Kevin Garn

Kevin Stacy Garn (born January 14, 1955) is an American politician and the former Republican majority leader of the Utah House of Representatives.

[5] Garn first became involved in politics in 1989 when Franklin Knowlton, a family friend and politician, retired from the Utah House of Representatives.

In 2002, Garn ran for the seat of Utah's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives,[7] but lost the Republican primary to Rob Bishop.

[8][9] At the close of the 2010 legislative session, Garn admitted to a nude encounter with an underage female, Cheryl Maher, in a hot tub in 1985 when he was 28.

[10] Garn paid Maher $150,000 for signing a confidentiality agreement in 2002 when she threatened to expose the incident during his failed U.S. congressional campaign.