According to a police affidavit, a Sarasota woman Ziegler has known for 20 years said she was sexually assaulted on Oct. Bridget Ziegler is an elected member of. Ziegler's. Jacob Ogles December 08 2023. 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. Calls mount for Bridget Ziegler to resign from Sarasota School Board amid a sex scandal. Florida school board approves resolution calling for Bridget Ziegler to resign over Republican sex scandal. UPDATED 5:00 AM ET Dec. 1:21 A Florida school board has formally called for prominent Republican Bridget Ziegler to resign from her seat after a sex scandal involving her husband. Ron DeSantis. TO HER FACE. Christian Ziegler and his wife Bridget are both active in Republican politics in the state. Bridget Ziegler is a co-founder of the Moms for Liberty conservative group that pushed nationwide for limits on classroom discussions of sexual orientation, gender identity and race championed by. Now embroiled in an alleged sex and violence scandal, Christian and Bridget Ziegler used their GOP far-right political weight to damage Florida’s gay community. 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. I get why many of you think Bridget Ziegler – now snared up in a threesome-sex scandal that also has her husband, former Florida Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler, under criminal. The resolution is non-binding, and the board cannot force her to resign. “Bridget Ziegler was the poster girl for Moms for Liberty,” wrote Rick Wilson, a Florida-based pundit and prominent Trump critic. The Sarasota School Board will vote Tuesday to ask member Bridget Ziegler to resign, after two. ”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. Christian Ziegler, chair of Florida's Republican Party, has been accused of raping a woman he and his wife had previously had consenual sex with. This comes after rape allegations involving. 1:46. Christian Ziegler, according to a laboriously redacted Sarasota police report released to media Thursday after the Florida Trident, a watchdog news outlet, broke the news, is under an “active. Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler and Bridget Ziegler, a member of the Sarasota County School Board, have their. 2 in his attorney Derek Byrd's office. Reading Time: 2 minutes 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, Florida Trident reported. She and her husband, Christian, are embroiled in a sex scandal. Bridget Ziegler also said she knew nothing about the video, Sarasota police Det. Bridget Ziegler confirmed the married couple had a three-way sexual relationship with the woman now accusing Christian Ziegler of sexual battery. On Tuesday evening, I watched as the Sarasota School Board voted four to one in favor of the resolution to recommend that Bridget Ziegler resign in the wake of a sex scandal that has rocked the. Her husband was elected to serve as Sarasota County's State Committeeman in 2012 and re-elected. In 2019, a year after Bridget Ziegler evaluated Bowden, it turned out her observations and instincts were pretty spot-on. 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. Police are investigating Christian Ziegler, husband of Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, over accusations that he. The defiant chair of the Florida Republican Party has denied allegations of rape made against him by a woman he and his wife were having a consensual affair with, as disturbing new details have emerged about the alleged attack. Ron DeSantis (R) on legislation that opponents. The resolution is non-binding, and the board cannot force her to resign. 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. The Sarasota County School board passed a resolution Dec. 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. Bridget Ziegler resigned from her role as co-founder with Moms for Liberty within a month of our launch in January of 2021, nearly three years ago. The Florida Trident reports:. A subsequent search warrant, first obtained by The Orlando Sentinel, revealed Bridget Ziegler had admitted to police that she and her husband had had past sexual encounters with the woman, whom. 2, according to a search warrant affidavit, a three-way sexual encounter had been planned between Christian Ziegler, his wife Bridget, who is a member of the Sarasota County School Board, and the woman. Christian Ziegler was a former Sarasota County Commissioner, and Bridget Ziegler is a current member of the Sarasota County School Board. Or at least when. B. Bridget Ziegler is a co-founder of the. All of Ziegler's colleagues on. December 12, 2023 1:45 PM. 13, 2023. Sarasota police are inclined to disagree. 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. com or 505-238-0392. 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. Bridget Ziegler played a strong hand in writing Florida's "don't say gay" law. 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. 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. SARASOTA, Fla. It's also likely his dismissal will be met with a lawsuit as he hasn't been charged with a crime as yet. Florida School Board urges Moms for Liberty co-founder to resign in GOP sex scandal. A Florida school board is demanding the resignation of one of its members, whose husband, the. 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. 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. Ziegler maintained the sex was consensual. Jacob Ogles. When questioned, Bridget Ziegler admitted to the sexual relationship involving her husband and another woman. Ron DeSantis. Moms for Liberty (M4L) is reeling. Uproar after Moms for Liberty co-founder caught in sex scandal Anderson Cooper 360 Link Copied! CNN's Carlos Suarez reports on a scandal involving the co-founder of the. Calling themselves a parental rights group, they started their movement. ”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. Sarasota County School Board member Tom Edwards called for colleague Bridget Ziegler to resign from the board amid accusations that her husband sexually assaulted a woman who had been part. 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. 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. Gov. 12, 2023, after her fellow school board members approved a resolution calling on her to resign. Ziegler and his wife, Sarasota County School Board member. EST. Getty Images. 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. G. She has served on the board since 2014, when she was appointed by then-Gov. Moms for Liberty is facing mounting concerns amid a sex scandal tied to one of the conservative education group’s founders. Ziegler admitted to having sex with the alleged victim, but said the sex was consensual and that he recorded the encounter. Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler is expected to face a political reckoning on Tuesday when her fellow board members consider calling for her resignation amid an ongoing sex. 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, 41, a thrice-elected Sarasota County school board. 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. SARASOTA, Fla. Ziegler admitted to having sex with the alleged victim, but said the sex was consensual and that he recorded the encounter. The dancer later landed roles in movies and even became Sia’s muse and often performed in her music. by Lexi Lonas - 12/23/23 5:00 PM ET. 30 2023, Published 7:15 p. Hypocrisy will do it every time. Did Christian Ziegler commit. Ziegler, an original co-founder of Moms for Liberty, appeared defiant at the dais, asking the school board. "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. SARASOTA — The Sarasota County School Board on Tuesday called on fellow board member Bridget Ziegler to resign, citing her role in a sex scandal with statewide implications and calling her. At the time, Assistant Superintendent Jeff Maultsby was accused of. They are simply a mirror reflecting an enabling GOP that long ago lost its way. The Sarasota School Board will vote Tuesday to ask member Bridget. Rally against Ziegler. Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler was ousted from his prominent state party role on Monday, weeks after a sex scandal shattered his and his wife’s image as paragons of family-friendly. All of Ziegler's colleagues on the Sarasota. 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. New details made public over the weekend via police documents of a rape investigation have added fresh fuel to the political firestorm surrounding the chair of the Republican Party of Florida, Christian Ziegler, and his wife Bridget Ziegler, co-founder of the far-right Moms for Liberty, which engages in book-banning efforts, attacks on public. Sex Scandal in Florida Shakes Moms for Liberty. Christian Ziegler has maintained his innocence and refused to step down, prompting his forced removal. December 22 2023 7:35 PM EST. Bridget Ziegler is co-founder of the conservative Moms for Liberty group. "The victim and Christian Ziegler agreed to have. 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 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. IE 11 is not supported. Ed Scarce — Dec 22nd, 2023 . 57°. m. Bridget Ziegler, who is a Sarasota County School Board member, has refused to step down from her school board job. Ziegler had known each other for 20 years and that she told the police she had agreed. 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 it off when Bridget couldn’t make it, according to a newly released search warrant affidavit. Ziegler and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, have admitted to police that they previously had a consensual sexual relationship with Christian Ziegler’s accuser. A Florida school board has formally called for prominent Republican Bridget Ziegler to resign from her seat after a sex scandal involving her husband. No charges have been filed against Ziegler, and he has said the sex was consensual. The woman, however, told police she. Megan Buck wrote in the affidavit. As a scandal involving Bridget Ziegler, cofounder of the conservative advocacy group Moms for Liberty, continues to attract national attention, a speech by a Harvard University. "Our community has been rocked by. The is the second sex tape of the Zieglers. By Lori Rozsa. revealed to the police officer who initially responded and the investigating detective her long-running “three-way” sex. m. According to text messages cited in the affidavit, the woman and the Zieglers had planned to again have group sex on Oct. 12, 2023, after her fellow school board. Entre ellos, uno en el que Bridget Ziegler reconocía que hacía un año el proyecto de hacer un trío con esa mujer sí se había materializado. Florida GOP Votes To Strip Chair Christian. Key Background. 5-minute-long video of the sexual encounter," according to the search warrant. Police say they are actively investigating. December 12, 2023 1:45 PM. In response to a specific public record request for that video, the Sarasota Police Department on […] Christian Ziegler has maintained his innocence and refused to step down, prompting his forced removal. 5-minute-long video of the sexual encounter," according to the search warrant. This one shows an encounter between his wife Bridget Ziegler with another woman. m. It is not known if the woman in the video is. S. 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. Despite Ziegler's four board colleagues voting. Both are enmeshed in a sex scandal. On Oct. Dan Wagner USA TODAY NETWORK. Sen. The two members who won election on the same slate as Ziegler, Tim Enos and Robyn Marinelli, have not commented. 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. A Florida school board has formally called for prominent Republican Bridget Ziegler to resign from her seat after a sex scandal involving her husband. 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. So the holier-than-thou, book-banning Moms for Liberty co-founder who sits on the Sarasota County School Board engages in group sex. Bridget Ziegler has long been active in conservative politics and was a champion of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. 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. Another three-way was planned on Oct. Christian Ziegler, 40, told members of the state GOP that he and wife. She has been on the board since 2014, when she was appointed by then-Gov. 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. Christian and Bridget Ziegler had been rising stars of the Florida Republicans, promoting conservative family values. Police are investigating Christian Ziegler, husband of Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler,. Ziegler but I am an avid reader. Ziegler, who voted against. Bridget Ziegler is a member of the Sarasota County School Board. 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. When Bridget Ziegler couldn't attend, the alleged victim tried to cancel but Christian Ziegler showed up at her apartment anyway, the document states. 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. Bridget Ziegler, half of a Florida Republican power couple embroiled in a rape allegation and same-sex scandal, refused to resign from her seat on the Sarasota County School Board on Tuesday night. Bridget Ziegler is a co-founder of the far-right group Moms for Liberty, which has led book-banning campaigns across the country. ET. Sen. 51 in 2014 - when. Detectives say he recorded the Oct. Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler and Bridget Ziegler, a member of. All of Ziegler's. The most scandalous is whether sex videos taken by the embattled Republican Party. Christian Ziegler, chair of Florida's Republican Party, has been accused of raping a woman he and his wife had previously had consenual sex with. 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. 135. Bridget is not under criminal investigation, but a search warrant revealed the victim told Sarasota Police she arranged to have sex with both Zieglers in early October. Bridget Ziegler. EST. More than a month after a sex scandal exposed the rank hypocrisy of Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler and his wife Bridget, Ziegler has been ousted from his position. Bridget Ziegler is co-founder of the conservative group Moms for Liberty. , on Tuesday. 12/12/2023 09:14 PM EST. Nov. 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. 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. Bridget Ziegler is a co-founder of the far-right group Moms for Liberty, which has led book-banning campaigns across the country. “The impact of the Zeigler scandal has been enormous on the Moms for Liberty structure,” Liz Mikitarian, the founder of the. 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. a left leaning, ZEM-like coalition that swept them in two years ago will take away their conservative majority. Bridget Ziegler was appointed to the Sarasota County School Board in 2014 and has won reelection three times. She also still works as a board member for the Central Florida Tourism Oversight. 2 sexual encounter was. 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.