Matt Gaetz could easily afford a high priced escort, but instead he chose to take advantage of a 17 year old girl who was in and out of homeless shelters and working at McDonald's. He paid $400 to have sex with her twice. Prison isn't enough. https://t.co/ppmXnRV1AQ - emily may (@emilykmay) November 13, 2025
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.
(Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images) Newly-unsealed federal court documents revealed the devastating story of a homeless 17-year old who allegedly had sex with former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for money so she could buy braces to straighten her teeth. A federal judge in Florida unsealed the civil case documents in October following a request from the McClatchy newspaper chain, according to The New York Times.