Spyke
nkat2112
sh.itjust.works

A noteworthy paragraph for context:

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.

And shortly following that, this:

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.

This is all horrible.

The article then goes into detail about recent developments with testimony. Many dots appear to be connected.

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dylanmorganreply
slrpnk.net

What kind of parent drops their kid off at an adult’s party the parent is not also attending?

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ripcordreply
lemmy.world

No, there are parents that would just do this, too. I know (well, have known) at least several.

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realcaseyrollins
thelemmy.club

It's looking more and more like his big fight with Kevin McCarthy was just about delaying this investigation. Shameful!

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Soup
lemmy.cafe

Everyone pay close attention to how quickly nothing is done about this. Then be sure to forget about it in a week or so when Trump says some new dumb shit.

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[deleted]
lemmy.world

Is this more detail on the prior reports of him being a human trafficking pedophile that came out years ago, or something new?

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shalafireply
lemmy.world

Nothing mysterious, no evidence. Everyone figured his buddy would squeal to spare himself jail time. Nada. The 17-yo girl in question wouldn't testify either. Also, she had since started an OF site and prosecution felt she would get torn up as a witness.

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PrincessLeiasCatreply
sh.itjust.works

After educating myself, agree - nothing mysterious.

However, is this really the same as “no evidence”? -

The recommendation comes in part because prosecutors have questions over whether the central witnesses in the long-running investigation would be perceived as credible before a jury.

Sounds like they did have evidence, but it was more about the reaction of the jury to the witness for other reasons.

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shalafireply
lemmy.world

I had understood that the girl wouldn't testify and the DA didn't want that in any case?

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bitjunkiereply
lemmy.world

since started an OF site

Link?

(You were all thinking it, I just care less about my fake internet points)

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Ensign_Crab
lemmy.world

Why fucking bother? They're just going to do what they did last time and let him go.

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shalafireply
lemmy.world

No, he wasn't "let go". The feds didn't have the evidence and the witnesses wouldn't talk. Now it's different.

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shalafireply
lemmy.world

He's my Congressman so I've followed this sordid tale closely. You, on the other hand, are going off memes and social media commentary.

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Ensign_Crabreply
lemmy.world

I'm not looking at him. It doesn't matter what he's done or how much evidence there is.

I'm looking at our legal system. It's useless at holding the wealthy and connected accountable. He'll walk.

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