Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking two women in Florida

Jane Does allege ex-congressman and two others coordinated ‘payments, drugs and travel’ for sexual acts The Republican former congressman Matt Gaetz has been accused of participating in the sex trafficking of two young women in a civil lawsuit filed Thursday in district court in Florida. The allegations, which Gaetz denied in a statement to the Guardian, are the latest developments in a long-running sexual abuse scandal involving the politician who resigned from Congress in November 2024. Continue reading...

Richard Luscombe in Miami and Anna Betts in New York · Thu, Oct 15, 2026, 10:08 AM
US news | The Guardian

Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking two women in Florida

Jane Does allege ex-congressman and two others coordinated ‘payments, drugs and travel’ for sexual acts

The Republican former congressman Matt Gaetz has been accused of participating in the sex trafficking of two young women in a civil lawsuit filed Thursday in district court in Florida.

The allegations, which Gaetz denied in a statement to the Guardian, are the latest developments in a long-running sexual abuse scandal involving the politician who resigned from Congress in November 2024.

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