Overview
- A federal judge unsealed civil case documents in October, allowing news outlets this week to publish new details about the accuser’s background.
- Court records and statements from attorney Laura B. Wolf describe her as a homeless high school junior working at McDonald’s who used a sugar‑dating website to raise money for braces.
- The House Ethics Committee reported she told investigators she received $400 after sex with Gaetz at a 2017 house party and said she saw him use cocaine.
- The Justice Department, which examined related conduct tied to Joel Greenberg, declined to charge Gaetz, while Greenberg pleaded guilty and received an approximately 11‑year sentence.
- Gaetz called the woman’s account “fiction,” asserting she threatened a $2.3 million lawsuit, and the accuser has not been publicly identified.