Overview
- A federal judge in Florida unsealed civil case documents, revealing that the accuser was a homeless 17-year-old high schooler seeking money for braces.
- Her attorney says she falsely listed herself as 18 on a sugar-daddy website in 2017 and met Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg, who allegedly paid $400 per encounter.
- Unsealed materials and testimony allege two $400 sexual encounters with Matt Gaetz the same night, observed cocaine use by Gaetz, and a party witness identified as Republican fundraiser Chris Dorworth.
- The House Ethics Committee previously found substantial evidence that Gaetz violated rules covering prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress.
- Gaetz denies wrongdoing, calling the account fiction and alleging a $2.3 million payoff demand, while the Justice Department did not bring charges.