Rep. Mel Reynolds

Former Illinois Rep. Mel Reynolds was convicted on 12 counts of criminal sexual assault, sexual abuse, obstruction of justice, and solicitation of child pornography. He was later convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud. In August 1994, Reynolds was indicted for sexual assault and criminal sexual abuse for engaging in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old campaign volunteer that began during the 1992 campaign. He also faced charges of child pornography for asking the underage campaign worker to obtain “lewd photographs of another girl who was age 15” and obstruction of justice for convincing one of the girls involved to lie to authorities.