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Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking two women in Florida

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Jane Does allege ex-congressman and two others coordinated ‘payments, drugs and travel’ for sexual acts The Republican former congressman Matt Gaetz has been accused of participating in the sex trafficking of two young women in a civil lawsuit filed Thursday in district court in Florida.

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Both outlets lead on the civil lawsuit naming Matt Gaetz and alleging sex trafficking, and both frame it as involving two women in Florida. The Guardian US is the only outlet here to foreground the alleged coordination of “payments, drugs and travel” and to describe Gaetz as a former congressman, while The Independent uniquely mentions trips across state lines to Miami, Las Vegas, New York and the Florida Keys.

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