Sleazy CA Mayor Accused of Hosting Strip Poker Game for Minors Get Charges Reduced
- Stockton mayor accused of hosting underage strip poker game and recording lewd behavior
- Charges reduced by judge on Tuesday
- Witnesses also informed FBI agents that Silva provided alcohol to the participants
- Mayor denies all charges
Anthony Silva was arrested in August after authorities seized the 42-year-old Republican mayor’s cellphone and discovered four videos and 23 photos. The Amador County District Attorney’s Office said the images were taken during Silva’s 2015 youth camp at Silver Lake, What they depict have parents and others in the community outraged.
“In one of the video clips, it appeared that moments after the video began, the phone was set down, darkening the camera lens and thus only containing audio. That clip contains audio of a conversation between participants involved in a strip poker game that occurred in Silva’s bedroom. The conversation between the participants indicated that they were naked. One of the participants was a 16 year old male. The audio of the surreptitious recording clearly indicates that the participants did not want to be recorded. Witnesses also informed FBI agents that Silva provided alcohol to the participants, all of whom were underage, including a minor. Witnesses stated that Silva had supplied alcohol and made it available to a number of underage counselors at camp.”
Silva denies the charges, arguing that he accidentally recorded the game after walking into the middle of it and that all participants were at least 18 years old.
Silva says the charges are politically motivated. He faces re-election in November.
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
