Trans MP Jamie Wallis Charged With Fleeing From Car Crash
Police have charged the MP for Bridgend with failing to stop after a car crash.
Jamie Wallis has also been charged with failing to report a road traffic collision, driving without due care and attention, and leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position.
The charges relate to an incident in Llanblethian, Cowbridge, in the early hours of November 28.
He is due to appear at Cardiff Magistrates Court on Tuesday, May 10, according to The National.
Dr. Wallis has been the Conservative MP for Bridgend since December 2019. In a highly public statement released last month, he revealed he had been raped and blackmailed, and was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
He also said he wants to transition to be a woman.
He wrote he had been targeted by a blackmailer who threatened to out him to the public unless he paid £50,000.
The MP said the offender was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison after admitting his guilt.
He also disclosed he was raped by a man he “hooked up” with after meeting online, saying after the experience he “felt very ashamed and empty inside” and suffered nightmares and flashbacks as a result.
He was praised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other MPs after posting the message online shortly before 3 a.m. on March 30, following a gathering for Tory MPs at which Mr. Johnson reportedly made a joke about trans issues.
He said he “wouldn’t wait as long as I’ve waited” but there was “nothing wrong with just taking some time and discovering yourself.”
“But when you know who you are, you are ready and you want to tell the world, there are people like myself who are waiting and we’re welcoming, we’re friendly and we’re here to help and support,” he added.
Wallis won his seat in December 2019, managing to oust Labour’s Madeleine Moon who had held the constituency for 14 years.
The following month there were calls in the House of Commons from Opposition MPs for him to apologize after company records showed he had held a business interest in a so-called “sugar daddy” website called Sugar-Daddy.net which was branded “exploitative and demeaning.”
In February this year, Wallis was fined £270 and received 3 points on his license at Cardiff Magistrates Court after admitting the offence of crossing a solid white line while driving a Mercedes on the A48 in August 2021.
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