Matt Gaetz's underage accuser's attorney tells New York Times her client was victimized [View all]

A recently unsealed court document reveals new information about the young woman who testified she was paid to have sex with former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, as a minor. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Gaetz for attorney general, but he withdrew amid widespread opposition in the Senate.

In 2017, the young woman was "a then-homeless 17-year-old high schooler" states the now-unredacted court document, one of dozens in a Central Florida civil court case.

This and other court documents show the teen joined a "sugar dating" website that paired young women with men for money, where she met Joel Greenberg, the tax collector for Seminole County, Florida. Through Greenberg, she met a circle of his friends active in state politics. They included Chris Dorworth, a Republican former member of the Florida House who was a lobbyist with an influential firm based in Tallahassee, and Gaetz, a Republican congressman from northern Florida.

The young woman, identified in court records as A.B., testified that through those connections she had sexual encounters with Gaetz before she turned 18.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/matt-gaetzs-underage-accusers-attorney-214044123.html