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Former Florida House of Representatives matt gates, donald trump‘s US Attorney General nominee continues to battle allegations of sexual misconduct…including allegations that he took two women to New York for a real-life ‘Pretty Woman’ experience. Included.
florida attorney Joel LeppardA representative for the women involved gave an interview to ABC News. juju chan …and he revealed that his client spoke with investigators from the Congressional Ethics Committee about his interactions with Gaetz. paid sexual encounters.
As we reported yesterday, Leppard detailed in an interview that one of his clients testified in July 2017 that he witnessed Gates having sex with a friend — at the time. He was only 17 years old, and the former congressman was 35 years old. Gates paid for sex via Venmo.
Leppard said, “Her understanding is that Matt Gaetz did not know that she was a minor, and that when he learned that she was a minor, he ended the relationship and did not have sex with her until she was 18 years old.” “He did not continue the relationship.”
Leppard said in a newly released video that his interactions with Gaetz were not limited to house parties… alleging that the politician also paid for two women to attend election events in 2019 In 2015, he traveled to New York and claimed to have watched a program featuring Gates there. She also appeared in “Pretty Woman: The Musical” on Broadway.
Gates denies the charges and has not been indicted as the Justice Department has decided not to prosecute. The Congressional Ethics Committee’s report was scheduled to be released Friday, but Gaetz resigned two days before he was named attorney general. There are conflicting voices in Washington, D.C., over whether to release the report.
Leppard said his client “wants the American people who are considering their future attorney general to know this.”
