The case of a 20-year-old medical assistant reportedly secretly recording an elderly couple having sex, now has the attention of a United States senator.

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said he heard the news and he wants answers.

This week, Senator Grassley sent a letter to the to the Bristol Court Assisted Living Facility in Saint Petersburg where this happened.

According to investigators 20-year-old Alexis Williams recorded an 81-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man having consensual sex. Reports show she did it without their knowledge and then posted the video on Snapchat. She reportedly told detectives she did it for her amusement. Williams is charged with two counts of video voyeurism.

Now Sen. Grassley wants to hear from Bristol Court Assisted Living facility. “This reported behavior, perpetrated against one of the most vulnerable populations in our country, is absolutely abhorrent,” he said.

In his letter, he has a list of questions he wants the facility to ask regarding their preventive policies. He asks for:

  • A description of all social media policies
  • How such social media policies are currently enforced
  • A description of all screening before the hiring of new employees 

He also asks for a description of all supervisory guidelines that govern employee conduct and how current policies address the violations, which resulted in $6,500 in fines in 2015.

Officials from the facility said those $6,500 in fines were related to the previous ownership. They said new ownership didn’t take over until July 2015.

According to the Agency for Health Care Administration, the new company has been cited three times since July 2015. Some of those citations include not properly training staff and failing to give patients proper assistance with medication. AHCA also shows the company corrected those actions after cited.   

A Bristol Court Assisted Living Facility official said they don’t have any comment on this case involving their two clients and former employee. But they did say Williams was fired as soon as someone reported the video to them back in August. We asked if they plan to respond to the senator’s letter and they had no comment on that either.

According to the letter, the facility has until April 11 to respond to the senator’s questions.