Lawsuit: GOP donor offered money to hush girl he trafficked

[RandySF]

MINNEAPOLIS -- A prominent Minnesota GOP donor who is charged with multiple counts of sex trafficking is now being sued by an underage girl who says he used her for sex acts, then offered her money to keep her from talking about it.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court alleges that Anton Lazzaro's attorneys offered $1,000 in hush money to the girl and her parents to keep them quiet and asked them to sign a non-disclosure agreement. The girl’s father refused and instead went to law enforcement, said their attorney, Jeff Anderson.

The lawsuit, which also lists the girl’s parents as plaintiffs, alleges Lazzaro used his “power, wealth, influence, connections, and resources to recruit children ... so that he could prey on them. When it became clear that Lazzaro had committed serious crimes, he attempted to coerce his victims and their families into keeping silent.”

The girl and her parents are not named in the lawsuit.

Lazzaro, 30, was charged in August with five counts of sex trafficking of minors, one count of attempted sex trafficking of a minor, one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors and three counts of obstruction. His attorney has said he is being falsely accused and did not commit the crimes.




https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawsuit-gop-donor-offered-money-hush-girl-trafficked-79874046

[Blue Owl]

1. Let's get him and Gaetz and all the other GOP perverted underage sex fiends behind bars

PRONTO!

[Shellback Squid]

2. a whole thousand, wow, they're getting everything now

and he's going to prison as a child molester...justice will be served and served well

[cojoel]

4. Trump paid Stormy Daniels $130K

I would guess that is closer the going rate when there isn't a minor involved...

What a cheapskate...

[Grins]

18. I saw that and...

…my thought was her father to come back with, “How much is your client willing to pay to not go to prison for the next 10-years? I’m guessing - A LOT more than $1,000.”

Or, even more evil, “How many thousands of dollars do you think I’ll pay your client’s cell-mates each time they ass-rape him?”

[Judi Lynn]

3. Such simple-minded ideas he had for his photo shoots. He seems stupid, like Trump.

Don't forget Trump in a truck:

[evolves]

9. Well-- when your neck is thicker than your head,

there may be a problem in the IQ department.

[KS Toronado]

14. It appears he was well connected......

was he providing underage girls to Qrump, Pence or Graham?
Inquiring minds want to know.

[C Moon]

5. $1,000? WTF? Right out of Austin Powers.

[world wide wally]

6. I hope someone is actually keeping count of how many GOPers have been busted

for sex trafficking of minors since QAnon started that bullshit about Hillary and Pizzagate back in 2015

[AllyCat]

8. Armchair subversives has been doing this for a decade or more

[IronLionZion]

12. Almost like Qanon was projecting it onto the wrong party

while a real justice dept goes after the real perpetrators with actual law enforcement resources, not some online forum nonsense about pizza.

[TygrBright]

7. How is he sleazy? Let's count the ways... skeevy, GOP, cheapskate, weasel... not enough space. n/t

[rpannier]

10. Good story that includes Lazzarro and Carnahan

https://www.salon.com/2021/08/27/how-the-minnesota-gop-imploded-from-a-toxic-workplace-to-a-full-on-sex-trafficking-scandal/

[IronLionZion]

13. Sounds very Trumpy

wouldn't be surprised if more State GOP organizations are like that too.

[dflprincess]

11. He's more than a donor

He was the campaign manager for the Republican who ran against Ilhan Omar in 2020.

[NewHendoLib]

15. such lovely people, republiqans

[CanonRay]

16. The Minnesota GOP is a cesspool

[love_katz]

17. Read the Salon article.

Shades of Jeffrey Epstiene. Just wow.