Rep. Mary Morrissey caught on tape bullying colleague Rep. Jim Carroll by secretly wetting his bag for ages
Vermont Republican secretly poured water into colleague’s bag over months
Mary Morrissey apologizes after being filmed dumping liquid into backpack of Democratic legislator Jim Carroll
An apparent personal rivalry between two state representatives from the same district in Vermont spilled into public view Monday in an emotional and tense interaction on the House floor.
Vermont state representatives Jim Caroll, a Democrat, and Mary Morrissey, a Republican.
The bizarre behavior is allegedly a part of a campaign of harassment that one legislator aimed at another who represents the same district in the Green Mountain state, independent outlet Seven Days first reported.
The Republican representative, Mary Morrissey, 67, confessed to dumping water in the bag of the Democratic legislator Jim Carroll, 62. She later apologized during a Vermont state house session on Monday, Boston.com reported.
“I am truly ashamed of my actions,” Morrissey said.
A game camera set up by state Rep. Jim Carroll in a Statehouse corridor repeatedly caught fellow Bennington Rep. Mary Morrissey in the act of pouring water from a cup into his bag of personal belongings, from April 2024. Screenshot from a video Carroll released to media this week.
Morrissey did not respond to the Guardian’s request for comment.
She and Carroll both represent the city of Bennington, about 25 miles outside of Manchester. Morrissey has served 13 terms in the Vermont legislature while Carroll has served two.
Carroll told the Guardian that Morrissey had poured cups of water into his bag since January.
Carroll says he first suspected Morrissey as she had been “nasty” to him for several months despite the two knowing each other since childhood and even attending the same church.
“[She] would say demeaning things in front of other legislators,” Carroll said.
But Carroll had no evidence, so he decided to launch his own investigation. For weeks, Carroll secretly recorded footage of his backpack to catch the person in the act.
In two videos Carroll captured, Morrissey is seen dumping a cup of liquid into Carroll’s green tote bag. Morrissey’s face was not captured in the video, but fellow lawmakers were able to identify her by her gray hair.
Seven Days later used a public records request to obtain footage of Morrissey dumping water into Carroll’s bag. That was after the outlet initially reported on Morrissey’s behavior and an ethics investigation into her.
Carroll initially refused to release the videos to Seven Days but ultimately changed his mind.
“I have been very reluctant to disclose the video because I believe it will deeply embarrass Representative Morrissey,” Carroll wrote in a statement to the outlet. “However, it has become clear to me that the media are aware of the details of Representative Morrissey’s behavior and likely will continue to report on that behavior in the near future.”
Carroll said when he first saw the video of Morrissey, he felt “sad”. “There was no good that was going to come out of this,” he said.
Morrissey later apologized to Carroll during a subsequent meeting and claimed that she didn’t know the bag belonged to him.
According to Carroll, Morrissey initially said that she “flicked” water on the bag because she saw a bug on it. But she later added that she didn’t know why she decided to dump water on Carroll’s bag for months on end.
“At the end of the meeting, I looked at her and said, ‘You know, this has really fucked me up.’ There were weeks when I didn’t know who was doing this or why,” Carroll said.
“I walked around this place, paranoid of my fellow legislators, racking my brain trying to think, ‘What could I have possibly said or done?’”
Carroll said that he was still weighing whether he should pursue charges against Morrissey for the harassment.
As for whether he forgives Morrissey, Carroll said: “I guess I would have to say yes in the spirit of forgiveness, reluctantly. But if I had to be a smartass, I’d say her apology holds about as much water as my canvas bag.”
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Victoria’s Secret model Kelly Gale revealed she and her boyfriend were once caught having sex on a plane.
The 22-year-old, who has been in a long-term relationship with boyfriend Johannes Jarl since high school, shared the story during a radio interview on the Kyle and Jackie O Show on Wednesday.
When asked if she’s ever joined the mile high club, Gale admitted “yeah,” before sharing that she and her boyfriend were busted coming out of the airplane bathroom. But the model said it wasn’t awkward and the couple just “laughed” it off.
Gale also shared details about their relationship with the radio hosts.
Kelly Gale
Swedish model
Kelly Olivia Gale is a Swedish-Australian model of Indian and Australian heritage. Kelly is known globally for her work for Victoria’s Secret, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and Playboy
Height: 1.82 m
Nationality: Swedish
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