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BBC News image copyrightGetty Images Matt Gaetz, a rising star in the Republican Party known for his flashy lifestyle and frequent flirtations with controversy, may now be embroiled in a sex scandal that carries very real legal jeopardy. Gaetz-gate, as it is being called, began with reports last week that the third-term congressman from Florida may have had sexual relations with a 17-year-old girl. Since then, the story has spiralled into a world of "sugar daddies" - men who lavish young women with cash and gifts - extortion, fraud and sex trafficking. The congressman has vehemently denied al...

Astrid Riecken/Getty The man Rep. Matt Gaetz has accused of trying to extort millions from his family—and blamed for recent allegations of sexual improprieties—admitted in a bizarre interview Monday to asking the Florida Republican’s dad to finance an international plot to “rescue” an American citizen widely believed to be dead in Iran. Air Force veteran and “research consultant” Bob Kent verified to Sirius Radio personality Michael Smerconish that he had approached Gaetz’s deep-pocketed father, former Florida Senate President Don Gaetz, last month seek...

Bob Kent, the former Air Force intel officer who Congressman Matt Gaetz accused of being part of a scheme to extort him. Last week the The documents in Gaetz’s possession detail an alleged scheme that revolves around attempts by former Air Force intelligence officer Bob Kent and Beggs & Lane attorney David McGee, a former federal prosecutor, to free ex-FBI agent-turned-private investigator Robert Levinson from imprisonment in Iran… Screenshots provided to the Washington Examiner show a message that his father, Don Gaetz, a former Florida state Senate president, said he received from Ken...

Former Air Force intelligence officer accused of trying to extort Matt Gaetz breaks silence to admit he DID ask congressman's father for $25M - but says it was to rescue American hostage Robert Levinson in Iran Bob Kent sought to clear his name in a bizarre interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo on Monday night He explained that he approached Matt Gaetz's father Don last month seeking $25million to finance a plot to rescue American hostage Robert Levinson in Iran Kent said that he thought involving Gaetz in the rescue mission would create 'good will' for the congressman as he faced 'legal issues' 

Mr. Kent said he met with Don Gaetz, a former Florida politician on March 17, he told him he was aware of his son’s “legal issues” and helping to rescue Levinson would “generate goodwill.” Mr. Gaetz is currently under investigation by the Justice Department for an alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and violating federal sex trafficking laws. He has vehemently denied the allegations and has not been charged with a crime. Mr. Kent maintained that he asked for the money as a way to generate good publicity for the congressman, and it was not a shakedown. At the time of ...