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How a 17-Year-Old Girl Became Enmeshed in the Matt Gaetz Scandal

A 17-year-old with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men. She wants the public to have a fuller understanding of how she was victimized.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Matt Gaetz, then a Florida congressman, outside the Capitol last year. A bipartisan House Ethics Committee investigation determined there was substantial evidence that he had sex with the 17-year-old in exchange for money.
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