.
Which brings us to Rep. Richard Curtis (R-Washington), the latest contestant on "Who Wants to Be An Anti-Gay Closet Case?" Like every other contestant, he gambled and lost.
It's a typical love story: Curtis, a closeted middle-aged white guy, stuffs his gut into some women's lingerie and heads to the Hollywood Erotic Boutique. (Cue the violins…) There he meets Cody Castagna, a hot 26-year-old guy willing to have sex with him for money. They go back to a hotel and have anal sex. Curtis falls asleep and Castagna walks out with his wallet. Curtis gets a call from Castagna saying, basically, you'd better pay me that $1,000 you promised and if you don't I'm going to expose your gay-sex-having ass to your wife and your constituents.
Uh-oh.
Curtis does what any rational women's-underwear clad guy who doesn't want anyone to find out he's gay would do: he calls the police. And tells them EVERYthing.
Considering the fact that he was a lawmaker, Curtis seemed to know little about the law when he called the police to try to bust his money-demanding boy toy. He seemed to forget important things like: police reports aren't private. So when he told the cops every grisly detail and then said he "wanted to keep the incident as low key as possible," what planet was he on?
Here are some details from the police report: "I asked Curtis what physical evidence would be in the hotel room which would link the suspect to the hotel room. Curtis pointed out a Propel fitness water bottle in the garbage, a condom wrapper in the garbage, and a used condom in the garbage. I photographed the room and items prior to their collection. I also colleted the sheets and pillow cases from the bed."
But wait, there's more: "While I was collecting evidence I saw a plastic sack which contained a light grey length of nylon rope, a plastic doctor's stethoscope, and other items I could not immediately identify. Curtis told me they had nothing to do with the sex act and that the suspect had not handled them. Curtis said he did not want to show me those items in the sack."
Wow. Just wow. Of course, none of this means Curtis is gay. It turns out, he's just a nice guy who got taken (uh, no pun intended). According to KXLY.com, Curtis's claims that "he did not solicit anyone for sex, that he is not gay and that he got into this mess just trying to help someone out."
Right. Curtis was paying Castagna for anal sex as a favor to Castagna. I mean, it's a lot like giving a homeless guy a dollar, only it involves a lot more dollars and a lot more sex.
Curtis resigned, appropriately enough, on Halloween. Trick or treat? Well, we know which one Curtis prefers.