Republican Sexual Misconduct Scandals

Allegedly solicited sexual favors from a female inmate at the jail he worked at

Sexually assaulted a woman who also refused to have sex with him in exchange for money and political help in a child custody dispute

Traveled to the Czech Republic for the purpose of paying to have sex with minors under the age of 18 multiple times over a five-year period

Solicited a prostitute online and was arrested by police conducting sting operations combating human trafficking

Raped and sexually assaulted numerous children including at least one prepubescent child over a decadelong period and documented many of his heinous and depraved acts in 100+ videos and images that he recorded

Allegedly "isolated and intimidated" an underage girl who told him one of his employees sexually abused her at his church and in Rivera's own home into keeping quiet in order to protect himself and the church he led instead of doing the right thing and reporting her perpetrator to the authorities

Initiated a sexual relationship with an underage high school girl he met while working as a substitute teacher

Paid more than a dozen women tens of thousands of dollars for sex and left a paper trail by using a mobile cash app to give them the money

Forced a teen girl to perform oral sex on him inside his truck at a local high school football game

Cultivated such a toxic work culture for female employees that at least one woman was too scared to report a male colleague for sexual harassment because she "desperately" needed her job and because "fear of reprisal looms over every woman associated" with the organization

Secretly paid a female employee an undisclosed amount of money in order to keep her from going public with accusations that a male employee sexually assaulted her and that the company brushed her allegations aside by shockingly arguing the man shouldn't be held accountable because he was drunk

Sexually pursued multiple female subordinates that he thought were "party girls" and differentiated them from the women he called "not party girls" who he presumably thought wouldn't be interested in having a sexual relationship while also being married with a young child at the time

Illegally exploited a female sex worker by managing her rendezvous with johns and the money she got for her services and had nearly $80k in cash on him when he was arrested

Allegedly had sex with an underage 17-year-old girl who had just completed her junior year in high school twice in one night at a party hosted by convicted sex offender Joel Greenberg and then paid her $400 in cash afterwards

Allegedly raped a 30-year-old woman in her hotel room after a night of heavy drinking and then paid her an undisclosed amount of money in order to keep her from going public with her accusations

Hired a man she allegedly knew had sexually abused at least ten underage "Ring Boys" who did odd jobs at WWE wrestling events on the condition that he stop abusing young boys which he unsurprisingly did not

Groped a teenage girl's breasts and buttocks

Paid an underage sex abuse victim who was less than 12-years-old at the time of her assault an undisclosed amount of money to settle a lawsuit she brought against the church that accused its top leaders of covering up her assault in order to protect her abuser from facing consequences for his actions

Digitally penetrated, groped and kissed a twelve-year-old girl over a multiyear period and only got caught after she told her parents once he began pressuring her to have sex with him when she turned sixteen while also being married with a young child

Repeatedly propositioned his assistant to have sex and ignored her repeated rejections both in person and in sexually explicit messages he sent

Routinely sexually assaulted an underage girl over a seven-year period that began when she was only 8 years old and culminated in near-daily assaults before he was caught while also being a married father of five children

Unbuttoned his pants and forced his victim to manually stimulate him while high on crystal meth at a local drug house after he unsuccessfully propositioned her for sex while also being married

Covered up the sexual coercion of a female staff member at Trump Bedminster by manipulating her into signing an unfavorable NDA for a "paltry sum" with huge financial penalties if she violated the terms

Shared nude images of his ex-girlfriend to eight men using a fake Instagram account under her name so that he could creepily "catfish" them by pretending to be her and sharing intimate details of her life

Preyed on female subordinates at Newsmax in the office and at social gatherings where he was often seen getting inappropriately "close and physical" with them of which several complaints were filed with human resources but mostly ignored due to their toxic culture

Publicly fondled her date inside a large theater, vaped smokeless tobacco at her seat, loudly sang along to songs that weren't meant to be sung along to and taunted an usher who properly escorted her and her date out of the theater

Paid the father of a six-year-old girl to engage in a sex act involving penetration and was later found to be in possession of a felony image of a child forced to do similar things

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

Texted multiple pictures of his exposed penis and other sexually graphic images to a former employee who described his behavior as "super creepy" and "groomer-ish"

Routinely talked about homosexual sex with two male staffers, pushed for one of them to "explore his sexuality by having sex with men" and showed both a picture of a naked man he had saved on his phone

Molested a 12-year-old girl he met online who promptly told her legal guardian about his actions which led to his arrest and placement on house arrest until the conclusion of his trial

Demanded his staffer Noelle Dunphy to work "naked, in a bikini, or in short shorts with an American flag on them" that he purchased for her to wear when she was in the office and also when she worked from home remotely

Demanded his staffer Noelle Dunphy undress for him during almost all of their videoconferences during which he often pleasured himself under a bed sheet

Objectified an aide to press secretary Stephanie Grisham by having her sent to his office aboard Air Force One so that he and other men could "look at her ass," which concerned Grisham to the point that she made sure the staffer was never alone with Trump again because she was "really nervous about what could happen"

Was found liable to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages for defamation and battery for "sexual abuse" at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City in 1996

Exposed his penis to a male staff member seemingly out of the blue while they were filming a video in a screening room

Told a college-aged legislative intern that he fantasized about her and a female friend "performing sexual acts" on each other and habitually sexually harassed her so badly that thousands of taxpayer dollars were used to help relocate her as she lived in the apartment building as him

Sexually harassed his executive assistant with “constant unwanted physical touching, sexual remarks, and sexual advances” and created such a toxic work environment that she felt she couldn't report his misconduct without fear of retaliation and then paid her $237,500 to settle a sexual harassment case she brought against him

Unmasked the identity of a 19-year-old victim who accused him of rape by including her name in a formal response to an ethics investigation against him

Engaged in multiple sex acts including penetrative sex with a 15-year-old boy over a two-month period

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

Asked an NFL cheerleader to have sex with one of his friends during a party and when she immediately reported him to two of her superiors, she was told to just brush it off and avoid him for the rest of the party

Bullied and questioned male subordinates' heterosexuality when they didn't agree with his preconceived perception of what it means to be a man

Personally fired two Washington Commanders cheerleaders after they accused an NFL player of sexual misconduct and falsely blamed the incident on the victims instead of the player responsible

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

Texted state rep Jackie Toledo an unsolicited image of his erect penis and a number of other photographs of himself in "various states of undress" without her consent

Repeatedly solicited sexual favors from a young woman who worked in the state secretary of state's office

Kept secret credible sexual assault allegations against the Republican Secretary of State for over a month ostensibly to protect him

Admitted to sexually abusing a child as young as 12-years-old and wrote about wanting to have sex with children between 12 and 16 in an online group chat

Tried to convince a client of his to begin a sexual relationship in an "obsessive and unrelenting" manner and retaliated against her by demanding ever-increasing attorney's fees when she rebuffed his advances

Offered numerous female employees up to a $15k raise if they agreed to have sex with him whenever he wanted

Paid to have sex with multiple prostitutes in various rooms in his law office

Convinced a Mormon bishop to keep allegations of child sexual abuse by a member of his church against his daughters secret under false pretenses that he could be sued if he did even though state law in Arizona -- where the alleged abuse took place -- specifically protects people who report child abuse, which allowed the abuse to continue for a number of years

Allegedly made frequent phone calls to a "house of prostitution" presumably to have sex with the women who worked there while also being a married father of three

Put his face inches away from a woman's breasts and asked where she got them from before trying to unhook her bra strap during a meet and greet at a horror film convention

Inappropriately touched an underage boy in "very predatorial and very strange" ways including grabbing his pectoral muscles, creepily rubbing his back and hugging him in a way that made the boy slide "up his hip or the side of his thigh or his bum"

Sexually molested a 13-year-old girl he spent years cultivating a relationship with at church and in the community while also being married

Hired a professional escort for sex on two separate occasions and refused to pay her after the second time they had sex while also being married

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

Asked press secretary Stephanie Grisham's then-boyfriend how she performed in bed

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

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" and supplied them with alcohol and literal stacks of cash as an incentive

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

Routinely harassed Fox News producer Andrea Mackris with graphic sexual conversations at work and over the phone where he made her listen to all of his sexual fantasies about the two of them together while also being married and later paid her $9 million to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit that she brought against him

Snorted cocaine with a paid escort he also presumably had sex with inside an Orlando hotel room he paid for with campaign funds

Solicited dates from and overly flirted with numerous female subordinates working at the state legislature even after he was chided on two separate occasions for making the women uncomfortable and warned to keep his interactions with them professional

Told a female White House medical staff subordinate he'd like to see her tattoos unobstructed of clothing and commented to a male subordinate that she had "great t*ts" and a "nice ass"

Drove multiple women out into remote rural areas while in college and if they turned down his advances, he would drive back to campus recklessly at very high speeds because as one woman described it "he was upset that I had turned him down or refused his advances"

Initiated a sexual relationship with a vulnerable 17-year-old girl he coached on a high school mock trial competition team when he was 27-year-old man in violation of a state law that expressly forbade coaches from dating 16 or 17-year-olds under their supervision

Spiked his 17-year-old student's drinks with alcohol without her knowledge while he was out partying with her and other high school students at New Orlean's bars known for loosely enforcing their liquor laws and later had sex with her in his hotel room that night

Performed sexual acts on a female minor and tried to get her to do the same to him after providing her alcoholic drinks

Incessantly subjected a legislative staffer to "extremely offensive and non-consensual physical contact" and peppered her with "repeated and unwanted advances" over a yearslong period while also being married

Told a female legislative staffer that he's been "watching" her for a long time and said he could help her politically if she went to his home presumably to have sex, which she declined while also being married

Inappropriately touched and unsuccessfully propositioned three female congressional staff members over a decade-long period while also being married with two children

Repeatedly attempted to have sex with media relations professional Brooke Hammerling in such a persistent manner that she likened it to "swatting him away like a fly" while also being married

Texted multiple sexually explicit messages to Fox News commentator Cathy Areu and later retaliated against her by drastically reducing her on-air appearances after she rebuffed his advances while also being married

Sexually harassed an assistant of hers so incessantly that she eventually filed a 42-page complaint against Fox News which resulted in them paying her a secret multimillion-dollar settlement

Drunkenly walked up and grabbed a legislative assistant's buttocks and told her and the group of women she was standing with that they'll "have to show a little skin!" if they wanted free drinks, creepily rubbed another legislative assistant's back for over two minutes and inappropriately touched a state lawmaker and another legislative assistant all at the same party which resulted in the state Supreme Court reprimanding him for committing the "criminal act of battery" and suspending him for 30 days

Asked 17-year-old teenage model Barbara Pilling out for a dinner date while he was still married to Ivana and then exclaimed "you're not too old and not too young. That's just great!" when she told him her age

Had sex with an escort that was paid for by a businessperson he was accepting bribes from during a trip in Las Vegas while being married to his "high school sweetheart" and having two children

Paraded teenage girls aged fourteen to sixteen-years-old down a yacht's staircase and had them individually dance for him while he lapped everything up in a way one former model later described as "objectifying" and "gross"

Walked in on teenage girls as young as fifteen-years-old changing in the dressing room of the 1991 Look of the Year contest which made at least one contestant "really uncomfortable", but many girls were afraid to complain because they didn't want to hurt their chances of winning the contest

Walked in on teenage girls as young as fourteen-years-old changing in the dressing room of the 1992 Look of the Year contest in a way one contestant described as him taking a "slow stroll" as he stopped and gawked at each teenager individually

Made his way down a line of models participating in an event and felt their bodies before guessing their dress size

Allegedly paid for group sex with an adult-film star and a young looking teenager of unknown age inside a secret Times Square sex club run by the Mafia while he was married to Ivana

Solicited a female prostitute over multiple texts in which he asked how much she charged for sex, what time they could meet and sent her a picture of himself with the text "now can I stop by" when she asked to see what he looked like

Paid to have sex with numerous prostitutes and professional escorts and frequented massage parlors where he paid for "happy endings" over a sixteen-year period while also being married the entire time

Sent a picture of his erect penis and exchanged sexually charged text messages with a woman who initially sought his advice on her potential city council run while also being married and escalated things over the next four months to the point where the woman told him to stop "sexually harassing" her

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

Visited a massage parlor suspected of operating a human sex trafficking ring and was arrested for pandering three days after the parlor was raided by police presumably because they found evidence against him

Sent an unsolicited picture of his erect penis and other sexually inappropriate pictures to a subordinate

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 of four young children and an avid supporter of Anti-LGBT legislation who proclaimed he was a “family values Republican”

Sexually assaulted his 21-year-old legislative staffer more than 50 times over a three-year period subjecting her to what she testified as "nearly daily touching" including groping between her legs while seated next to her at large political functions and then secretly settled a lawsuit she filed against him in order to prevent her allegations from becoming public while being married the entire time

Failed to act on multiple sexual harassment complaints his female staff filed against his senior aide Kenny West and even continued paying West's salary for two months after he resigned

Sent unsolicited nude pictures of himself in the shower and texted "I just really want to f*ck you" to a graduate student he met at a campus event while also being married with three children

Sexually harassed a female state government employee and was terminated after she filed a formal complaint against him

Rubbed his hands in-between the thighs of a 10-year-old girl, cupped her buttocks, put his hands up her shirt and gave her massages with a battery-powered device that wasn't remotely age-appropriate while ignoring her repeated pleas for him to stop

Cupped a 10-year-old girls buttocks while giving her a piggyback ride at his home on more than one occasion

Ignored repeated accusations of sexual molestation by a team physician for a college wrestling team he coached and even told one student athlete that he wanted "nothing to do with this" after they told him about the alleged abuse

Was caught by police with his pants undone and his shirt untucked while peering into the windows of a female dormitory at North Dakota State University when he was 29 years old