According “Ryan,” Cruz’s office notified him in May that nothing more could be done on his case. Truitt then contacted his senator, Ted Cruz. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) but that the agency found no probable cause to investigate. “Ryan” told Gawker he had taken his discrimination case to the U.S. Records show that Truitt had a lien placed against him in September 2013, by Alexen Vistas, an apartment complex in Austin. But “Ryan” believed that he was given the boot because of his work in gay porn. “Ryan” reportedly discovered Geithner’s family ties and figured he could use the connection to help settle an ongoing housing dispute with his former landlord in Texas. “Ryan” told Gawker that his landlord claimed he was being evicted because he had a service dog that he needed for PTSD. Geithner told Gawker he did not know who “Ryan” was.Īfter allegedly receiving the money, Truitt - or “Ryan” - said he decided to cross-reference Geithner’s phone number (“Ryan” said Geithner declined to provide his last name). Gawker published screenshots of the text messages, one of which allegedly was a selfie sent by Geithner.
