Both he and his wife, Bridget Ziegler, were planning on having a consensual sexual encounter with the accuser, whom they had known for 20 years, but the woman tried to cancel when she was informed. 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. Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call via AP file. 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. The dancer later landed roles in movies and even became Sia’s muse and often performed in her music. Moms for Liberty, a national right-wing advocacy group, was born in Florida as a response to Covid-19 school closures and mask mandates. Rally against Ziegler. The Sarasota County School board passed a resolution Dec. Florida GOP chair Christian Ziegler and his wife, Moms for Liberty cofounder Bridget Ziegler. December 13, 2023 · 4 min read 12 Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler listens to public comments Tuesday evening, Dec. He claims the sex was consensual. The. Dec. Ziegler has said the sexual encounter was consensual. Sarasota police obtained a second sex video from embattled Republican Party of Florida Chair Christian Ziegler. As for the more salacious allegations—what happens behind closed doors is Christian and Bridget’s personal business. FILE - Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler listens to public comments on Dec. Photo publicly posted on Ziegler’s Facebook page. According to the affidavit, once the woman learned at 2:12 p. 'Christian Ziegler can’t possibly continue to lead the Florida GOP under these conditions,' Fried said in a statement. policies hypocritical. Bridget Ziegler did not respond to requests for comment. 0:41 UPDATE: The Sarasota School Board has called for Bridget Ziegler to resign. Bridget Ziegler has admitted that she participated in a sexual encounter with Christian and his accuser last year, but she was not involved in the alleged sexual assault. 2, but the woman backed out after Bridget Ziegler “couldn’t make it. November 30 2023 5:10 PM EST. Calls mount for Bridget Ziegler to resign from Sarasota School Board amid a sex scandal. Christian Ziegler — the Florida GOP Chair currently under investigation over rape allegations by a woman he and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder and Sarasota School Board member Bridget. Fri, December 22, 2023, 2:35 PM EST · 2 min read. Dan Wagner USA TODAY NETWORK. 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. UPDATED 5:00 AM ET Dec. Bridget Ziegler had already confirmed to police she had been involved in a three-way sex encounter a year prior to that with the woman and her husband. According to a police affidavit, a Sarasota woman Ziegler has known for 20 years said she was sexually assaulted on Oct. In search warrant affidavits, police have said the woman reported that she had originally agreed to have sex with both Ziegler and his wife that day in October, but canceled when Bridget Ziegler. According to the Florida Trident, the. Rick Scott, and has previously been its chair. Florida school board approves resolution calling for Bridget Ziegler to resign over Republican sex scandal. This one shows an. 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. Christian Ziegler told investigators that he had consensual sex with the woman on. 13. 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. Bridget Ziegler has been a member of the Sarasota County School Board since 2014. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Facebook/Handout. Nov. Bridget Ziegler, a vocal supporter of the Parental Rights in Education law, often referred to as Don’t Say Gay, has told investigators that she and her husband had sex with the alleged victim. Sex Scandal in Florida Shakes Moms for Liberty. Edwards is this Florida board’s only openly gay member. Ziegler and his wife, Bridget Ziegler, have admitted to police that they previously had a consensual sexual relationship with Christian Ziegler’s accuser. According to a search warrant affidavit, Christian and Bridget, who are married, had made plans to have sex. 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. Seeking to unseat Ziegler is a candidate who would set her own precedent, as the first Black Sarasota School Board member, Dawnyelle Singleton. 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. 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. But it quickly became just as well known for pushing policies branded as anti L. Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler and Bridget Ziegler, a member of. 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. Bridget Ziegler, 41, a thrice-elected Sarasota County school board. 1:46. 2, but Bridget Ziegler couldn't attend, according to the. Sen. On Nov. 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. 8, 2024, to vote on removing Ziegler’s husband, Chairman Christian Ziegler, and. 2, but Bridget Ziegler couldn't attend, according to the. Consequently, the co-founder of the anti-LGBTQ+ extremist group, Moms for Liberty, resigned from her most recent. 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. Ziegler's. Christian and Bridget Ziegler had been rising stars of the Florida Republicans, promoting conservative family values. Her husband was elected to serve as Sarasota County's State Committeeman in 2012 and re-elected. Sen. Christian Ziegler has maintained his innocence and refused to step down, prompting his forced removal. The resolution is non-binding, and the board cannot force her to resign. 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. (Zack Wittman/Bloomberg )Bridget Ziegler (left) with Casey DeSantis at the launch of Mamas for DeSantis. 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. Bridget Ziegler worked with Gov. The is the second sex tape of the Zieglers. 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. Ms. 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. 5-minute-long video of the sexual encounter," according to the search warrant. Before DeSantis appointed her to the CFTOD, Bridget Ziegler was one of three women who started Moms for Liberty in 2021. Christian Ziegler has admitted they had sex in her apartment but claims it was consensual. which promotes conservative family values and has led efforts against same-sex marriage, endorsed Ziegler for the position in. By Lori Rozsa. Or at least when. Co-founder Bridget Ziegler’s husband, Florida GOP Chair Christian. The woman told the police that she had had a consensual sexual encounter with Mr. All of Ziegler's colleagues on the Sarasota. 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. 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. In the affidavit, a written declaration made under oath, a law enforcement officer said that the woman and Mr. Bridget Ziegler, a Sarasota School Board member and co-founder of the conservative Moms for Liberty, confirmed to police she and her husband engaged. Ziegler was interviewed by detectives on Nov. 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. christian ziegler florida gop chair bridget ziegler moms for liberty founder. The incident under investigation by Sarasota police occurred when Christian Ziegler and the woman were alone at the woman’s house, without Bridget Ziegler present, the sources conveyed. The attention surrounding the personal sex life of Sarasota County school board member Bridget Ziegler is now the basis of mounting pressure for her to quit her public life with the board. JWPlayer. Bridget Ziegler is also an elected member of the Sarasota County school board and was appointed by DeSantis to the board that now oversees Walt Disney World’s land development. Bridget Ziegler speaks at the Moms for Liberty meeting in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 1, 2023. Bridget Ziegler, who is a Sarasota County School Board member, has refused to step down from her school board job. AP. The five-member Sarasota School Board is dominated by four conservatives. Bridget Ziegler, a school board member in Sarasota, Florida, is an original co-founder of Moms for Liberty. 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. Florida police have obtained a video showing Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler having sex with a woman. It’s no shock, then, that Edwards became the first member of the School Board to call for Bridget Ziegler’s resignation amid her husband’s high-profile sex scandal. Christian Ziegler, 40, told members of the state GOP that he and wife. 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 woman canceled with Christian Ziegler after she was told that Bridget was. Neither. ”Bridget Ziegler said she will keep her position amid a police investigation into her husband and a sex scandal. EST. As for Bridget Ziegler, who has admitted to police about participating in three-way sex with her husband and the couple’s long-standing female friend, I’m wondering how this will affect her. 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. in News, Opinion, Politics. LendingTree. Consequently, the co-founder of the anti-LGBTQ+ extremist group, Moms for Liberty, resigned from her most recent. Christian Ziegler was removed as chairman of the Florida Republican Party on January 8, 2024 by the party's. Ziegler admitted to having sex with the alleged victim, but said the sex was consensual and that he recorded the encounter. 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. Florida sex scandal tarnishes GOP power couple and party’s credibility. Calls for Ziegler’s removal follow allegations the former Florida GOP chair raped a woman on Oct. He told the Herald. Bridget Ziegler is co-founder of the conservative group Moms for Liberty. Ziegler and his wife, Sarasota County School Board member and Moms for Liberty founder Bridget Ziegler, have emerged as one of the most prominent political couples in the state in recent years. December 08 2023 6:10 PM EST. December 12 2023 9:37 PM EST. His wife Bridget is a member of the Sarasota County School Board and… It’s hard to know where to start with this. but critics and many parents in Sarasota say. 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. 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. 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. Her husband, who responded to The 74 through Twitter Thursday evening, would not discuss his company’s work for Moms for Liberty. The school board voted last month to ask her to resign. In 2019, a year after Bridget Ziegler evaluated Bowden, it turned out her observations and instincts were pretty spot-on. That’s the allegation being made about Bridget Ziegler — co-founder of far-right Moms for Liberty — by an unnamed woman accusing Florida Republican Chairman Christian Ziegler of rape and. Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler filmed a sex tape of herself and another woman, an activity revealed in the ongoing investigation into her. She and her husband, Christian, are embroiled in a sex scandal. 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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. Multiple chapters have also campaigned to ban books that address gender and sexuality from school libraries. Florida GOP Chair Accused of Sexually Assaulting Threesome Partner. Florida GOP Chair Accused of Sexually Assaulting Threesome Partner. 2, 2023 at her apartment. EST. which would mean she was unable to consent to [email protected] 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. by opponents. His wife, Bridget Ziegler, a staunch conservative who helped found the group “Mom’s For Liberty,” has also admitted that she and her husband both had sex with the woman who is accusing her. Sarasota man arrested for soliciting sex and child neglect. 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. Photo Illustration by Luis G. 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,. The Trident article quotes anonymous sources who say the Zieglers were in a consensual three-way sexual relationship with the victim but. A second video has been recovered by police showing Bridget Ziegler engaging in sexual relations with a woman, sources said. Bridget Ziegler, a Sarasota School Board member and co-founder of the conservative Moms for Liberty, confirmed to police she and her husband engaged in a threesome with the woman more than a year. m. 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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. If tanking in school board elections across the country wasn’t hard enough to spin, now the group is embroiled in a sex scandal involving a co-founder and a rape allegation against her husband. Christian showed detectives a two-and-a-half-minute video of the encounter to support his claim of consensual sex. “You can contact Tina directly for any additional insight. (WWSB/Gray News) - The Sarasota County School Board voted to ask school board member Bridget Ziegler to resign on Tuesday. 2, Ziegler claimed the encounter was consensual and showed detectives a two-and-a-half minute video of the sex act he’d taken on. Police have reportedly recovered a second sex video involving Bridget Ziegler, a leader of the Moms for Liberty group that is dedicated to banning books that. 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. — As the Sarasota County School Board convened for the final time this year on Tuesday, Bridget Ziegler entered the board chambers facing a rift largely driven by agenda item No. 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. The power couple — Christian chairs the Florida GOP and Bridget is. The Sarasota County School Board called for Bridget Ziegler to resign from her post after news the conservative politician had engaged in a threesome, which included. The. Christian and Bridget Ziegler had been rising stars of the Florida Republicans, promoting conservative family values. Bridget Ziegler, a co-founder of the conservative Moms for Liberty group and a member of the Sarasota County School Board, is at the center of a controversy involving her husband, Christian Ziegler, the Chair of the Florida Republican Party, that has exposed the pair’s overwhelming hypocrisy. 30 2023, Published 7:15 p.