New Court Filings Place Matt Gaetz at a Party at the Center of the Sex
Trafficking Scandal

This is the first public filing that cites sworn testimony alleging that
Gaetz attended one of the long-rumored parties with a teenage girl.
Matt Gaetz
Jose Pagliery, NOTUS Reporter
September 20, 2024 01:35 AM | Updated: September 20, 2024 10:28 AM

Rep. Matt Gaetz attended a drug-fueled sex party in 2017 with the 17-
year-old girl at the center of the alleged sex trafficking scandal,
according to legal documents filed to a Florida federal court shortly
before midnight Thursday, which cite sealed affidavits from three
eyewitness testimonies.

The minor, who was a junior in high school at the time, arrived in her
mother�s car for a July 15, 2017, party at the Florida home of Chris
Dorworth, a lobbyist and friend of Gaetz�s, according to a court filing
written by defense attorneys who interviewed witnesses as part of an
ongoing civil lawsuit Dorworth brought in 2023.

The lobbyist claimed he had been unfairly dragged into the alleged sex
trafficking scandal that has dogged Gaetz and his allies for years.
Dorworth ultimately dropped the case, but lawyers filed these documents
in an attempt to recoup attorneys fees for a lawsuit they say should
never have been brought.

One eyewitness cited in the court filings, a young woman referred to as
K.M., provided a sworn affidavit that claimed the teenage girl was naked,
partygoers were there to �engage in sexual activities,� and �alcohol,
cocaine, ecstasy � and marijuana� were present. The teenage girl was
identified in the filings only as A.B.

�The discovery taken in this case to date reflects that on Saturday, July
15, 2017 � Dorworth, hosted a party at his residence � with the following
guests present: (1) A.B.; (2) K.M.; (3) B.G.; (4) Matt Gaetz,� lawyers
wrote in the filing, also listing several others. The defense lawyers
filed testimonies from those three women � who the attorneys say placed
Gaetz at Dorworth�s house that night � under seal pending a judge�s
approval to make the records public.

Additionally, Gaetz�s own ex-girlfriend � who was present at the party �
provided testimony that lawyers say rebuts Dorworth�s claims that he was
not there. NOTUS independently verified that Gaetz and one of the women
who testified were previously involved in a relationship; she is only
identified in the court filing by her initials, B.G.

The congressman�s ex-girlfriend�s eleventh hour testimony on Sept. 3 came
just two days before Dorworth dropped his lawsuit, defense attorneys said
in the filing. The defense lawyers also relied on Dorworth�s geolocated
cell phone records, which showed that he communicated constantly with the
congressman that day. The defense�s court filings show a hired digital
forensic examiner identified Gaetz�s number, which has a Florida
panhandle 850 area code and texted back and forth 30 times that day and
then called Dorworth twice in the hours before the evening revelry.
�B.G., another attendee at that party, confirmed A.B.�s testimony under
penalty of perjury,� defense lawyers wrote.

This marks the first time that sworn testimony has been referenced in
public court filings alleging that the congressman attended one of the
long-rumored parties tied to an alleged underage sex scandal. Previous
reports have revealed details of ex-politician and Gaetz friend Joel
Greenberg�s confession letter that was never made public, which described
how Gaetz would allegedly pay him to arrange several sexual encounters
with young women � including a 17-year-old girl. Greenberg is serving an
11-year prison sentence for a list of charges, including fraud and sex
trafficking with a child.

There have also been reports of Venmo payment transactions that were also
never released showing the congressman paying Greenberg on at least one
occasion.

In 2021, Gaetz appeared on Tucker Carlson�s Fox News show and asserted,
�The person doesn�t exist. I have not had a relationship with a 17-year-
old. That is totally false.� Gaetz has denied allegations that he has
ever had sex with a minor or participated in sex trafficking.

The Department of Justice investigated Gaetz and ultimately declined to
file criminal charges.

Gaetz did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Records also show that A.B., who was born in 1999, attended three weekly
deposition sessions in July and testified in front of lawyers in Boulder,
Colorado.

The new details were released in a cache of court filings that were
ironically made public as a direct result of the congressman�s friend,
Dorworth, trying to make this disappear.

When the DOJ dropped the investigation, Dorworth sued several people
including Greenberg, and the woman who claimed she was sex-trafficked by
Gaetz when she was only 17.

Dorworth responded by text message Friday morning, repeating his claim
that he �never met� the teenager, �not once in my life.�

�She is also lying about Matt Gaetz,� he added.

Dorworth said his account is supported by a polygraph test he took years
ago during which he was asked about the alleged encounters, and he noted
that he is �still suing Joel, his parents and his company in state
court.� He also took issue with the way defense lawyers referenced
material that he stressed was �confidential.�