An ex candidate for Virginia state legislature whose for online sex videos with her husband sparked uproar when they were leaked has been arrested on a domestic violence charge — but she says it was the result of a bogus report from her now-estranged spouse.

Susanna Gibson Payne, 42, was arrested in Henrico County on Sept. 22 for “assault and battery – family member”

The 42-year-old was released after turning herself in. 3

But Gibson told The Post that her lawyer husband — 44-year-old John David Gibson — has been harassing her since she filed for divorce, and he was the one who got aggressive with her.

“After my estranged husband, arrested three times since I filed for divorce, assaulted me during a June 2025 custody exchange while I protected our son, he filed a retaliatory crimi

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