Bridget and Christian Ziegler ‘Prowled’ Florida Bars for Women, Police Memo Says
“Don’t come home until your d*ck is wet,” Moms For Liberty founder Bridget Ziegler allegedly told her husband.
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Newly released documents say Moms For Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler and her GOP chairman husband went “on the prowl” in Sarasota bars to find women to have sex with.
Text messages quoted in a Sarasota Police Department (SPD) memo that was obtained by the Florida Trident revealed that Ziegler sent her husband, Christian, hunting for a third sexual partner at local bars and directed him to send photos of possible hits. She allegedly told him to pretend to take pictures of his beer while photographing the women so he wouldn’t get caught sneaking pictures of them.
“Don’t come home until your dick is wet,” Bridget allegedly told her husband.
The Zieglers, a local power couple in Florida Republican politics, were at the center of a sex abuse scandal after a woman alleged that Christian had raped her while she was involved in a three-way relationship with the pair. They were both ousted from their respective positions at the Florida GOP and the conservative Leadership Institute, although charges were never formally issued. Bridget Ziegler also faced a barrage of attacks for her “hypocrisy,” since she had taken a very public anti-LGBTQ+ stance but had engaged in sexual relationships with women.
Wary of what further revelations would cause for their torpedoed reputations, Bridget Ziegler had sued to keep the records kept by SPD and the State Attorney’s Office sealed from the public. That case is pending in Sarasota County, court records show.
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Records released last year revealed that the Zieglers kept a running list of possible sexual partners. The rape accuser’s name was found among a list of women beneath the subheading, “Fuck.”
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