Christian Ziegler mentioned in heavily redacted police documents that includes the word ‘raped’, reports say

Christian Ziegler mentioned in heavily redacted police documents that includes the word ‘raped’, reports say

The chairman of Florida’s Republican party, Christian Ziegler, is reported to be under investigation for sexual battery – a potential political bombshell in a state that Donald Trump and Governor Ron DeSantis call home.

According to heavily redacted police department documents, Ziegler is mentioned in the context of an “active criminal investigation” after an individual reported being “sexually battered” at home in Sarasota on 2 October.

The detective’s report mentions a “sexual assault allegation” and “sexual assault complaint” but almost no other information. Only five words survive the redactions: “stated … raped … stated that … raped”, according to Sarasota’s Herald-Tribune and other outlets.

  • PeleSpirit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    221·
    9 months ago

    The unidentified accuser told cops she and Florida Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler, along with Ziegler’s wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, had been in a “longstanding consensual three-way sexual relationship prior to the incident,” reported the Florida Center for Government Accountability (FLCGA), which first obtained the document. Source

    • girlfreddy@lemmy.ca
      92·
      9 months ago

      Grown adults can do whatever they want behind closed doors … as long as it’s consensual. Anything beyond that is, in fact, rape.

      If the accusation is true I hope he gets his ass kicked down the road.