Law enforcement officials in Florida will not charge former state Republican Party chairman Christian Ziegler with rape after conducting a months-long investigation.
Florida Republicans stripped Ziegler of his authority and reduced his salary to $1 last month after he refused to resign following accusations that he raped a woman last October. In an emergency vote earlier this month, they voted 199-3 to oust him, which comes after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other top Florida Republican officials had called on him to resign.
The Sarasota Police Department said that after an extensive investigation, they concluded that the sexual encounter “was likely consensual.”
“Therefore, detectives were unable to develop probable cause to charge Ziegler with Sexual Battery,” police said on Friday.
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