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   New Court Filings Place Matt Gaetz at a Party at the Center of the Sex   
   Trafficking Scandal   
      
   This is the first public filing that cites sworn testimony alleging that   
   Gaetz attended one of the long-rumored parties with a teenage girl.   
   Matt Gaetz   
      
   Jose Pagliery, NOTUS Reporter   
      
   September 20, 2024 01:35 AM | Updated: September 20, 2024 10:28 AM   
      
      
   Rep. Matt Gaetz attended a drug-fueled sex party in 2017 with the 17-   
   year-old girl at the center of the alleged sex trafficking scandal,   
   according to legal documents filed to a Florida federal court shortly   
   before midnight Thursday, which cite sealed affidavits from three   
   eyewitness testimonies.   
      
   The minor, who was a junior in high school at the time, arrived in her   
   mother’s car for a July 15, 2017, party at the Florida home of Chris   
   Dorworth, a lobbyist and friend of Gaetz’s, according to a court filing   
   written by defense attorneys who interviewed witnesses as part of an   
   ongoing civil lawsuit Dorworth brought in 2023.   
      
   The lobbyist claimed he had been unfairly dragged into the alleged sex   
   trafficking scandal that has dogged Gaetz and his allies for years.   
   Dorworth ultimately dropped the case, but lawyers filed these documents   
   in an attempt to recoup attorneys fees for a lawsuit they say should   
   never have been brought.   
      
   One eyewitness cited in the court filings, a young woman referred to as   
   K.M., provided a sworn affidavit that claimed the teenage girl was naked,   
   partygoers were there to “engage in sexual activities,” and “alcohol,   
   cocaine, ecstasy … and marijuana” were present. The teenage girl was   
   identified in the filings only as A.B.   
      
   “The discovery taken in this case to date reflects that on Saturday, July   
   15, 2017 … Dorworth, hosted a party at his residence … with the following   
   guests present: (1) A.B.; (2) K.M.; (3) B.G.; (4) Matt Gaetz,” lawyers   
   wrote in the filing, also listing several others. The defense lawyers   
   filed testimonies from those three women — who the attorneys say placed   
   Gaetz at Dorworth’s house that night — under seal pending a judge’s   
   approval to make the records public.   
      
   Additionally, Gaetz’s own ex-girlfriend — who was present at the party —   
   provided testimony that lawyers say rebuts Dorworth’s claims that he was   
   not there. NOTUS independently verified that Gaetz and one of the women   
   who testified were previously involved in a relationship; she is only   
   identified in the court filing by her initials, B.G.   
      
   The congressman’s ex-girlfriend’s eleventh hour testimony on Sept. 3 came   
   just two days before Dorworth dropped his lawsuit, defense attorneys said   
   in the filing. The defense lawyers also relied on Dorworth’s geolocated   
   cell phone records, which showed that he communicated constantly with the   
   congressman that day. The defense’s court filings show a hired digital   
   forensic examiner identified Gaetz’s number, which has a Florida   
   panhandle 850 area code and texted back and forth 30 times that day and   
   then called Dorworth twice in the hours before the evening revelry.   
   “B.G., another attendee at that party, confirmed A.B.’s testimony under   
   penalty of perjury,” defense lawyers wrote.   
      
   This marks the first time that sworn testimony has been referenced in   
   public court filings alleging that the congressman attended one of the   
   long-rumored parties tied to an alleged underage sex scandal. Previous   
   reports have revealed details of ex-politician and Gaetz friend Joel   
   Greenberg’s confession letter that was never made public, which described   
   how Gaetz would allegedly pay him to arrange several sexual encounters   
   with young women — including a 17-year-old girl. Greenberg is serving an   
   11-year prison sentence for a list of charges, including fraud and sex   
   trafficking with a child.   
      
   There have also been reports of Venmo payment transactions that were also   
   never released showing the congressman paying Greenberg on at least one   
   occasion.   
      
   In 2021, Gaetz appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show and asserted,   
   “The person doesn’t exist. I have not had a relationship with a 17-year-   
   old. That is totally false.” Gaetz has denied allegations that he has   
   ever had sex with a minor or participated in sex trafficking.   
      
   The Department of Justice investigated Gaetz and ultimately declined to   
   file criminal charges.   
      
   Gaetz did not immediately respond to a request for comment.   
      
   Records also show that A.B., who was born in 1999, attended three weekly   
   deposition sessions in July and testified in front of lawyers in Boulder,   
   Colorado.   
      
   The new details were released in a cache of court filings that were   
   ironically made public as a direct result of the congressman’s friend,   
   Dorworth, trying to make this disappear.   
      
   When the DOJ dropped the investigation, Dorworth sued several people   
   including Greenberg, and the woman who claimed she was sex-trafficked by   
   Gaetz when she was only 17.   
      
   Dorworth responded by text message Friday morning, repeating his claim   
   that he “never met” the teenager, “not once in my life.”   
      
   “She is also lying about Matt Gaetz,” he added.   
      
   Dorworth said his account is supported by a polygraph test he took years   
   ago during which he was asked about the alleged encounters, and he noted   
   that he is “still suing Joel, his parents and his company in state   
   court.” He also took issue with the way defense lawyers referenced   
   material that he stressed was “confidential.”   
      
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