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BumRushDaShow

(173,471 posts)
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 07:02 AM 9 hrs ago

Kristi Noem's Husband Bryon Used Work Phone for Paid Calls: Sex Worker

Source: Newsweek

Published Jun 23, 2026 at 07:02 PM EDT updated Jun 23, 2026 at 07:03 PM EDT


A Colorado sex worker says Bryon Noem used a phone number tied to his insurance business for paid calls over several years. A new interview details his reported interest in transitioning and his long‑running online relationship with a dominatrix. The claims intensify scrutiny on former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whose anti‑trans agenda shaped national policy and whose family now faces renewed ethical and security questions.

Shy Sotomayor, a dominatrix known online as Raelynn Riley and who spoke with Uncloseted Media, said Bryon Noem repeatedly contacted her through a number associated with Noem Insurance Group. She shared recordings and messages she says document years of paid calls and personal conversations.

The number matches one previously linked to Bryon Noem in reporting from April by The Independent, which also reviewed messages in which he discussed feminization and a desire to be called “Crystal.” He pushed back on the allegations at the time, telling The Independent only that the claims are “not all true.” He has not addressed which parts he disputes.

Newsweek sent a text message seeking comment to Bryon Noem. An email requesting comment was also sent to a representative for Kristi Noem.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-husband-cross-dressing-sex-worker-controversy-12111587

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Kristi Noem's Husband Bryon Used Work Phone for Paid Calls: Sex Worker (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP
Do the republicans have him attending conversion therapy?.................. Lovie777 9 hrs ago #1
So da fuck what? He's gotta get off somehow. If he tries it with his wife and she walks away unhappy - - - remember 3Hotdogs 9 hrs ago #2
A step up from Kristi Gnome IMO. Crowman2009 8 hrs ago #3
Enough already about Byron Noem. We get it. He has issues. Ray Bruns 8 hrs ago #4
She is still working in the administration and has serious security issues BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago #5
Besides, looks like the "work phone" jeffreyi 6 hrs ago #7
Their entire brand is built on demonizing "others" not fooled 4 hrs ago #8
Was he calling his bosom buddy? Blue Owl 7 hrs ago #6
Byron's Song LudwigPastorius 1 hr ago #9

Lovie777

(24,441 posts)
1. Do the republicans have him attending conversion therapy?..................
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 07:49 AM
9 hrs ago

the Republican party is gung-ho in trying to cure what they think is unnatural sexual conditions although it seems to be happening inside their own party.

The constant stigma the republican party tries to affix upon their political opposition which basically are lies and untruths.

But alas Republicans are hypocrites.

3Hotdogs

(15,721 posts)
2. So da fuck what? He's gotta get off somehow. If he tries it with his wife and she walks away unhappy - - - remember
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 07:52 AM
9 hrs ago

what happened to the dog?

Ray Bruns

(6,952 posts)
4. Enough already about Byron Noem. We get it. He has issues.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 08:24 AM
8 hrs ago

We need to do better than Fox News.

BumRushDaShow

(173,471 posts)
5. She is still working in the administration and has serious security issues
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 08:44 AM
8 hrs ago

I.e., it's not so much about him but her (and even Lewandowski - remember him? ) And many of her cruel and convoluted policy decisions are still in place, despite Mullin now Acting as Secretary.

jeffreyi

(2,618 posts)
7. Besides, looks like the "work phone"
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:07 AM
6 hrs ago

Belongs to his own company. Seems to me, he can call who he wants.

not fooled

(6,812 posts)
8. Their entire brand is built on demonizing "others"
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 12:40 PM
4 hrs ago

so when one of theirs is revealed to be exactly what they pretend they are not, it's news. And worthy of ridicule.

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