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The one-time Republican power couple fell from grace after the Ziegler's were revealed to have had threesomes with women — something advocates have said is hypocritical given the couple's previous anti-LGBTQ+ stances.
The former state GOP leader loses his $120,000 salary and could face jail time.
Christian Ziegler, chair of Florida's Republican Party, has been accused of raping a woman he and his wife had previously had consenual sex with.
Two staffers have already made allegations against the lawmaker, but now one of them said Basabe groped at and tried to kiss an intoxicated friend of his.
Ziegler was officially censured in an emergency meeting over the weekend.
Ziegler had been accused by a woman of raping her in a Sarasota apartment and filming the encounter without her consent.
Bridget Ziegler, Christian's wife and co-founder of Moms for Liberty, admitted to investigators that the couple engaged in a threesome with the woman prior to the alleged incident.
Bridget Ziegler continues to go after LGBTQ+ people even after new details emerged of her and her husband having sexual encounters with other women. Florida newspapers are calling her out.
Party chair Christian Ziegler faces a sexual battery investigation amid reports of a three-way relationship. His wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, who was reportedly part of the throuple, has been a vocal supporter of the state's "don't say gay" law.
The focus on transgender rights seems to come from DeSantis's drop in the polls.
Sarasota police widen the probe to include unlawful videotaping, as Republican Party leadership is set to remove Ziegler at an upcoming meeting.
Ziegler helped pass an anti-trans measure at a Florida school district.
Christian and Bridget Ziegler were the Florida Republican power couple. That is until a sex scandal and allegations of rape pushed the two out of the GOP hierarchy.
Bridget Ziegler, a Sarasota County School Board member and co-founder of Moms for Liberty, is facing calls for resignation following her husband’s sexual assault investigation and revelations of secret throuple with another woman.
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The scandal prompted political leaders from both sides of the aisle to demand Ziegler resign as GOP state chair, including Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The comments come as a new survey shows three out of five Floridians have considered taking him up on the offer.
Newly elected Republican governor Charlie Crist says the GOP should stop spending money on a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Florida.
Florida State Rep. Fabian Basabe Accused of Sexually Harassing Male Aides
He allegedly told the aides that he'd bottom for them.