Republican Rape Scandals List

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Displaying 24 Scandals
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  • State Sen. Ray Holmberg [R-ND]
    Routinely paid to have sex with children who lived in the Czech Republic over a five-year period
    30 Oct 2023
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • State Rep. Bryan Slaton [R-TX]
    Provided a 19-year-old legislative intern and her friends with a "lot of alcohol" at an apartment he rented separate from his wife and kids when the legislature was in session and then had unprotected sex with her which a Republican-led investigation determined was tantamount to rape because his victim "could not effectively consent to intercourse" due to the influence of alcohol, and also because she very likely would have said no as it was her first time having sex
    14 Apr 2023
    According to an official complaint filed against Slaton and exclusively reported by The Texas Tribune
  • Mayor Ted Tomaszewski [R-NJ]
    Engaged in multiple sex acts including penetrative sex with a 15-year-old boy over a two-month period
    17 Jan 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Influencer Andrew Tate
    Operated an international human trafficking & sex abuse ring that lured unsuspecting women into performing in adult videos without their consent under threat of violence if they attempted to flee
    30 Dec 2022
    According to charging documents filed by Romanian authorities
  • Chief of Police William Pruitt [R-FL]
    Raped a 14-year-old girl twice at gunpoint after luring her into his truck, threatened to "blow her brains out" if she ever told anyone, conspired with friends who were former police officers to send a torrent of threatening messages to scare her from reporting it to the authorities, and continued to stalk her even after being charged with raping her
    09 Dec 2022
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Joel Koskan [2022 GOP SD State Rep. Nominee]
    Raped, orally penetrated, and sexually molested his adopted daughter over a six-year period beginning when she was just twelve years old and waged an intimidation campaign to keep her quiet by monitoring her every move via GPS and home video surveillance, which ironically is how he found out she reported him to the police while also being a married father of young children who frequently espoused the virtues of traditional family values
    03 Nov 2022
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Oklahoma College Republicans Chair Jonathan Hernandez
    Performed oral sex on a 14-year-old boy he met at a church he ministered inside his dorm room at Oklahoma Christian University after watching adult videos with the boy inside his dorm room
    11 Jul 2022
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Young Americans for Liberty President Cliff Maloney
    Raped a female college student after luring her to his dorm room with the promise of a glass of Champagne which he drugged causing her to begin “feeling weird" and lose consciousness
    28 Apr 2022
    According to charging documents filed by local authorities
  • State House Speaker Lee Chatfield [R-MI]
    Allegedly raped and sexually abused a minor over many years beginning when she was fifteen years old and continued well into her adulthood while being married the entire time
    07 Jan 2022
    According to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim and reported by local media
  • District Attorney Jeffrey Thomas [R-PA]
    Slapped a female work acquaintance on the face then grabbed her by the neck and raped her after he entered her house without permission and refused to leave while portraying himself as a "tough on crime" prosecutor to the public
    23 Sep 2021
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • GOP Donor Mark Grethen
    Sodomized and molested two children one year before he was named "Republican of the Year" by the National Republican Congressional Committee because of his large donations to the party
    07 Aug 2021
    He was found guilty and was sentenced to 26 years in prison
  • State Rep. Bill Brough [R-CA]
    Allegedly forcibly pinned down, raped and sodomized a legislative aide in her car as she screamed and attempted to flee while also being married with young children at home
    05 Dec 2020
    According to an official complaint filed by the victim with the Sacramento police five years after the alleged offense
  • Ed Henry [Reporter]
    Allegedly handcuffed and "violently" raped Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart so roughly that he left her "bruised and battered with bloody wrists" after he lured her to his hotel room ostensibly to discuss her career trajectory at Fox News while also being married
    21 Jul 2020
    According to a civil lawsuit filed against Henry and Fox News by the alleged victim
  • Allegedly raped writer E. Jean Carroll after he forcibly pushed her against a dressing room wall inside a department store while he was married to Marla
    21 Jun 2019
    According to a firsthand account from E. Jean Carroll and corroborated by friends who recalled her telling the story after it happened and deciding to keep quiet at the time out of fear
  • State Rep. David Stringer [R-AZ]
    Paid two underage boys -- one who was developmentally disabled -- he met in a park $10 each to perform oral sex on them and then had them perform oral sex on him
    30 Mar 2019
    According to an exclusive report by the Arizona Republic
  • State Rep. David Stringer [R-AZ]
    Had oral and penetrative sex with an underage boy as young as 13-years-old on ten separate occasions and got caught when the boy's father found out and reported him to the police
    29 Mar 2019
    According to an exclusive report by the Arizona Republic
  • State Rep. Brian Ellis [R-PA]
    Had sex with an unconscious woman who recalled waking up next to him in bed "in pain, injured and naked" without any memory of having sex with him after a night of "casually drinking" less than two drinks with friends and in addition to being unable to legally consent to sex she had made it "abundantly clear" to him many times before that she was not interested in a sexual relationship, not least because he was married
    20 Mar 2019
    According to an exclusive report by The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • State Sen. Ralph Shortey [R-OK]
    Paid for sex with a 17-year-old minor boy he found on Craigslist at a local Super 8 Motel while also being a married father with four young children and an avid supporter of Anti-LGBT legislation who proudly proclaimed he was a “family values Republican”
    01 Feb 2019
  • State Rep. Nick Miccarelli [R-PA]
    Allegedly tore off a nightgown, pinned down and raped a political consultant in her bed moments after she turned her back on him to go upstairs to her bedroom after instructing him to remain downstairs and sober up because he claimed he was too drunk to drive home
    13 Mar 2018
    According to an exclusive interview the alleged victim conducted with PennLive
  • Charles Payne [Host]
    Allegedly "pressured" his way into Fox News political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes hotel room and raped her after she rebuffed his advances and told him to "stop" what he was doing while also being married
    18 Sep 2017
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
  • Sexually assaulted his wife Ivana Trump -- 16 months since the last time they had sex -- in a way she later described to her friends as "rape" because he blamed her for painful side effects from a plastic surgery procedure she recommended he undertake to help cover his baldness
    17 Oct 2016
    According to a sworn court deposition by Ivana Trump at which she hedged that it wasn't rape in the "criminal sense" although friends said she described it to them as such right after it happened
  • Activist Greg Peterson
    Raped a woman he met online at his secluded cabin and then held her for an additional two days at his mother's house where he threatened to tell authorities about her expired visa if she talked
    19 Oct 2012
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Activist Greg Peterson
    Raped and slapped a woman he met at a church singles function several times at a secluded cabin he drove her to under the guise of going to a movie together instead
    19 Oct 2012
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • County Commissioner David Swartz [R-OH]
    Repeatedly raped and sexually violated a young girl over a ten-year period beginning when she was just six years old
    03 Feb 2004
    According to charging documents filed by local officials