"She was 17 and a high school junior in Florida. She was working at McDonald's. And she was living in and out of a homeless shelter. Hoping to save up to buy braces to fix her teeth, she falsely advertised herself in 2017 as 18 years old on a website that matches men looking for companionship with young women looking to make money."
"The girl would emerge as the chief witness against Mr. Gaetz in the Justice Department sex trafficking investigation. The investigation ended with the department declining to bring charges. Among the reasons prosecutors did not move forward was their concern about whether she would be seen as a credible witness after being exposed to cross-examination by defense lawyers, according to people familiar with the investigation."
Matt Gaetz, a former Florida congressman, faced a dramatic political fall connected to encounters with a teenage woman. The girl was 17, a high school junior, working at McDonald's and living intermittently in a homeless shelter. She falsely represented herself as 18 in 2017 on a website connecting men seeking companionship with young women seeking income, hoping to buy braces. She became the chief witness in a Justice Department sex trafficking investigation into Mr. Gaetz. Prosecutors declined to bring charges partly because of concerns that cross-examination would undermine her credibility. Joel Greenberg groomed her, supplying money and drugs, and ecstasy was the drug of choice.
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