LONDON – A British minister has resigned after sending text messages ofsexual nature to two women, a media report said on Sunday. Minister forSmall Business Andrew Griffiths told the Sunday Mirror that he was “deeplyashamed” of his behaviour that caused “untold distress” to his wife andfamily to whom he “owed everything”.
Griffiths, 47, also apologised for the “deep embarrassment” caused to PrimeMinister Theresa May and the government.
The MP had been following the two women on Snapchat for six months beforemaking contact in June, the BBC reported.
One of the women Imogen Treharne, 28, told the Mirror that the messagesbegan one evening, after she posted a “racy” video. Griffiths told thebarmaid he believed one video in particular had been uploaded “for him toreact”.
Across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Snapchat, Griffiths reportedlysent more than 2,000 messages in three weeks to Treharne and another woman.
Treharne said she “always asked him about his interests” but that theconversation “always turned back to sex”.
She described the contents of the messages she received as “vile” and”disgusting”.