Overview

• Grace said the affair began in 2004 when she was 18 and described clandestine cash drop-offs, including envelopes hidden under a Chuck E. Cheese dumpster, to fund their meetups and abortions.
• Capriglione acknowledged the relationship and apologized for the affair while categorically denying he ever paid for an abortion.
• He authored the 2021 Human Life Protection Act, a trigger ban that made performing abortions punishable by up to life in prison in Texas.
• Republican State Rep. Briscoe Cain has publicly called for Capriglione’s resignation and urged the House General Investigating Committee to open a formal probe.
• Capriglione withdrew from his reelection bid days before the allegations surfaced and will serve out his term through 2027 under mounting scrutiny.