Matt Gaetz faces lawsuit over alleged sex trafficking scheme

Two women filed a lawsuit in Florida this week accusing former Rep. Matt Gaetz of coordinating a sex trafficking scheme involving drugs.

The women, who are unnamed, filed the complaint in the Middle District of Florida on Monday, alleging Gaetz and two of his friends were involved in exploiting vulnerable young women by paying them for sexual encounters and offering them drugs. While he was in Congress, Gaetz paid the two plaintiffs bringing the lawsuit around $10,000 for sexual encounters, according to the complaint.