Overview

• State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione acknowledged a yearslong extramarital affair with Alex Grace but categorically denied ever paying for an abortion.
• Republican Rep. Briscoe Cain and others have called for Capriglione’s resignation and urged the Texas House General Investigating Committee to examine potential ethics breaches.
• Capriglione said he will pursue legal remedies against Grace and news outlets for what he described as false and defamatory claims.
• Critics highlight the clash between Capriglione’s authorship of Texas’s strict Human Life Protection Act and his proclaimed personal conduct.
• He withdrew from the 2025 reelection race days before Grace’s allegations surfaced and will remain in office until January 2027.