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. . m. 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. Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler and Bridget Ziegler, a member of. m. 12/02/2023 01:06 PM EST Updated: 12/02/2023 03:19 PM EST MIAMI — The woman accusing Republican Party of Florida Chair Christian Ziegler of rape told him over. 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. Zander Moricz. 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. Ziegler, an original co-founder of Moms for Liberty, appeared defiant at the dais, asking the school board. 2, but the woman canceled when she learned Bridget was unable to make it, police. (WWSB/Gray News) - The Sarasota County School Board voted to ask school board member Bridget Ziegler to resign on Tuesday. Bridget Ziegler is the co-founder of right wing Moms for Liberty and a trustee with the Sarasota County School board. 0:00. Bridget Ziegler could not be reached for comment. 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. Contact Carrie Seidman atcarrie. A Florida school board called for the resignation of Bridget Ziegler amid a criminal sexual assault investigation against her husband that also brought to light details about their sex lives. According to the Florida Trident: In a police interview on Nov. 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. FILE - Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler listens to public comments on Dec. 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. With Bridget Ziegler allegedly involved in such a lascivious relationship, I call for her immediate resignation from the board, as well as from the Disney oversight board. | UPDATED: December 17, 2023 at 3:50 p. On Oct. B. An. 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. 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 husband, Chris Ziegler, the Florida GOP. 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. Shaken by sex scandal, Florida GOP turns to repairing party's image, jockeying for top spot. Bridget Ziegler was appointed to the Sarasota County School Board in 2014 and has won reelection three times. Ziegler is the co-founder of the far. December 2, 2023 · 4 min read. Ziegler and the woman who he’d known for 20 years agreed to have a sexual encounter including his wife on Oct. Photo: Christian Ziegler, the head of Florida's Republican Party, is under criminal investigation. Bridget Ziegler is a co-founder of the far-right group Moms for Liberty, which has led book-banning campaigns across the country. In 2019, a year after Bridget Ziegler evaluated Bowden, it turned out her observations and instincts were pretty spot-on. Ron DeSantis (R) on legislation that opponents. 13. m. The details of the case were revealed by the. A Florida school board is scheduled to consider whether to seek the resignation of a co-founder of the. 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. which promotes conservative family values and has led efforts against same-sex marriage, endorsed Ziegler for the position in. The resolution was authored by board Chair Karen Rose, who said in an email that she is “shocked and deeply saddened” by. WGCU. 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. Jacob Ogles. Police have reportedly obtained a second sex video involving Sarasota School Board member Bridget Ziegler and an unidentified woman. 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. Sarasota School Board Chairwoman Karen Rose, who once aligned with Bridget Ziegler on conservative politics, told Florida Politics that she should resign because of the "harmful distractions" the scandal was causing for the board. A second video has been recovered by police showing Bridget Ziegler engaging in sexual relations with a woman, sources said. /. 2 after she backed out of plans to have sex with Ziegler and his. Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler is being investigated by police after a woman — who once had sex with him and his wife — said Ziegler raped her, according to a search warrant affidavit. Co-founder Bridget Ziegler’s. The Sarasota School Board has voted to request the resignation of Bridget Ziegler amid rape allegations against her husband. 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. DeSantis, who in February appointed Bridget Ziegler to the state-created board overseeing development at Walt Disney World, has called for Christian Ziegler’s resignation in light of the police investigation, as have numerous other Florida Republicans, including U. According to documents, Bridget Ziegler admitted to officers they had a similar encounter a year ago. 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. It’s unclear if the woman is the same woman who accused Ziegler’s husband of. SARASOTA, Fla. Bridget Ziegler has been a member of the Sarasota County School Board since 2014. 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. 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. Florida sex scandal tarnishes GOP power couple and party’s credibility. She has served on the board since 2014, when she was appointed by then-Gov. , reveals the caller was concerned about the mental. FILE - Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler listens to public comments on Dec. In a police report, a. Ziegler, 40, maintains that the sex — originally proposed to include his wife, Bridget Ziegler, according to court documents — was consensual. Christian Ziegler told investigators that he had consensual sex with the woman on. The co-founder of the conservative extremist group Moms for Liberty has refused to resign from her position on a Florida school board, in spite of an active rape investigation into her husband. The two members who won election on the same slate as Ziegler, Tim Enos and Robyn Marinelli, have not commented. At least that's the hope for the Florida Republican Party. The Sarasota school board on Tuesday voted 4-1to ask member Bridget Ziegler to resign. 6. The most scandalous is whether sex videos taken by the. Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler listens to public comments Tuesday evening, Dec. Bridget Ziegler was appointed to the Sarasota County School Board in 2014 and has won reelection three times. "The victim and Christian Ziegler agreed to have. The woman canceled with Christian Ziegler after she was told that Bridget was. Sarasota man arrested for soliciting sex and child neglect. 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. 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. 2 that Bridget Ziegler was not accompanying Christian, she changed her mind. This tape solely stars Bridget with another woman (who is unidentified). 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. revealed to the police officer who initially responded and the investigating detective her long-running “three-way” sex. 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. Amid sexual assault allegations against Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, a sex tape of his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, with a woman has been recovered by the police, according to a non-profit Florida watchdog group. (WWSB/Gray News) - The Sarasota County School Board voted to ask school board member Bridget Ziegler to resign on Tuesday. Ziegler, who voted against. 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. Bridget Ziegler co-founded the group Moms for Liberty, which has pushed anti-LGBTQ+ agendas and worked to remove books from school classrooms that have themes of racial justice and acceptance of. Bridget Ziegler, who is a Sarasota County School Board member, has refused to step down from her school board job. The dancer later landed roles in movies and even became Sia’s muse and often performed in her music. Bridget Ziegler refused to step down from her position on the Sarasota school board, despite the board taking the rare step of calling for her. They are simply a mirror reflecting an enabling GOP that long ago lost its way. November 30 2023 5:10 PM EST. "Ziegler showed detectives the 2. Christian Ziegler, pictured in 2018, led a media training session at the Moms for Liberty conference this week. SARASOTA, Fla. 51 in 2014 - when she first. 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. 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. Rally against Ziegler. 6. Bridget Ziegler also said she knew nothing about the video, Sarasota police Det. The Florida Center for Government Accountability report clarified it is not known if the. Police have reportedly obtained a second sex video involving Sarasota School Board member Bridget Ziegler and an unidentified woman. Police. 135. The Sarasota County School Board cannot directly remove Bridget Ziegler from the panel but voted 4-1 Tuesday for a. Smartest ( 43) Funniest ( 13) 2023-12-08 7:29:29 AM. S. 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. 6, 2023 - Schoolboard chairwoman calls on Bridget Ziegler to resign. She was first appointed to the Sarasota County School Board in 2014 by now-U. Jacob Ogles December 08 2023. EST. Ziegler and the woman who he’d known for 20 years agreed to have a sexual encounter including his wife on Oct. Ziegler was interviewed by detectives on Nov. This is the second in a five-day series. Bridget Ziegler confirmed the married couple had a. Florida school board approves resolution calling for Bridget Ziegler to resign over Republican sex scandal. 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. Bridget Ziegler has served on the School Board since 2014. 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. Getty Images. A Florida school board has formally called for prominent Republican Bridget Ziegler to resign from her seat after a sex scandal involving her husband. Rick Scott, and has previously been its chair. Seeking to unseat Ziegler is a candidate who would set her own precedent, as the first Black Sarasota School Board member, Dawnyelle Singleton. 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. 8k. (Zack Wittman/Bloomberg )Bridget Ziegler (left) with Casey DeSantis at the launch of Mamas for DeSantis. Sen. The potential for Christian Ziegler to face a video voyeurism charge opens new legal questions around the case. 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, according to a heavily redacted police. The woman then told police she was sexually. Bridget Ziegler, known for her anti-LGBTQ stances, was involved in a sexual tryst with a woman who is now accusing her husband of rape. A sex tape between Sarasota School Board member and co-founder of Moms for Liberty, Bridget Ziegler, and another woman has been recovered. Ziegler if she doesn't resign” Reporter Katie LaGrone asked board. Police have reportedly obtained a second sex video involving Sarasota School Board member Bridget Ziegler and an unidentified woman. 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 Chairman Christian Ziegler. Then came revelations of a threesome with a woman, who. Read part one here. 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. All of Ziegler's colleagues on. 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. December 12, 2023 1:45 PM. Her hubby Christian Ziegler is chairman of the Florida Republican Party. 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, 41, a thrice-elected Sarasota County school board. WGCU. On Tuesday, the Sarasota School Board is. By Lori Rozsa. 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. Moms for Liberty, a national right-wing advocacy group, was born in Florida as a response to Covid-19 school closures and mask mandates. 57°. December 16, 2023 at 7:00 a. The vote against Christian Ziegler came less than a week after the Sarasota County School Board asked his wife and co-founder of Moms for Liberty Bridget Ziegler to resign her position on the. Florida GOP Chair Accused of Sexually Assaulting Threesome Partner. For Tom Edwards. Bridget Ziegler has been a fixture within Florida conservative circles for years. Her husband was elected to serve as Sarasota County's State Committeeman in 2012 and re-elected. December 04 2023 4:53 PM EST. Bridget Ziegler is a member of the Sarasota County School Board. 51 in 2014 - when. 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. Matt Rourke. 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. In the affidavit, a written declaration made under oath, a law enforcement officer said that the woman and Mr. "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. December 22 2023 7:35 PM EST Sarasota police obtained a second sex video from embattled Republican Party of Florida Chair Christian Ziegler. Florida GOP Chair Accused of Sexually Assaulting Threesome Partner. 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,. Sex Scandal in Florida Shakes Moms for Liberty. Despite Ziegler's four board colleagues voting. 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. White, Sarasota. Bridget Ziegler is a co-founder of the organization Moms for Liberty and a member of the Sarasota County School Board. 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. 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. Moms for Liberty is condemning Republican Party of Florida Chair Christian Ziegler — the husband of one of the group’s co-founders, Bridget Ziegler — after Christian Ziegler was accused of rape. Ziegler had known each other for 20 years and that she told the police she had agreed. 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. com or 505-238-0392. 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 couple framed. The woman, however, told police she.