GOP Lobbyist in Gaetz Case Accused of Rape in Court Docs

A Florida Republican lobbyist’s attempt to sue the young woman at the center of the Rep. Matt Gaetz underage sex trafficking scandal has backfired in spectacular fashion, with the woman filing a response that repeatedly accuses the lobbyist of raping her.

Christopher Dorworth is a real estate developer whose brief yet meteoric rise in the Florida state legislature—where he was once the House speaker-designate—came to a sudden halt when he lost re-election in 2012. He switched gears and became a power player and lobbyist instead. But two years ago, just as the world was learning that the FBI was looking into two of Dorworth’s connections—Joel Greenberg and Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL)—Dorworth quit his job at the influential lobbying firm Ballard Partners and dialed back from public life.

Despite claims from Greenberg that Gaetz recruited and paid that teenager for sex, the high-profile investigation fizzled in February when the Department of Justice declined to prosecute the congressman.

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