'Hunt for someone new': Ousted FL GOP chair kept 'list' of 'multiple women including his rape accuser'

Last month, The Associated Press reported that recently ousted Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler, — who faced an October rape allegation from a woman he and his wife, Bridget, had a three-way sexual relationship with — would not face sexual battery charges — but potentially a "a charge of video voyeurism."

According to a Thursday, February 1 Daily Beast report, "Documents from the rape probe, reported in outlets including the Florida Trident and Sarasota Herald-Tribune, show the Zieglers discussing the accuser via text message, with Bridget sharing worries about the woman’s well-being."

The Beast reports:

In text messages from February 2021, Christian told Bridget to 'come home, stop and pick up [a woman] to play again and be crazy.' It appears he was referring to his rape accuser, whom he then said 'was an alcoholic, nice person with some issues.'

Bridget replied that she was concerned the woman was 'going through some s**t,” and 'that she prefers confident empowered people,' according to the documents, adding that Christian said he liked that the woman was 'close and there was no drama which turns him on.'

'I just don’t want to feel like we ever take advantage of anyone (I know it’s always been consensual) but she seems... ‘broken’ or like she’s going through some (expletive),' Bridget answered. 'I don’t know—that’s the vibe I pick up from her—and my nature is more likely to help her versus … ya know.'

Christian suggested the couple 'needed to hunt for someone new,' cops stated.

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The report notes that the former Florida Republican leader also had a list on his phone" titled 'THE LIST,' with the names of multiple women including his rape accuser under a subheading of 'F**k.'"

Furthermore, The Beast reports:

The new records allege that Christian told detectives he had consensual sex with the woman 'approximately one dozen times since they met' and that they’d engaged in a threesome with Bridget twice at his home.

Meanwhile, the victim told police that Christian 'had been sexually battering her for years, and she never felt like she could say no to him,' including one time when he climbed through an unlocked window in her residence.

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