Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen Has a Secret Daughter, Not a Secret Lover Like Everyone Thought

This is a weird one. The day after President Obama’s State of the Union, there were reports of Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen sending what, at the time, seemed like flirtatious tweets to Victoria Brink, a 24-year-old model and former Texas State University student. Those tweets, which were quickly deleted and included messages like “nice to know you were watchin SOTU(state of the union). Happy Valentines beautiful girl. Ilu,” seemed like your standard social media mishap by a middle-aged horndog politician. Some digging from the Daily Intelligencer led to a comment from Cohen’s communication director, Michael Pagan, who said Brink is the “daughter of a longtime friend and they’re pretty much like family.” Pagan also told Daily Intelligencer that Cohen had known Brink for “pretty much” her whole life and that Cohen had a longterm girlfriend in Memphis. So, a denial that didn’t do much to dissuade people that something odd and probably inappropriate was going on. End of story, right? More »