Florida GOP Ousts Christian Ziegler After Threesome Sex Scandal

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 conservative values.

Ziegler didn’t appear for the closed-door meeting in Tallahassee, where an “overwhelming” number of party members voted to remove him, one official told The Daily Beast. A few Republicans, however, were opposed to his departure.

In late November, nonprofit journalism outlet the Florida Trident revealed Sarasota cops were investigating Ziegler for allegedly raping a female friend who’d previously had a threesome with him and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler.

Read more at The Daily Beast.