MAGA firebrand Matt Gaetz has been accused of attending a wild drug and sex fueled party with a 17-year-old girl in shocking new court documents.
The Florida congressman, 42, was placed at the party by three witness testimonies in still-sealed affidavits, according to Notus.
One of the witnesses described the alleged minor as a high-school junior who was seen naked at the party, which was allegedly filled with drugs including ecstasy and cocaine.
The Republican was named in the documents as they were filed by attorneys attempting to recoup legal fees from Chris Dorworth, a lobbyist friend of Gaetz who allegedly hosted the scandalous party at his Florida home.
Gaetz’s office could not be reached for comment.
Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz has been accused of attending a wild drug and sex fueled party with a 17-year-old girl in shocking new court documents
In the new court filings this week, it was alleged that the party with the teen took place on July 15, 2017.
She allegedly arrived at the party in her mother’s car.
The filings mark the first time witnesses have testified that Gaetz was present at the alleged party, which he has frequently denied.
Gaetz has become a close ally of former President Donald Trump in recent years, and played a leading role in the dramatic ousting of former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy last year.
In April, McCarthy raised eyebrows as he directly blamed his removal from the office on ‘one person… a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old.’
Allegations that Gaetz had sex with an underage girl first emerged in 2021 when the Justice Department opened an investigation into the congressman.
The investigation was ended in February as the DOJ declined to prosecute Gaetz, despite claims from another of Dorworth’s alleged associates, local Florida official Joel Greenberg, that Gaetz paid the teenager for sex, reported The Daily Beast.
The outlet previously released alleged Venmo records showing Gaetz sent money to Greenberg and used a nickname for the teenager.
Gaetz, pictured with his wife Giner in 2023, has denied any wrongdoing and DOJ investigation into the allegations ended in February as officials declined to prosecute the congressman
Gaetz has emerged as a leading ally of former President Donald Trump in Congress in recent years, and played a leading role in the dramatic ousting of former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy last year
After Notus first reported the affidavits, Dorworth told the outlet that he had ‘never met’ the 17-year-old and claimed, ‘She is lying about Matt Gaetz.’
Gaetz was previously the subject of a House ethics investigation in 2021 that was ended when the DOJ launched its own probe, with the ethics investigation re-opened after the representative was not prosecuted.
The renewed allegations against Gaetz stem from a lawsuit brought by Dorworth claiming he had been unfairly dragged into the congressman’s sex trafficking scandal.
Dorworth’s lawsuit backfired as the teenage girl, who was named as a defendant in the suit, counter-sued the lobbyist and accused him of rape.
The lobbyist later dropped his lawsuit, however attorneys involved in the case filed the documents containing witness affidavits in an attempt to recoup legal fees.
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