Former Rep. Matt Gaetz facing sex trafficking allegations
Former Representative Matt Gaetz is being sued by two women who allege he engaged in sex trafficking and sexual exploitation between 2017 and 2019. The civil lawsuit incorporates findings from a House Ethics Committee report and a plea agreement from a former associate, Joel Greenberg.
Why it matters
The lawsuit brings renewed legal scrutiny to allegations of misconduct against a high-profile former member of Congress.
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz is facing allegations of sex trafficking by two women who filed a civil lawsuit against him and two other men in federal court Thursday.
The women, identified as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2, are accusing Gaetz, former Florida state Rep. Chris Dorworth and Joel Greenberg, a former tax collector in Florida’s Seminole County, of “recruitment and sexual exploitation” from 2017 through January 2019 — while Gaetz was a sitting member of Congress. The lawsuit relies in part on a House Ethics Committee report that concluded Gaetz paid roughly a dozen women for sex between 2017 and 2020.
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