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The National Party MP who had a relationship with fellow National MP Jamie Lee Ross and allegedly sent a text that is now under Police investigation is Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie. The text including words “You deserve to die.”
The full text reads:
The text sent to Ross said: “Before you interpret this as your usual narc self – don’t. Interpret it as me – you are a f***ing ugly MF pig. Shave that f***ing tuft of hair off your f***ing front of skull head and own your baldness – you sweaty, fat, toe inturned mutant. You deserve to die and leave your children in peace and your wife out of torment – f***er!”
Newstalknz reports..
On 19th October in an interview with Newstalknz – two days before going into mental health care – Ross disclosed the extra-marital relationship with Dowie. But Newstalkzb chose to not review the MP.
Ross and Dowie were understood to have been in a relationship for more than two years. It is believed to have ended around May.
During that time, Dowie and Ross were both in marriages with children each. Dowie and her husband later separated.
The text message which is the focus of police inquiries was made public last year in the wake of Ross’ explosive departure from Parliament.
It followed claims of inappropriate behaviour towards female colleagues, leading to Ross disclosing two extramarital relationships.
At the time, the text message from Dowie’s phone was released publicly through channels friendly to the rogue MP.
New Zealand Herald reports..
Police are investigating a text message, allegedly sent from the phone of National Party MP Sarah Dowie, to her former colleague and ex lover Jami-Lee Ross.
The police investigation is said to focus on whether the text message – which came after the break-up of their extra-marital relationship – constituted an incitement to self-harm, which is punishable by up to three years in prison.
Ross, 33, has previously named Invercargill MP Dowie, 43, as one of the women with whom he had an extra-marital relationship while National MP for Botany.
The text message included the words: “You deserve to die.”
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