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Rep. Matt Gaetz attended a drug-fueled sex party in 2017 with the 17-year-old girl at the center of the alleged sex trafficking scandal, according to legal documents filed to a Florida federal court shortly before midnight Thursday, which cite sealed affidavits from three eye-witness testimonies.

The minor, who was a junior in high school at the time, arrived in her mother’s car for a July 15, 2017 party at the Florida home of Chris Dorworth, a lobbyist and friend of Gaetz’s, according to a court filing written by defense attorneys who interviewed witnesses as part of an ongoing civil lawsuit Dorworth brought in 2023.

The lobbyist claimed he had been unfairly dragged into the alleged sex trafficking scandal that has dogged Gaetz and his allies for years. Dorworth ultimately dropped the case, but lawyers filed these documents in an attempt to recoup attorneys fees for a lawsuit they say should never have been brought.

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[–] dmMeYourNudes@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 5 hours ago

Scandal doesn’t feel like a strong enough word for this. Doing coke is a scandal, sex trafficking is a crime against humanity.

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 3 points 5 hours ago

hmmm, still not drag queens.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

It is always the people you most suspect.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

I see we have today's installment of it's always projection.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago
[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 12 hours ago

Wild how our system just let's powerful people have sex with children consequence free.

Imagina if the anti pedofile side of the party knows about this. Oh they won't do anything because the MF was reelected after the scandal.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 40 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure QAnon people will be all over this, right?

Right?

[–] mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Yeah they will say it's a crackpot conspiracy theory from the Dems and libtards

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 17 points 13 hours ago

#justrepublicanthings

[–] protist@mander.xyz 31 points 15 hours ago

The new details were released in a cache of court filings that were ironically made public as a direct result of the congressman’s friend, Dorworth, trying to make this disappear.

When the DOJ dropped the investigation, Dorworth sued several people including Greenberg, and the woman who claimed she was sex-trafficked by Gaetz when she was only 17. Dorworth did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

D'oh!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

Noooooo not Butthead!

Hehm heh heh heheheh uhhhhh ok

[–] AtomicHotSauce@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago
[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 55 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Finally we're into the fun part of the 2024 US election cycle where Matt Gaetz gets raked over the coals.

Popcorn for everyone!!!

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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 29 points 15 hours ago

Unfortunately I doubt it. Maybe in court, but remember, the entire GOP platform is made up of people who think "but I could be this one day."

Based on everything I've observed, they don't care about the details of consent and abuse. They see this and think "Nice!" Instead of "what the fuck?"

[–] myster0n@feddit.nl 7 points 15 hours ago

Thanks 🍿

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 25 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

oh boy, between this and robinson, it's getting real dumb real fast

ya love to see it

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Let’s hope both of them go the way of George Santos

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago

Lobbyist, lobby thyself