Christian Ziegler Removed as Florida GOP Chairman

metroweekly.com:

Florida Trident, the woman arranged to have another sexual encounter with the Zieglers on Oct. 2, but backed out after learning Bridget Ziegler had another engagement.The woman alleges that Christian Ziegler showed up at her residence, uninvited, bent her over a piece of furniture, and raped her.Ziegler, who has not been charged with a crime, has denied the rape allegations, insisting that the encounter was consensual.

He reportedly told police he had recorded video of the encounter that proves his side of the story.Police obtained that video, as well as a second video, the latter of which allegedly depicted Bridget Ziegler engaged in sex with another woman, as part of their investigation.

But the existence of the first video has prompted an examination into whether Christian Ziegler may have violated Florida’s video voyeurism law, a felony offense punishable by up to five years in prison if the video is found to have been filmed without the consent of those filmed.

According to the Trident, Ziegler’s accuser told police she did not consent to being filmed. But Ziegler’s attorney, Derek Byrd, told police that the woman sent an Instagram message in “vanish mode” to Ziegler asking if he showed the video to his wife, which would appear to imply consent.However, the woman told police that she never sent such a message, saying she initially did not know of the video’s existence.