Christian Ziegler, the head of Florida’s Republican Party and husband of Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, is under investigation for alleged sexual battery. A sex tape between Sarasota School Board member and co-founder of Moms for Liberty, Bridget Ziegler, and another woman has been recovered by the police. EST. 5-minute-long video of the sexual encounter," according to the search warrant. Moms for Liberty, which says it is. The crusading ideologue — who demanded private Christian school-style mores in public. revealed to the police officer who initially responded and the investigating detective her long-running “three-way” sex. Embattled rapist Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler is almost certain to be removed from office today and end the months-long saga. Maddie Ziegler has grown up quite a bit since becoming a Dance Moms prodigy from 2011 to 2015. Primarily because in November, Christian was accused of raping a woman a month prior. JWPlayer. According to documents, Bridget Ziegler admitted to officers they had a similar encounter a year ago. A sex tape between Sarasota School Board member and co-founder of Moms for Liberty, Bridget Ziegler, and another woman has been recovered. Sen. At the time, Assistant Superintendent Jeff Maultsby was accused of. He's head of the state GOP and she co-founded Moms for Liberty. Rick Scott, and has previously been its chair. Both he and his wife, Bridget Ziegler, were planning on having a consensual sexual encounter with the accuser, whom they had known for 20 years, but the woman tried to cancel when she was informed. Paul E. Shaken by sex scandal, Florida GOP turns to repairing party's image, jockeying for top spot. Florida Republican political circles were rocked in December when state GOP leader Christian Ziegler was. Bridget Ziegler had joined the Sarasota County School Board in 2014 and occasionally waded into polarizing issues in the years leading up to the pandemic, including a hot button debate about. Ms. A Sarasota School board member is calling the controversy of another member ‘a. Zander Moricz. Bridget Ziegler co-founded Moms for Liberty with the goal of transforming staid school board meetings into high-octane right-wing. Police have obtained a sex video of Moms for Liberty co-founder and Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler with an unidentified woman as part of their criminal investigation into a rape allegation against Christian Ziegler, her husband, according to the Florida Trident. The woman told the police that she had had a consensual sexual encounter with Mr. Matt Rourke. A Florida school board voted on Tuesday to recommend the resignation of one of its members because she is embroiled in the fallout of a sexual assault investigation into her husband, the Republican Party state chairman. Bridget Ziegler had joined the Sarasota County School Board in 2014 and occasionally waded into polarizing issues in the years leading up to the pandemic, including a hot. 2 in his attorney Derek Byrd's office. A Florida school board has formally called for prominent Republican Bridget Ziegler to resign from her seat after a sex scandal involving her husband. Bridget Ziegler refused to step down from her position on the Sarasota school board, despite the board taking the rare step of calling for her. A Florida school board has formally called for prominent Republican Bridget Ziegler to resign from her seat after a sex scandal involving her husband. The woman then told police she was sexually. The co-founder of Moms for Liberty (M4L) has refused to step down from her local school board despite all other board members voting in favour of her resignation. A Florida school board called for the resignation of Bridget Ziegler amid a criminal sexual assault investigation against her husband that also brought to light details about their sex lives. Or at least when. According to the Florida Trident: In a police interview on Nov. The vote was 4. According to text messages cited in the affidavit, the woman and the Zieglers had planned to again have group sex on Oct. Bridget Ziegler has come under fire for her involvement in a same-sex scandal. The Zieglers made another plan to have sex on October 2, according to the affidavit, but the woman canceled the arrangement after she learned that Bridget Ziegler could not make it, The Washington. Bridget Ziegler had joined the Sarasota County School Board in 2014 and occasionally waded into polarizing issues in the years leading up to the pandemic, including a hot button debate about. Detectives say he recorded the Oct. Calls for Ziegler’s removal follow allegations the former Florida GOP chair raped a woman on Oct. The Zieglers did a lot of damage. December 09 2023 10:01 AM EST. This one shows an. In the Wake of a Sex Scandal, a Moms for Liberty Co-Founder’s Career Is Crumbling Bridget Ziegler stepped down from her job, and the Sarasota School Board chair called for her resignation. Moms of Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler has been called to resign from a Florida school board after she and her Republican husband have become embroiled in a sex scandal. m. A second video has been recovered by police showing Bridget Ziegler engaging in sexual relations with a woman, sources said. It is not known if the woman in the video is the same woman who. Florida Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler recorded a graphic video of himself engaged in a sex act with the woman accusing him of rape, according to a report and a police affidavit. Nov. If you want a hot take about Bridget Ziegler, the Sarasota School Board member and Moms for Liberty co-founder who admitted to a threesome with a woman after working to impede LGBTQ+. Florida school board recommends ouster of Moms for Liberty co-founder over Republican sex scandal. Consequently, the co-founder of the anti-LGBTQ+ extremist group, Moms for Liberty, resigned from her most recent. December 16, 2023 at 7:00 a. The resolution is non-binding, and the board cannot force her to resign. Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler's admission to having a sexual relationship with the woman accusing her husband of rape has sparked backlash online Saturday, with many labeling the. The woman canceled with Christian Ziegler after she was told that Bridget was. Smartest ( 43) Funniest ( 13) 2023-12-08 7:29:29 AM. The co-founder of the conservative extremist group Moms for Liberty has refused to resign from her position on a Florida school board, in spite of an active rape investigation into her husband. a left leaning, ZEM-like coalition that swept them in two years ago will take away their conservative majority. 1: a colleague's resolution calling for her resignation. m. The Sarasota County School Board cannot oust Bridget Ziegler from the panel but voted 4-1 to recommend that she step down in the fallout from the bombshell sex scandal. Ahead of the board's 6 p. The Sarasota County School board passed a resolution Dec. According to text messages cited in the affidavit, the woman and the Zieglers had planned to again have group sex on Oct. Her husband was elected to serve as Sarasota County's State Committeeman in 2012 and re-elected. The Republican Party of Florida will hold a special meeting Monday, Jan. The accuser, involved in a purported "three-year consensual three-way sexual relationship" with Christian and his wife, Bridget Ziegler, co-founder of the parents' rights group. According to search warrant affidavits, Christian and Bridget Ziegler had made plans to have sex with the woman. Sarasota County School Board member Tom Edwards, left, hands out a proposal for the board to write a letter to Gov. The dancer later landed roles in movies and even became Sia’s muse and often performed in her music. 'Given the severity of the criminal allegations, I’m calling for his immediate resignation. Police have reportedly recovered a second sex video involving Bridget Ziegler, a leader of the Moms for Liberty group that is dedicated to banning books that. Bridget Ziegler, 41, a thrice-elected Sarasota County school board. 57°. The condescending, self-righteous Christian and Bridget Ziegler aren’t extreme outliers in the Republican Party. Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler filmed a sex tape of herself and another woman, an activity revealed in the ongoing investigation into her husband, Chris Ziegler, the Florida GOP. The crusading ideologue — who demanded private Christian school-style mores in public. B. The details of the case were revealed by the. White, Sarasota. DeSantis even appointed her to the tourism board he constructed to harass Disney for daring to speak out against his. m. Bridget Ziegler is a co-founder of the far-right group Moms for Liberty, which has led book-banning campaigns across the country. Ron DeSantis (R) on legislation that opponents. 0:00. which promotes conservative family values and has led efforts against same-sex marriage, endorsed Ziegler for the position in. m. Bridget Ziegler, a Sarasota County School Board member and co-founder of the Moms for Liberty parental advocacy group, has resigned from her position at a conservative nonprofit. For an optimal experience visit our site on. She has served on the board since 2014, when she was appointed by then-Gov. Neither. The potential for Christian Ziegler to face a video voyeurism charge opens new legal questions around the case. (WWSB/Gray News) - The Sarasota County School Board voted to ask school board member Bridget Ziegler to resign on Tuesday. Ziegler, an original co-founder of Moms for Liberty, appeared defiant at the dais, asking the school board. 13, 2023. The Sarasota County School Board cannot directly remove Bridget Ziegler from the panel but voted 4-1 Tuesday for a. The Sarasota County School Board, in a 4-1 vote Tuesday, called on Bridget Ziegler to resign. Bridget Ziegler is an elected member of the Sarasota School Board and co-founder of Moms for Liberty, a national conservative activist group that has successfully gotten members elected to school. The sexual battery investigation of Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler began with a 911 call from a friend of the alleged victim who was worried about her well-being, according to a recording of the call obtained by the Florida Trident. Sarasota school board votes to seek resignation from Bridget Ziegler amid ongoing sex scandal “What does it say about Mrs. All of Ziegler's colleagues on the Sarasota. Another three-way was planned on Oct. SARASOTA, Fla. No charges have been filed against Ziegler, and he has said the sex was consensual. 51 in 2014 - when. A Florida school board is scheduled to consider whether to seek the resignation of a co-founder of the. Moms for Liberty, a national right-wing advocacy group, was born in Florida as a response to Covid-19 school closures and mask mandates. on Oct. Bridget Ziegler. Shaken by sex scandal, Florida GOP turns to repairing party's image, jockeying for top spot. The potential for Christian Ziegler to face a video voyeurism charge opens new legal questions around the case. December 22 2023 7:35 PM EST Sarasota police obtained a second sex video from embattled Republican Party of Florida Chair Christian Ziegler. Christian Ziegler, 40, told members of the state GOP that he and wife. State Republicans voted on Monday (8 January) to oust the him after he was accused of raping a woman with whom he and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, had a prior consensual relationship. Ziegler, who voted against. Calls mount for Bridget Ziegler to resign from Sarasota School Board amid a sex scandal. Christian Ziegler has maintained his innocence and refused to step down, prompting his forced removal. A sex tape between Sarasota School Board member and co-founder of Moms for Liberty, Bridget Ziegler, and another woman has been recovered by the police. Bridget Ziegler had joined the Sarasota County School Board in 2014 and occasionally waded into polarizing issues in the years leading up to the pandemic, including a hot button debate about. So when one of its founders, Bridget Ziegler, recently told the police that she and her husband, who is under criminal investigation for sexual assault, had a consensual sexual. DeSantis pushed through legislation last year disbanding a Disney-controlled board after the company opposed his bill that limits sex education in schools. Hypocrisy will do it every time. 12/12/2023 09:14 PM EST. It’s unclear if the woman is the same woman who accused Ziegler’s husband of. Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler and Bridget Ziegler, a member of. Ziegler is accused of raping a woman with whom he and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, had a prior consensual sexual relationship. Bridget Ziegler has since admitted to detectives that she, her husband, and her husband’s accuser were. Ziegler, his wife and the woman all acknowledged. 12, 2023. Ziegler maintained the sex was consensual. Getty Images. According to the affidavit, once the woman learned at 2:12 p. WGCU. He told the Herald. 2, but the woman backed out after Bridget Ziegler “couldn’t make it. Ron DeSantis in drafting the controversial Florida Parental Rights In Education Act, also known as the “Don’t Say Gay Act,” which prohibits. Christian Ziegler, chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, has been suspended by his party. She was first appointed to the Sarasota County School Board in 2014 by now-U. The Sarasota School Board will vote Tuesday to ask member Bridget Ziegler to resign, after two. Christian and Bridget Ziegler had been rising stars of the Florida Republicans, promoting conservative family values. Bridget Ziegler, known for her anti-LGBTQ stances, was involved in a sexual tryst with a woman who is now accusing her husband of rape. By Ed Scarce — January 8, 2024. Ziegler admits to a sexual encounter but said it was consensual. WGCU. Bridget Ziegler is a Sarasota School Board member and a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, a conservative organization that has gained national attention while advocating for more parental control. “Pretty, poised, and poisonous, she was a blonde tornado of. Sarasota man arrested for soliciting sex and child neglect. According to the Florida Trident, the video. “The victim did not give Ziegler consent to take this video of them having sex. 12, 2023, after her fellow school board members approved a resolution calling on her to resign. The attention surrounding the personal sex life of Sarasota County school board member Bridget Ziegler is now the basis of mounting pressure for her to quit her public life with the board. "Ziegler showed detectives the 2. Bridget Ziegler, a vocal supporter of the Parental Rights in Education law, often referred to as Don’t Say Gay, has told investigators that she and her husband had sex with the alleged victim. Police are investigating Christian Ziegler, husband of Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler,. Hypocrisy on steroids, if true. “The impact of the Zeigler scandal has been enormous on the Moms for Liberty structure,” Liz Mikitarian, the founder of the. In a 4-to-1 vote, the school board signed off on a resolution requesting that Bridget Ziegler voluntarily step down. Bridget Ziegler has since admitted that she, her husband, and her husband’s accuser engaged in a consensual threesome over a year ago. 2, Ziegler claimed the encounter was consensual and showed detectives a two-and-a-half minute video of the sex act he’d taken on. If Christian and Bridget Ziegler need to show contrition, we should grant them the space and grace necessary to do so. A Florida school board voted Tuesday to recommend the resignation of one of its members because she's. Jacob Ogles. Ziegler was interviewed by detectives on Nov. By Andrew Atterbury. December 2, 2023 · 4 min read. Bridget Ziegler confirmed the married couple had a. Bridget Ziegler speaks at the Moms for Liberty meeting in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 1, 2023. Rally against Ziegler. 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. The Sarasota County School Board formally called on Bridget Ziegler to resign on Tuesday as she grapples with the fallout of an ongoing sex scandal involving her and her husband, Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler. 0:35. Christian Ziegler told detectives that the Oct. 135. All of Ziegler's colleagues on. Ziegler was interviewed by detectives on Nov. Bridget Ziegler—the Moms for Liberty co-founder who finds herself in the middle of a ménage à trois sex scandal alongside her husband, Christian Ziegler, who is now the subject of a criminal. The 911 call, made on October 4 at 2:46 p. the woman told police he raped her when she refused to have sex without Bridget Ziegler present. A Florida school board has formally called for prominent Republican Bridget Ziegler to resign from her seat after a sex scandal involving her husband. The. Christian Ziegler, Florida’s GOP chairman and husband of Sarasota County School Board member and Moms of Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, is under criminal investigation after a woman filed a complaint with the Sarasota Police Department alleging the longtime Republican official had raped her,. Ziegler, who had many of his powers stripped away and his $12,000 per-year salary reduced to $1 last month, has been accused of raping a woman with whom he and his wife Bridget, a Sarasota County. Bridget Ziegler is co-founder of the conservative group Moms for Liberty. ET. A planned three-way sexual encounter between Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, his wife and Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, and a woman they had sex with in the past ended in. But when Ziegler’s wife could not make it at last minute, the other woman canceled responding in text message, “Sorry I was mostly in for her. Newly released court records have shed more light on the rape allegations against Christian Ziegler, the head of the Florida Republican Party and husband of Moms for Liberty co-founder, Bridget. Despite Ziegler's four board colleagues voting. All of Ziegler's colleagues on the. EST. Contact Carrie Seidman atcarrie. Bridget Ziegler was appointed to the Sarasota County School Board in 2014 and has won reelection three times. The scandal involves Bridget Ziegler, who has confessed to participating in a threesome, along with a rape. As for the more salacious allegations—what happens behind closed doors is Christian and Bridget’s personal business. Bridget Ziegler has been a fixture within Florida conservative circles for years. Bridget Ziegler, who co-founded M4L – the anti-LGBTQ+ hate group and SPLC-designated extremist group – has been accused of major hypocrisy after admitting to having a same. The Trident article quotes anonymous sources who say the Zieglers were in a consensual three-way sexual relationship with the victim but. . Ziegler has said the sexual encounter was consensual. 2, but Bridget Ziegler couldn't attend, according to the. 00:55.