Bridget Ziegler appeared at her first Disney World oversight board meeting on Wednesday despite being embroiled in her husband’s sex scandal, which resulted in his ousting as chairman of the Florida Republican Party.
Attending her first in-person meeting of the year, Ziegler said, “I’m here,” regarding speculation that she’ll resign.
The Moms for Liberty founder was caught in a three-way sex scandal with her husband and another woman. The woman accused Christian Ziegler of rape, which has now been cleared by Sarasota police. Though police dropped the more serious charge, charges of video voyeurism have been forwarded to the state attorney’s office. Christian Ziegler has denied the allegation, claiming it was a consensual encounter.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) appointed Bridget Ziegler to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District’s Board of Supervisors, overseeing Disney’s Orlando theme parks, in February.
Bridget Ziegler is also a member of the Sarasota County School Board, which voted 4-1 in December for a resolution asking her to step down. Bridget Ziegler was the only member in opposition to the resignation, refusing to give up her position.
Previous calls from the public have been made requesting Bridget Ziegler’s resignation from the Disney board. During a December meeting that Bridget Ziegler did not attend in person, Debie McDonald said that while “they deserve their day in court,” her “family’s legal trouble” is “a distraction from the governance of this board.”
Addressing Bridget Ziegler directly, McDonald said the embattled member needs “to do what is best for the greater good.”
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“What Mrs. Ziegler does privately with other consenting adults is no more our business than it is the behavior of the other consenting adults she pretends to find abhorrent,” McDonald said. “It is the rank hypocrisy of attacking others for what she personally practices that should disqualify her for a position of public trust.”
Board members did not address the situation directly, nor did they address McDonald’s calls for Bridget Ziegler to step down, but they thanked her for comments “with respect to free speech.”
