- Former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz has been named as a defendant in a federal civil lawsuit alleging participation in a sex trafficking scheme.
- The lawsuit, filed on behalf of two women, alleges Gaetz and co-defendants provided drugs and funded interstate trips to facilitate commercial sex between 2017 and 2019.
- Co-defendants include former state representative Christopher Dorworth and former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, who is currently serving an 11-year prison sentence.
- The complaint alleges Gaetz paid the plaintiffs thousands of dollars and that one victim witnessed him having sex with a 17-year-old girl.
- Gaetz denied the allegations, calling the claims false and stating he looks forward to taking the plaintiffs' depositions.
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