A top Tory MP resigned as a Ministerial aide tonight after a Sunday Mirror investigation into claims he paid a teenage rent boy for sex and drugs.
Mark Menzies, 42, quit his post as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) over allegations made by a Brazilian male escort.
Rogerio Santos claimed Mr Menzies, 42, paid for his services 18 months ago, before showing him around Parliament.
The 19-year-old then claims the MP asked him to supply him with illegal methedrone.
His allegations led to Mr Menzies dramatically quitting last night as a Parliamentary Private Secretary with the Department for International Development.
He said: "I have decided to resign as a PPS after a series of allegations were made against me in a Sunday newspaper."
We were contacted by Santos in a series of emails last week in which he openly admitted being a rent boy.
He told us: "I have been having sex with a Conservative MP for money.
"Mark also asked me to buy methedrone.
"I have personal messages of him talking to me about drugs."
Santos claimed he overstayed his student visa, was in the country illegally and made other claims about Mr Menzies – although it is understood the MP was unaware of Santos's immigration status.
The unmarried MP, who was parliamentary private secretary to International Development Minister Alan Duncan until 7pm tonight, has repeatedly asked Commons questions about the Government's work on rehabilitation for drugs offenders.
But texts on Santos' phone, which he showed to the Sunday Mirror, reveal messages asking the teenager for full details about the quality of methedrone available and how much it would cost.
Methedrone was banned in the UK in 2010 and is a Class B drug dubbed "poor man's cocaine".
A series of messages seen by the Sunday Mirror show the 42-year-old MP asking for the price of the drug.
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:39 am