Republican Grooming Scandals - Sexual Interactions with Minors

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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
  • Rene Pedrosa [Spokesperson]
    Cupped a 16-year-old boy's buttocks and kissed him on the lips before grabbing his hand and placing it on his erect penis while meeting with him in his government office ostensibly to discuss having him help design a web page
    14 Aug 2023
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Alliance for a Pro-Life Alabama Chair Cole Wagner
    Engaged in "sexual contact" with a child under the age of ten
    24 Jul 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local officials first reported by the Alabama Political Reporter
  • City Council Member Matthew Reilly [R-RI]
    Molested a 12-year-old girl and was ordered to be held without bail due to the seriousness of his crimes
    08 Jun 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police first reported by The Providence Journal
  • 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
  • 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
  • Commissioner Richard Braswell [R-NC]
    Sexually molested a 13-year-old girl he spent years cultivating a relationship with at church and in the community while also being married
    29 Jun 2022
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • City Council Member Elgene Gary [R-LA]
    Sexually molested three young children on separate occasions over a multiyear period
    21 Feb 2022
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • 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
  • Gisela Castro Medina [College Republican Chair]
    Recruited five underage girls to have sex with her accomplice Anton Lazzaro who lured her into the scheme by paying her hundreds of dollars for every girl she found and getting her addicted to Adderall which he supplied
    14 Aug 2021
    According to a federal indictment announced by the Department of Justice
  • Strategist Anton Lazzaro
    Paid five underage girls to have sex with him that he found by paying a woman to recruit them online telling them he's a "sugar daddy"
    12 Aug 2021
    According to a federal indictment announced by the Department of Justice
  • 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
  • Tax Collector Joel Greenberg [R-FL]
    Paid an underage girl for sexual encounters seven times and introduced her to other men who also engaged in sexual acts with her
    17 May 2021
    He pled guilty to sex trafficking of a minor and was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison
  • 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 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. David Byrd [R-TN]
    Inappropriately touched and kissed three underage girls on the high school basketball team he coached while also being married with young children
    27 Mar 2018
    According to firsthand accounts of the alleged victims first reported by local a TV station
  • Scott Baio [Conservative Actor]
    Allegedly sexually abused actress Nicole Eggert over a 3-year period in which she said he "penetrated me with his finger" when she was only 14, coerced her into having sex with him when she was 17, and engaged in "a lot of groping, a lot of fondling, a lot of pulling me on his lap" while on the set of Charles in Charge
    30 Jan 2018
    According to the alleged victim who went public with her accusations against him
  • State Rep. Brandon Hixon [R-ID]
    Sexually assaulted and molested two girls including a young female relative over a ten-year period
    11 Jan 2018
    According to an exclusive interview with his ex-wife who found out and turned him in
  • State Rep. Dan Johnson [R-KY]
    Digitally penetrated, fondled and forcibly kissed a 17-year-old member of his church in the basement of his home as she begged him to stop while also being married
    11 Dec 2017
    According to an investigate report by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting
  • City Council Member Jeff Miller [R-IN]
    Molested two underage girls a at least 20 separate times by massaging in-between their thighs, rubbing their shoulders, cupping their buttocks, and other inappropriate actions and ignored their repeated please for him to stop
    17 Nov 2017
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Roy Moore [2017 GOP AL Senator Nominee]
    Allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl by undressing and groping her over her underwear and bra in addition to having her place her hand over his underwear when he was a 32-year-old lawyer
    09 Nov 2017
    According to multiple collaborated witnesses in an investigative report by The Washington Post
  • Speaker Dennis Hastert [R-IL]
    Sexually abused and molested four teenage boys -— the youngest being only 14-years-old —- during his time as a high school educator and wrestling coach while he was married
    10 Apr 2016
    According to court filings submitted by federal prosecutors
  • State Rep. Ted Klaudt [R-SD]
    Digitally penetrated and fondled his 16 and 18-year-old foster daughters' breasts after deceitfully convincing them to let him perform "tests" on their private areas ostensibly to determine if they were good candidates to donate their eggs in exchange for a large sum of money despite being their trusted caregiver and a married father
    18 May 2007
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • 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