Former Orange County Assemblyman Michael Duvall, who resigned after inadvertently broadcasting explicit remarks about Michael Duvall sexual conquests over an open microphone, denied this morning that Michael Duvall had an affair.Assemblyman Mike Duvall quit in shame Wednesday after tape recordings showed the married father of two boasted and laughed about having sex with and spanking one of two mistresses.Duvall will be investigated by the Assembly Ethics Committee, despite his resignation, amid reports."I want to make it clear that my decision to resign is in no way an admission that I had an affair or affairs,"Mike Duvall said in a statement in his website. "My offense was engaging in inappropriate story-telling and I regret my language and choice of words" Mike Duvall also said.Duvall stepped down after legislative leaders stripped him of his committee posts and launched an ethics probe of his actions.Duvall's salacious chatter came during a break in a Capitol hearing during which he apparently didn't realize a microphone was live."She wears little eye-patch underwear,"Mike Duvall told a Republican colleague.At another point in the choppy, not always audible conversation, recorded as an official Assembly record, Mike Duvall talked of sexual game-playing with "Eye Patch" but does not mention her name."So, I am getting into spanking her,"Mike Duvall said. "Yeah, I liked it. I like spanking her. She goes, 'I know you like spanking me.' I said, 'Yeah, because you're such a bad girl."The sudden scandal was one more bruise for Sacramento as it lurches toward Friday, the end of a particularly unproductive legislative year."The use of sexual favors is just one more example of the tactics that energy companies and lobbyists have used to win favorable laws from lawmakers," said Kathay Feng, president of California Common Cause.Mike Duvall, 54, mentioned on the tape that his mistress had just celebrated her birthday and was 18 years younger than he. "I said, 'Now you're getting old, I am going to have to trade you in,' "Mike Duvall quipped.As TV camera crews chased lawmakers through Capitol corridors for comment on the scandal Wednesday.Mike Duvall, some said, just happened to get caught.The KCAL report says one of the women is a lobbyist for a major utility with business before Duvall's committee.
In the video,Mike Duvall says her birthday is July 6.Sempra issued a written statement saying that it is investigating the matter, but that its "employee has denied the speculative media reports."On the tape,Mike Duvall describes the "little eye-patch underwear" worn by one of the women.Mike Duvall refers to the age gap between her and him, after a recent birthday made them 18 years apart. "Now, you're getting old, man, I am going to have to trade you in," he said he told her."Cher, Shar, Shar--oh, she is hot. I talked to her yesterday. She goes, 'So are we finished?' " Duvall says, adding that he replied no. He continues:"And I go, 'You know about the other one, but the other one doesn't know about you.""It is always disappointing when a champion of traditional values does not practice the same in his private life," said Karen England, executive director of the institute.The earliest that a primary election could be held is Nov. 3, with a runoff, if necessary, on Jan. 5, officials said.Jon Waldie, longtime Assembly administrator, said that Duvall's resignation marked the first time in memory that an Assembly member had resigned his seat over sexual conduct.