Kentucky’s ex-Survivor lawmaker rues ‘embarrassing’ cousin gaffe in incest bill

Republican Nick Wilson hurriedly redrafts proposed law to combat familial abuse that would have legalized sex between first cousins

A Kentucky state lawmaker and 2018 winner of the television competition Survivor had to hastily scrap a proposed measure that – if approved – would have unintentionally legalized sex between first cousins.

After correcting the gaffe within a day, Nick Wilson – a Republican representative in Kentucky’s house of representatives – expressed hope that the misstep would not doom a measure whose purpose is to combat familial abuse.