A newly released recording of a state representative’s 2015 phone conversation with Gov. Robert Bentley sheds new light on Bentley’s state of mind — and failure to take responsibility — in the days following his divorce from former First Lady Dianne Bentley and the revelation that he had an inappropriate relationship with a top adviser, Rebekah Caldwell Mason. In the recording, Bentley sternly but unconvincingly seems to shift blame for his recent personal and political woes from himself to others, including “casino gambling” supporters and to the former First Lady.
Muriel Farley, whose husband State Rep. Allen Farley speaks to the governor on the phone call, recently released the recording to conservative blog Yellowhammer News after publishing a personal blog post entitled “Dianne Bentley, My Friend,” in which she reflects that she regrets not being more supportive of the former First Lady in the days after the governor’s scandal began to unfold.
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