{"id":2154138,"date":"2024-01-19T18:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T23:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disgraced-florida-gop-chairman-avoids-one-charge-but-faces-investigation-over-sex-tape\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T18:05:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T23:05:50","slug":"disgraced-florida-gop-chairman-avoids-one-charge-but-faces-investigation-over-sex-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disgraced-florida-gop-chairman-avoids-one-charge-but-faces-investigation-over-sex-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida GOP chairman avoids one charge, but faces sex tape investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisgraced-florida-gop-chairman-avoids-one-charge-but-faces-investigation-over-sex-tape%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2154138&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Florida Republican Party Chairman Cleared of Sexual Battery Allegations, Could Still Face Charges Over Alleged Sex Tape<\/h2>\n<p>Former Florida\u200c Republican Party Chairman \u2064Christian Ziegler has been cleared of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vin-diesel-categorically-denies-sexual-battery-lawsuit-filed-by-former-assistant\/\" title=\"Vin Diesel firmly denies sexual battery lawsuit from ex-assistant\">sexual battery allegations<\/a> by Florida police, but he still could face charges over an alleged sex tape.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Sarasota Police Department announced on Friday it would \u2064be referring a\u200b probable cause affidavit for video voyeurism to the state attorney\u2019s office as part of the investigation into Ziegler, which began in October 2023.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a news release from the police department, the victim was unaware and did not consent to being\u2062 video recorded during the \u2062sexual act. The investigation \u200dinvolved \u200dmultiple interviews, surveillance \u2064footage and cellphone data\u2064 analysis, as well\u2063 as subpoenas.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ziegler\u2019s lawyer Derek Byrd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tokyo-olympics-set-to-go-on-regardless-of-covid-19-pandemic\/\" title=\"Tokyo Olympics Set To Go On \u2018Regardless\u2019 Of COVID-19 Pandemic\">expressed confidence<\/a> in his client&#8217;s innocence, stating,\u2064 &#8220;He\u2063 has been completely honest,\u2064 forthright, and has been fully cooperative with law enforcement at every stage of this investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite being cleared of sexual battery allegations, Ziegler&#8217;s reputation and career have suffered as a result \u200dof the \u200binvestigation. Prominent Florida Republicans, including Governor \u200bRon DeSantis and Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, called for his \u200cresignation, leading to his removal as chairman\u2063 of the Florida Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Ziegler awaits a decision from the State Attorney&#8217;s office regarding \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-wants-feds-involved-after-prosecutor-refuses-to-charge-suspects-in-gang-related-shooting\/\" title=\"Chicago Mayor Wants Feds Involved After Prosecutor Refuses To Charge Suspects In Gang-Related Shooting\">potential charges related<\/a> \u200cto the alleged sex tape.<\/p>\n<h3>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to \u2064read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/h3>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What charges could \u2064Ziegler potentially\u2064 face in relation to the alleged sex tape?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Former Florida Republican Party Chairman Cleared of \u2064Sexual Battery Allegations, Could \u2062Still\u200b Face Charges Over \u200bAlleged Sex \u200bTape<\/p>\n<p>Former Florida Republican Party Chairman, Christian Ziegler, has been cleared of sexual battery allegations by Florida police, however, \u2063he could still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutor-says-sedition-charges-possible-in-capitol-riot-cases-trump-may-be-criminally-culpable\/\" title=\"Prosecutor Says Sedition Charges Possible In Capitol Riot Cases, Trump May Be \u2018Criminally Culpable\u2019\">face charges related<\/a> to an alleged sex tape.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b Sarasota Police Department recently \u2062announced that it will be referring a probable \u2064cause affidavit for video voyeurism to the state attorney&#8217;s office as part of\u2062 the ongoing investigation into Ziegler, which began in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>According to a news release from the police department, the victim was\u200b unaware and did not give consent to \u2064being video recorded during the sexual act. The investigation involved \u200bmultiple interviews, surveillance footage, cellphone data analysis,\u2064 as well \u2062as subpoenas.<\/p>\n<p>Ziegler&#8217;s lawyer, Derek Byrd, expressed confidence\u2064 in \u2063his client&#8217;s \u2064innocence, stating, &#8220;He has been completely honest, forthright, and has been fully cooperative with law enforcement \u2064at every stage \u200dof this investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite being \u2062cleared of sexual battery allegations, Ziegler&#8217;s\u2062 reputation and\u2062 career have suffered as a result \u2062of the investigation.\u2063 Prominent \u200cFlorida Republicans, including Governor Ron DeSantis and Senators Marco Rubio and Rick\u200d Scott, called for \u2063his \u2062resignation, leading to \u200chis removal as chairman of the Florida Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Ziegler awaits a decision from\u2064 the \u200dState \u2064Attorney&#8217;s office regarding potential charges related to the \u2064alleged\u200b sex tape.<\/p>\n<p>Click here\u200b to read\u200d more from\u2062 the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Florida Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler has been exonerated of sexual battery allegations by Florida police. However, he may still be prosecuted for an alleged sex tape. The Sarasota Police Department will be forwarding a probable cause affidavit for video voyeurism to the state attorney&#8217;s office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2154139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2154138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2154139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}