{"id":266998,"date":"2024-12-18T18:16:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T18:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/18\/what-was-he-accused-of-hollywood-life-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:00","slug":"what-was-he-accused-of-hollywood-life-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/18\/what-was-he-accused-of-hollywood-life-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What Was He Accused Of? \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2162317735_5ce907-e1734541778218.jpeg?resize=384%2C216\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"Matt Gaetz's Ethics Report: What Was He Accused Of?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2162317735_5ce907-e1734541778218.jpeg?resize=384%2C216 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2162317735_5ce907-e1734541778218.jpeg?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2162317735_5ce907-e1734541778218.jpeg?resize=1536%2C864 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-matt-gaetz-4345077\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Matt Gaetz<\/strong> <\/a>might have his House Ethics Committee report released after all. Though it initially voted not to disclose the report, the House agreed in early December 2024 to release the investigation into the formal Florida congressman, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/18\/politics\/matt-gaetz-ethics-report-committee\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">CNN<\/a>. Insiders told the outlet that <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-ginger-luckey-4501742\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">Gaetz<\/a>\u2018s report is expected to be disclosed after the House\u2019s final day of votes at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">Find out what is reportedly in Gaetz\u2019s ethics report, below.<\/p>\n<h2>What Did Matt Gaetz Do?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/does-matt-gaetz-have-kids-5345762\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">Gaetz<\/a> was previously accused of having sex with a 17-year-old and paying her for travel, <em>The New York Times<\/em> reported in 2021. Meanwhile, the age of consent in Florida is 18. Gaetz vehemently denied the allegations and addressed the report in an interview on <em>Tucker Carlson Tonight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">\u201cI have not had a relationship with a 17-year-old,\u201d Gaetz insisted. \u201cThat is totally false. The allegation is, I read it in <em>The<\/em> <em>New York Times<\/em>, is that I\u2019ve traveled with some 17-year-old in some relationship. That is false, and records will bear that out to be false. Providing for flights and hotel rooms for people that you\u2019re dating who are of legal age is not a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/matt-gaetz-net-worth-5346468\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">Gaetz<\/a> continued, \u201cPeople were talking about a minor and that there were pictures of me with child prostitutes. That\u2019s obviously false. There will be no such pictures, because no such thing happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">The DOJ ended its investigation into Gaetz. He was not charged with any crimes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">In December 2024, Gaetz denied the claims again but admitted that he \u201csent funds to women\u201d he previously dated.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">\u201c[The] House Ethics will reportedly post a report online that I have no opportunity to debate or rebut as a former member of the body,\u201d Gaetz tweeted, adding, \u201cIn my single days, I often sent funds to women I dated \u2014 even some I never dated but who asked. I dated several of these women for years. I NEVER had sexual contact with someone under 18. Any claim that I have would be destroyed in court \u2014 which is why no such claim was ever made in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden\/Garland DOJ spent years reviewing allegations that I committed various crimes.  <\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">I was charged with nothing: FULLY EXONERATED.  Not even a campaign finance violation.  And the people investigating me hated me. <\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">Then, the very \u201cwitnesses\u201d DOJ deemed not-credible were\u2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">\u2014 Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1869406920768917618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">December 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>What\u2019s in Matt Gaetz\u2019s Ethics Report?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\">The House Ethics Committee\u2019s report consists of details from its years-long investigation into Gaetz\u2019s behavior while he was a member of Congress, per CNN. He left his position in late 2024 after<a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/donald-trump\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"> <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> nominated him to be the next attorney general. Gaetz later withdrew his bid.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-15\">The report contains information regarding the allegations Gaetz is facing, including whether he showed inappropriate pictures of women to members on the House floor, used illegal drugs, used campaign funds for personal use and other accusations.<\/p>\n<h2>Can Matt Gaetz Go Back to Congress?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-16\">It\u2019s unclear whether Gaetz will<a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/can-matt-gaetz-return-to-congress-5347445\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">\u00a0return to Congress<\/a>. Before the House voted to release its ethics report on him, multiple outlets reported it was possible that Gaetz could.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/matt-gaetz-ethics-report-5355284\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: Getty Images Matt Gaetz might have his House Ethics Committee report released after all. 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