m. She also still works as a board member for the Central Florida Tourism Oversight. 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. Bridget Ziegler has been a fixture within Florida conservative circles for years. 12, 2023, after her fellow school board members approved a. 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. An. While the woman said she arranged to have sex that day with Christian Ziegler and his wife, Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler, texts sent to Christian Ziegler shortly before the. 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. Christian Ziegler has admitted they had sex in her apartment but claims it was consensual. When Bridget Ziegler couldn't attend, the alleged victim tried to cancel but Christian Ziegler showed up at her apartment anyway, the document states. Ziegler, an original co-founder of Moms for Liberty, appeared defiant at the dais, asking the school board. | UPDATED: December 17, 2023 at 3:50 p. The resolution was authored by board Chair Karen Rose, who said in an email that she is “shocked and deeply saddened” by the rape. Both the woman and Bridget Ziegler have told detectives that there was a previous sexual encounter between the three of them more than a year ago. Ziegler has been accused of suppressing the America First/MAGA. The Christian and Bridget Ziegler sex scandal has repercussions beyond the obvious issues of personal and political hypocrisy. If Bridget stays they keep their majority no matter what. The. 57°. “You can contact Tina directly for any additional insight. A sex video involving Sarasota School Board member Bridget Ziegler and an unidentified woman has been recovered by police as part of the ongoing criminal investigation of a rape allegation made against Bridget’s husband, Christian Ziegler, sources close to the investigation have told the Florida Trident. Ziegler had known each other for 20 years and that she told the police she had agreed. Ziegler, his wife and the woman all acknowledged. Florida GOP chair Christian Ziegler and his wife, Moms for Liberty cofounder Bridget Ziegler. T. In the affidavit, a written declaration made under oath, a law enforcement officer said that the woman and Mr. Ziegler and his wife, Bridget Ziegler, have admitted to police that they previously had a consensual sexual relationship with Christian Ziegler’s accuser. SARASOTA, Fla. Bridget Ziegler worked with Gov. Bridget Ziegler, a founder of the advocacy group Moms for Liberty, during a meeting of the Sarasota County School Board in Sarasota, Fla. She has done nothing wrong. A Florida school board has formally called for prominent Republican Bridget Ziegler to resign from her seat after a sex scandal involving her husband. 2, but Bridget Ziegler couldn't attend, according to the. December 16, 2023 at 7:00 a. But it quickly became just as well known for pushing policies branded as anti L. A woman accused Ziegler in October of raping her in a Sarasota apartment. A Florida school board has formally called for prominent Republican Bridget Ziegler to resign from her seat after a sex scandal involving her husband. 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. A chapter of the virulently anti-LGBTQ Moms for Liberty in far-off Pennsylvania is disbanding —with some members creating a different group under a different name—in response to the bombshell out of. PUBLISHED: December 17, 2023 at 2:55 p. Christian Ziegler told police the sex was consensual, according to the affidavit, and showed them the video, which is 2½ minutes long. 2. By Lori Rozsa. 6. “Bridget Ziegler was the poster girl for Moms for Liberty,” wrote Rick Wilson, a Florida-based pundit and prominent Trump critic. 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. At the time, Assistant Superintendent Jeff Maultsby was accused of. According to search warrant affidavits, Christian and Bridget Ziegler had made plans to have sex with the woman. That’s the allegation being made about Bridget Ziegler — co-founder of far-right Moms for Liberty and a Sarasota School Board member — by an unnamed woman accusing Christian Ziegler of rape and sexual battery. Rick Scott, and has previously been its chair. Ron DeSantis, who used to praise Bridget Ziegler to the skies,. A Florida school board has formally called for prominent Republican Bridget Ziegler to resign from her seat after a sex scandal involving her husband. A sex tape between Sarasota School Board member and co-founder of Moms for Liberty, Bridget Ziegler, and another woman has been recovered. Before DeSantis appointed her to the CFTOD, Bridget Ziegler was one of three women who started Moms for Liberty in 2021. Bridget Ziegler, 41, a thrice-elected Sarasota County school board. m. 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. As for Bridget Ziegler – a member of the Sarasota County School Board and the founder of Moms for Liberty, a right-wing advocacy group formed in the aftermath of COVID-19 school closures and. Ziegler is the co-founder of the far. 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. In the latest findings from the Florida Center for Government Accountability another sex tape turned up in the beleaguered saga of former Republican power couple Bridget and Christian Ziegler. The five-member Sarasota School Board is dominated by four conservatives. m. (WWSB/Gray News) - The Sarasota County School Board voted to ask school board member Bridget Ziegler to resign on Tuesday. Embattled rapist Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler is almost certain to be removed from office today and end the months-long saga. Florida police have obtained a video showing Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler having sex with a woman. Hot Sauce Recall as Life-Threatening Warning Issued. "Our community has been rocked by. Bridget Ziegler, a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, has also resisted calls to resign as a member of the Sarasota School Board. 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. 6, 2023 - Schoolboard chairwoman calls on Bridget Ziegler to resign. The Sarasota School Board has voted to request the resignation of Bridget Ziegler amid rape allegations against her husband. Bridget Ziegler confirmed the married couple had a three-way sexual relationship with the woman now accusing Christian Ziegler of sexual battery. This one shows an encounter between his wife Bridget. FILE - Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler listens to public comments on Dec. December 2, 2023 · 4 min read. It's also likely his dismissal will be met with a lawsuit as he hasn't been charged with a crime as yet. Bridget Ziegler is co-founder of the conservative Moms for Liberty group. December 7, 2023 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. The 40-year-old chairman and his wife Bridget Ziegler—a co-founder of Moms for Liberty—have been under fire since a Florida journalism watchdog reported that cops were investigating him for. She also still works as a board member for the Central Florida. Zander Moricz, who was the class president at Pine View School in Osprey and now attends Harvard, said Bridget Ziegler deserved to lose her job, but not because of her private sex life. The video of the sex act is brief in duration and the victim can be heard telling Ziegler to climax in her mouth rather than on her new shirt, the sources said. Florida sex scandal tarnishes GOP power couple and party’s credibility. Ziegler admitted to having sex with the woman who accused him of rape, but he and his wife, Bridget Ziegler, claimed they had a consensual relationship. JWPlayer. Then came revelations of a threesome with a woman, who alleges she was later. 2, but the woman canceled when she learned Bridget was unable to make it, police. Ziegler and his wife — Sarasota School Board Member Bridget Ziegler who helped found Moms of Liberty — had made plans to have sex with the woman two days before, according to the affidavit. 0:41 UPDATE: The Sarasota School Board has called for Bridget Ziegler to resign. 2, but the woman canceled when she learned Bridget was unable to make it, police. By Andrew Atterbury. The woman then told police she was sexually. 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. December 16, 2023 at 7:00 a. Rick Scott, and has previously been its chair. December 12, 2023 1:45 PM. the victim and her husband had consensual sex together over a year before the alleged crime occurred. Contact Carrie Seidman atcarrie. DeSantis pushed through legislation last year disbanding a Disney-controlled board after the company opposed his bill that limits sex education in schools. 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. 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. Bridget Ziegler is a co-founder of the far-right group Moms for Liberty, which has led book-banning campaigns across the country. 2 – one month after the alleged rape – Ziegler told. Christian Ziegler, Florida’s GOP chairman and husband of Sarasota County School Board member and Moms for 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, according to a heavily redacted police. Ron DeSantis. It’s unclear if the woman is the same woman who accused Ziegler’s husband of. The woman accusing Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler of sexual assault told police she had planned to have sex with him and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, but called. but critics and many parents in Sarasota say. G. Bridget Ziegler played a strong hand in writing Florida's "don't say gay" law. ”His Republican-activist wife, Bridget Ziegler, is a founder of Moms for Liberty, the conservative political organization whose members have made school-board meetings partisan battlegrounds across. She has served on the board since 2014, when she was appointed by then-Gov. Police have reportedly obtained a second sex video involving Sarasota School Board member Bridget Ziegler and an unidentified woman. Sen. 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, the co-founder of the conservative parental rights group Moms For Liberty, and her husband have close ties with the leaders of the state’s Republican Party — Gov. S. revealed to the police officer who initially responded and the investigating detective her long-running “three-way” sex. 1:21. If Christian and Bridget Ziegler need to show contrition, we should grant them the space and grace necessary to do so. Shaken by sex scandal, Florida GOP turns to repairing party's image, jockeying for top spot. Christian Ziegler has even profited from Moms for Liberty, a controversial parent advocacy group co-founded by his wife Bridget, whose net worth climbed from $16,795. Florida Republican Christian Ziegler has been removed as the state party chairman, following allegations of rape. Zander Moricz, who was the class president at Pine View School in Osprey and now attends Harvard, said Bridget Ziegler deserved to lose her job, but not because of her private sex life. A second video has been recovered by police showing Bridget Ziegler engaging in sexual relations with a woman, sources said. Ed Scarce — Dec 22nd, 2023 . IE 11 is not supported. This one shows an encounter between his wife Bridget Ziegler with another woman. The scandal involves Bridget Ziegler, who has confessed to participating in a threesome, along with a rape. "The victim and Christian Ziegler agreed to have. Bridget Ziegler is a co-founder of the. A Florida school board is scheduled to consider whether to seek the resignation of a co-founder of the conservative Moms for Liberty group, who is embroiled in the fallout of a sexual assault investigation into her husband, the Republican Party state chairman. which promotes conservative family values and has led efforts against same-sex marriage, endorsed Ziegler for the position in. , reveals the caller was concerned about the mental. The Trident article quotes anonymous sources who say the Zieglers were in a consensual three-way sexual relationship with the victim but. Recently released records reveal that Bridget Ziegler, the co-founder of anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Moms for Liberty and a member of the Sarasota School Board, admitted to detectives she was involved. Her hubby Christian Ziegler is chairman of the Florida Republican Party. According to a police affidavit, a Sarasota woman Ziegler has known for 20 years said she was sexually assaulted on Oct. Police say they are actively investigating. EST. Bridget Ziegler, 41, a thrice-elected Sarasota County school board. Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler has been accused of assaulting a woman who had planned to meet Ziegler and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, for a three-way sexual. 8, 2024, to vote on removing Ziegler’s husband, Chairman Christian Ziegler, and. So when one of its founders, Bridget Ziegler,. The Sarasota School Board will vote Tuesday to ask member Bridget. by Lexi Lonas - 12/23/23 5:00 PM ET. 12, 2023, after her fellow school board members approved a resolution calling on her to resign. Sen. m. Bridget Ziegler's apparent admission of having a three-way sexual. Primarily because in November, Christian was accused of raping a woman a month prior. Seeking to unseat Ziegler is a candidate who would set her own precedent, as the first Black Sarasota School Board member, Dawnyelle Singleton. Christian Ziegler, chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, has been suspended by his party. 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 was appointed to the Sarasota County School Board in 2014 and has won reelection three times. 51 in 2014 - when she first. Bridget Ziegler co-founded Moms for Liberty with the goal of transforming staid school board meetings into high-octane right-wing. Florida school board recommends ouster of Moms for Liberty co-founder over Republican sex scandal. 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. Ron DeSantis. 13. According to a police search warrant affidavit, Ziegler arrived alone at the apartment shortly after the woman backed out of a proposed tryst involving Ziegler and his wife, Bridget Ziegler, a Sarasota school board member and cofounder of Moms for Liberty. S. All of Ziegler's colleagues on the. By Lori Rozsa. Ron DeSantis. The Sarasota County School board passed a resolution Dec. A sex video involving Sarasota School Board member Bridget Ziegler and an unidentified woman has been recovered by police as part of the ongoing criminal investigation of a rape allegation made against Bridget’s husband, Christian Ziegler, sources close to the investigation have told the Florida Trident. 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,. 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. December 22 2023 7:35 PM EST. Rob Beschizza 7:07 am Sat Dec 23, 2023. Co-founder Bridget Ziegler’s husband, Florida GOP Chair Christian. 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. christian ziegler florida gop chair bridget ziegler moms for liberty founder. Bridget Ziegler has come under fire for her involvement in a same-sex scandal. The power couple — Christian chairs the Florida GOP and Bridget is. 30 2023, Published 7:15 p. Obviamente, las apetencias de los Ziegler en la. but critics and many parents in Sarasota say the same-sex. Florida Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler is currently under criminal investigation after being accused of raping a woman who claimed to have been. Bridget Ziegler is co-founder of the conservative Moms for Liberty group. The Sarasota School Board will vote Tuesday to ask member Bridget Ziegler to resign, after two colleagues said she has become a "distraction" due to her involvement in a sexual relationship with. ”The accuser had a three-way sexual encounter with Ziegler and his wife, Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler, about a year ago, police wrote in a previous search warrant affidavit. 'Bridget Ziegler is co-founder of the conservative Moms for Liberty group. Christian Ziegler, 40, told members of the state GOP that he and wife. com or 505-238-0392. The crusading ideologue — who demanded private Christian school-style mores in public. 2, but the woman backed out after Bridget Ziegler “couldn’t make it. 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