This story has been updated with additional information.
Newly uncovered criminal records are creating more questions about Franklin Alderman and mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson. Records that show that Hanson was charged with money laundering and engaging in organized crime, in addition to her admission of conviction of promotion of prostitution.
On Tuesday evening, Hanson's campaign social media pages posted a video of her admitting to one count of promotion of prostitution, but records obtained by The News show two counts of promotion of prostitution in Texas.
Those records, accessed through a commercially available public records website, detail that the money laundering and one of the promotion of prostitution offenses occurred in April of 1993.
The second promotion of prostitution offense and organized crime offense occurred in 1995.
"Court Disposition" for the organized crime and money laundering charges are listed as "no finding of guilt (dismissal type,)" while both charges of promotion of prostitution are listed as "nonadjucation of guilt (agreed plea,)" suggesting Hanson pleaded to two counts of promotion of prostitution.
The documents also list two years of max jail time and a total of four years of max probation time as well as $600,000 in fines, but it's unclear at this time what Hanson's actual conviction and sentence was some 30 years ago.
While the accessible recorded criminal history is not complete, Hanson has already admitted to one of the four charges.
On Wednesday evening, News Channel 5 investigative reporter Phil Williams detailed that much of the cases remain unknown because it appears to have been sealed, meaning that it is not publicly available in its entirety following a court order.
Williams' reporting sparked Hanson to post about her past criminal history, but as the documents and NC5's reporting suggest, there are now more questions than answers about who Hanson is and claims to be in her bid for mayor.
According to that NC5 report, Hanson, whose full name at the time was Laraine Gabrielle Bush, has also been linked to an alias.
Hanson said in her Tuesday social media post that she "just wanted out" and accepted a no contest plea to one count of promotion of prostitution, calling it the "easiest way out."
"Punishment for the deferred adjudication was do not live in Dallas for two years," Hanson said, after which she moved to Chicago.
At the time of publishing, Hanson has not returned a request for comment from The News.