A Virginia lawmaker who was jailed over a sex scandal with his 17-year-old receptionist has announced that she has given birth to a baby boy . Delegate Joseph Morrissey , 57 , told The Richmond Times-Dispatch on Sunday that Myrna Pride , now 18 , had delivered ' a beautiful , healthy 7 lb . 8 oz . baby boy ' in Georgia . ' I was with Myrna and she is absolutely thrilled… I am too ! ' he told the paper , which added that there was no information on the baby 's father . Morrissey , who was re-elected from behind bars in January , was released from jail last week after completing a sentence for a misdemeanor relating to the sex scandal , which emerged last summer . Sex scandal : Joe Morrissey , pictured in January , has announced a teenager with whom he is accused of having sex has given birth to a healthy boy . He pleaded no contest to the charges last year . To avoid a trial , he had pleaded no contest in December 2014 to contributing to the delinquency of a minor in a sex scandal involving the then-17-year-old girl . The plea allowed him to avoid potentially decades behind bars . He had been accused of having sex with the teenager in his law offices - where she worked - and of possessing a naked photo of her , which he also sent to a friend . Their alleged relationship emerged after Pride 's sisters and father found a nude photo and sexually explicit messages on her phone . They tracked Morrissey and Pride from a restaurant one night in August 2013 , and then called police , who found the teenager inside his home at midnight . Morrissey , a bachelor who has fathered three children with three different women , has denied having sex with the teenager . She has also denied the relationship . Morrissey claimed that Pride came to his home that night in August 2013 not to have sex , but to get his legal help recovering child support from her father , Coleman Pride . Then earlier this year , he was indicted on four new felony charges for allegedly forging a document relating to payments Pride 's father owed her . Morrissey allegedly vouched for the document in court and persuaded the girl 's mother to swear to its authenticity as well . Behind bars : Morrissey is seen leaving jail in Barhamsville , Virginia on work release in January . He was released last week but now faces four felony charges over allegations he forged court documents . The document had been presented in court to support his version of events from the night the girl was found inside his home . It appeared to be a court order showing that Coleman Pride , Myrna 's father , had agreed to pay $ 50 a month into a college fund for his daughter . But prosecutors said there is no court record of any child support order , and that the document 'appears to be a fabrication ' . Charges : Deirdre Warren ( pictured ) is also accused of swearing the documents were authentic . Myrna 's mother , Deidre Warren , was also indicted on perjury and forgery charges . Morrissey faces up to 10 years on each count if convicted . He is preparing for a trial on the charges and Pride , who will turn 19 later this month , has appeared at his recent hearings , the Times-Dispatch reported . Morrissey , an attorney known as 'Fighting Joe ' since his 1993 courthouse fistfight with another lawyer , said earlier this year that the charges are false and he vowed to beat them . 'This is a very harmful and mean-spirited blow , but I 'll do what I 've always done . I 'll prevail , ' he said . After his conviction , the four-term Democrat announced his resignation under pressure from his colleagues but angered them by running as an independent in the special election called to choose his successor . He won the election in January . That month , the Associated Press reported that his colleagues largely ignore him . House Speaker William J. Howell stripped Morrissey of his committee assignments , and legislative leaders from both parties are debating whether to censure or expel him . 'This is a truly painful and embarrassing chapter for the oldest continuously operating legislative body in the New World , ' Howell said after learning of the new charges . 'The House will evaluate these new indictments as it pertains to disciplinary action . '
Delegate Joseph Morrissey was released from jail last week after completing a sentence over accusations he had sex with the girl , then 17 . He revealed on Sunday that the teenager , PrideMyrna Pride , had given birth to a healthy boy ; it is not clear who the father is . He was accused of having sex with the girl at his offices , where she worked , and receiving a naked photograph of her . Both have denied the relationship . He now faces four new felony charges that he forged a document relating to money Myrna Pride 's father owed her .