Ben Quayle changes story on website
Ben Quayle had a hard time getting his story straight Tuesday.
The son of former Vice President Dan Quayle and an Arizona Republican candidate for Congress admitted Tuesday night that he did, in fact, post comments on DirtyScottsdale.com, a website devoted to chronicling the trashy side of the Scottsdale nightclub scene.
His admission came hours after a POLITICO story quoted him saying he “was not involved in the site,” which was the precursor to TheDirty.com., a popular national gossip site.
In an interview with Phoenix’s 12News, Quayle, 33, denied Dirty Scottsdale founder Nik Richie’s claim that he posted under the pseudonym “Brock Landers,” a reference to a porn star in the movie “Boogie Nights.”
But Quayle, a self-described conservative and one of 10 candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the 3rd Congressional District, admitted to contributing to the site, contradicting his earlier comments.
“I just posted comments to try to drive some traffic,” he said.
“What kind of comments?” the reporter asked.
“This is four years ago,” Quayle replied. “This is hilarious this is being brought up. … This is a smear. This is a smear on me from a smear website being pushed by a smear campaign.”
Richie, whose real name is Hooman Karamian, told POLITICO that Quayle was “one of the original contributors” to the site when it started in 2007. Richie said Quayle posted under the Web alias “Brock Landers” and documented his quest to find the “hottest chick in Scottsdale.”
On Tuesday, Richie reposted on his website what he said were some of Quayle’s original contributions.
Richie also told POLITICO that Quayle introduced him to attorneys at the Phoenix law firm where he worked, Snell & Wilmer, so his Internet site could incorporate. But Quayle told POLITICO Tuesday morning that he couldn’t recall whether he had made the introduction.
Later in the day, however, Quayle confirmed to several Phoenix TV stations that he introduced Richie to an intellectual property attorney at Snell & Wilmer.
“He wanted an IP attorney, and I referred him to one,” Quayle told 12News. “I don’t know if they met or not.”
Poster Comment:
He's a chip off the old potatoe.
