The law allowed people to sue for decades-old claims of child sex abuse, previously barred by the state's statute of ...

Matt Gaetz, finding "substantial evidence" that he had sex with a 17-year-old in 2017 in violation of Florida's statutory rape law, and engaged in a broader pattern of paying women for sex.

But that would still be a violation of Florida state law. For years, Gaetz has repeatedly and voraciously denied all the allegations, saying his "generous" gifts to women were being misconstrued ...