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A GOP House Candidate Did Legal Work for Man Accused in Sex Trafficking Scandal

The lawsuit targeted a woman tied to the Matt Gaetz probe and was later dropped after more than two dozen court filings, records show.

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Mike Beltran, who worked as a lawyer for an associate of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, is aiming to knock off Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor in a Florida battleground district.

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🚨NEW REPORT: Mike Beltran Represented Man at the Center of Matt Gaetz’s Underage Sex Trafficking Scandal🚨

🚨NEW REPORT: Mike Beltran Represented Man at the Center of Matt Gaetz’s Underage Sex Trafficking Scandal🚨

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A GOP House candidate did legal work for man accused in sex trafficking scandal

Republican Mike Beltran, a former Florida legislator running to flip the state’s 14th Congressional District, filed a defamation lawsuit against a woman who had been trafficked as a teen — part of his legal work for an associate of Matt Gaetz who is being accused alongside the former congressman of participating in an alleged sex […]

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The 19th broke the news in Austin, United States on Monday, October 26, 2026.
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