FL-AD45: University submitted form allegedly forged by Carolina Amesty (R) to state in pursuit of accredition
In an attempt to attain certification, Central Christian University submitted a document allegedly forged by Rep. Carolina Amesty.
On Wednesday, prosecutors released a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigative summary to the media, the same day a pretrial hearing was initially scheduled for Amesty, the sitting Representative who faces four felony charges.
That hearing has been rescheduled to Nov. 18, after the Nov. 5 General Election, in which Amesty, a Windermere Republican, faces a challenge from Democrat Leonard Spencer. A judge has scheduled additional hearings in January and, for now, canceled a trial originally scheduled for Oct. 28.
The evidence released by prosecutors in Florida’s 9th Judicial Circuit includes several witnesses offering different accounts of a Sept. 15, 2021, meeting between Amesty, an administrator for Central Christian University, and Dr. Robert Shaffer, then the principal of Central Christian Academy. Shaffer started his job a month before that meeting, where he said he filled out an administrative personnel form but never signed it.
According to Shaffer, he filled out the form believing it involved his employment at the Academy, a K-12 private religious school. At the time, he only wrote “Central Christian” on forms. But at some point, the form had “Central Christian University” printed on it, and a signature was notarized by Amesty, a public notary at the time.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/702041-university-submitted-form-allegedly-forged-by-carolina-amesty-to-state-in-pursuit-of-accreditation/