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Yesterday's crazy keeps on keepin' on....

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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 67 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A noteworthy paragraph for context:

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.

And shortly following that, this:

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.

This is all horrible.

The article then goes into detail about recent developments with testimony. Many dots appear to be connected.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What kind of parent drops their kid off at an adult’s party the parent is not also attending?

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A well-paid one, I guess.

I'll go throw up now.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

No, there are parents that would just do this, too. I know (well, have known) at least several.

[–] Kdkaos@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I read it as the kid drove herself there in her mom's car.

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Will someone not rid me of the this troublesome pedophile?

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 94 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Damn that is a good burn.

[–] Soup@lemmy.cafe 21 points 1 month ago

Everyone pay close attention to how quickly nothing is done about this. Then be sure to forget about it in a week or so when Trump says some new dumb shit.

[–] cjriebe@lemmy.riebe.cloud 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Goddamn, my bingo card filling up quick

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

We need cards with asterisks.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this more detail on the prior reports of him being a human trafficking pedophile that came out years ago, or something new?

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yep. ~~Mysteriously~~ dropped, iirc.

Edit: It wasn’t mysterious, there were legitimate reasons.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Nothing mysterious, no evidence. Everyone figured his buddy would squeal to spare himself jail time. Nada. The 17-yo girl in question wouldn't testify either. Also, she had since started an OF site and prosecution felt she would get torn up as a witness.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

After educating myself, agree - nothing mysterious.

However, is this really the same as “no evidence”? -

The recommendation comes in part because prosecutors have questions over whether the central witnesses in the long-running investigation would be perceived as credible before a jury.

Sounds like they did have evidence, but it was more about the reaction of the jury to the witness for other reasons.

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

No objective evidence. It's tough to build a case around key witnesses and testimonies that are easily assailable by the defense, especially ones that could play well to a jury.

It's not fair, and this all very, very likely happened as the court documents allege. But proving it in a court of law is a whole different thing.

Prosecutors generally try not to take cases they're not confident they can win. They're underpaid and overworked and try and follow the 80/20 rule, which is that they can do more good prosecuting the 80% of cases that are slam dunks, than waste tax payer money chasing 20% of the cases that require just about "everything to go right" for them to come out on top.

It's one of the many things flawed within our justice system right now that a DA won't pursue this because the blowback of losing the case would end their career.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I had understood that the girl wouldn't testify and the DA didn't want that in any case?

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

since started an OF site

Link?

(You were all thinking it, I just care less about my fake internet points)

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why fucking bother? They're just going to do what they did last time and let him go.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, he wasn't "let go". The feds didn't have the evidence and the witnesses wouldn't talk. Now it's different.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now it’s different.

Sure it is.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He's my Congressman so I've followed this sordid tale closely. You, on the other hand, are going off memes and social media commentary.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I'm not looking at him. It doesn't matter what he's done or how much evidence there is.

I'm looking at our legal system. It's useless at holding the wealthy and connected accountable. He'll walk.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Gosh, I thought the weird Gaetz was already absolved of all crimes, or something.

LOL!

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Also: whatever happened with his adopted black son?