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Former Florida Republican Party chairman Christian Ziegler won't be charged with sexual battery following a months-long investigation of a sexual battery claim against him, police have announced.
While Sarasota police won't pursue sexual assault charges against Christian Ziegler, they referred a video voyeurism case to the state attorney.
Sarasota cops said an October sexual encounter between Christian Ziegler and a woman he had invited to have a threesome with himself and his wife was “likely consensual."
Christian Ziegler was cleared of rape but will be charged with recording a sex act without consent.
Police said that a “video showed that the encounter was likely consensual."