Giambrone admits 'inappropriate relationship' with young woman.
Ward 18 councillor Adam Giambrone with his partner Sarah McQuarrie take centre stage at the podium during his mayoralty campaign launch at Revival on College Street Monday, Feb. 1. On Feb. 8, Giambrone admitted to an "inappropriate" relationship with university student Kristen Lucas, 20.(Feb. 1, 2010)
Staff file photo/DAVID NICKLE
Mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone admitted Monday he had "an inappropriate relationship with a young woman", the Toronto Star has reported.
The Ward 18 Davenport councillor, who announced on Feb. 1 that he will be running for mayor, called the situation "a serious lapse in judgment" and apologized to his partner, Sarah McQuarrie, his family and friends, the Star reported.
His statement came after the Star asked him a series of questions about his relationship with university student Kristen Lucas, who said she had an intimate relationship with Giambrone for more than a year. Lucas, now 20, was 19 when she began dating Giambrone.
Lucas told the Star Giambrone had told her his live-in partner of many years - who was at his side for his announcement of the mayoral bid - is there for "political" reasons.
"You know I will be announcing I have a partner," Giambrone, 32, wrote in a Dec. 27 text message to Lucas, the Star reported. "It is someone named Sarah, who I've been involved with in the past. It is important for the campaign."
In recent interviews with the Star, Lucas said she's been involved with Giambrone since late 2008 and, on several occasions, had sex late at night on a couch in his City Hall office.
In a statement Monday night to the Star, Giambrone said the relationship with Lucas "consisted of text messages and conversations in public places only. I met her mother, having dropped her off at home."
Further, Giambrone wrote, "Realizing the mistake this relationship was I tried to end it some months ago and finally broke off all contact."