{"id":39635,"date":"2023-11-30T15:28:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=39635"},"modified":"2023-11-30T15:28:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:28:53","slug":"fl-gop-chair-accused-of-sexual-battery-under-investigation-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/11\/30\/fl-gop-chair-accused-of-sexual-battery-under-investigation-report\/","title":{"rendered":"FL GOP Chair Accused Of Sexual Battery, Under Investigation: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The victim claims she was in a relationship with FL GOP chair Christian Ziegler, and his wife, a Moms for Liberty co-founder, a report said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Christian Ziegler, chairman of the Republican Party of Florida and former Sarasota County commissioner, is under investigation for sexual battery<\/a>, according to a report from the Florida Center for Government Accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The woman claimed she had been involved in an ongoing three-way sexual relationship with both Christian and his wife, Bridget Ziegler, Sarasota County school board member and Moms for Liberty co-founder, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident under investigation happened when the GOP chairman and the accuser were alone at her house without his wife, FCGA said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sarasota Police Department confirmed that Christian Ziegler is involved in an \u201cactive and ongoing\u201d investigation<\/a>, Peter Schorsch, publisher of Florida Politics, posted to X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Patch asked the Sarasota Police Department for information related to the Ziegler investigation, the agency provided a heavily redacted police report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to the report, police responded to a redacted address in Sarasota the afternoon of Oct. 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While much of the victim\u2019s narrative is redacted, she told investigators that she was \u201craped\u201d and \u201csexually battered at home\u201d on Oct. 2, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ziegler\u2019s name isn\u2019t mentioned in the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patch has reached out to Christian Ziegler, Bridget Ziegler and the Republican Party of Florida for comment. This story will be updated when they respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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