HARVEST, Ala. – Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley on Monday said he is “humbly” asking people for their forgiveness after his admission of inappropriate behavior with a former top aide.
The Republican governor, speaking with reporters during a tour of Limestone Correctional facility, briefly addressed the scandal that has engulfed him for more than a week.
“I have truly asked the people of this state, that are the most loving and the best people in the world, I have asked them to forgive me. It’s mine. I own it. I did it. I point no fingers at anybody else. I make no excuses for that. I own my problem,” Bentley said according to WBRC (http://bit.ly/1TwX3Ef )
“I have humbly opened myself up to the people of this state and I have asked them to forgive me and let me continue to do the things that they elected me for twice, and that’s to try to make their lives better.”
The 73-year-old governor last month admitted making inappropriate remarks to his former senior policy adviser, Rebekah Caldwell Mason, 44. Mason has since resigned.