Former DeSantis ally accused of 'sextortion' involving Taylor Swift tickets, say investigators
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Former DeSantis ally accused of ‘sextortion’ involving Taylor Swift tickets, say investigators
By Ben Becker, Action News Jax
September 29, 2023 at 7:07 pm EDT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The State Attorney’s office has completed its ten-month investigation into a local political power broker accused of ‘sextortion’ involving Taylor Swift tickets according to investigators.
In its report released Friday, investigators found Kent Stermon who was a friend of former Mayor Lenny Curry, a supporter of current Sheriff T.K. Waters, and aided the rise of Governor Ron DeSantis, used a “bizarre and fraudulent scheme” and “sextortion” where he asked for sexual favors from a woman in exchange for VIP access to a Taylor Swift concert.
Stermon shot and killed himself last December amid a JSO investigation into sexual misconduct.
“He was kind of flaunting that power in front of me like he knows powerful people,” the victim told JSO in recordings released by the State Attorney’s Office.
Action News Jax Ben Becker learned the victim was a family friend who was over 18 when the incident took place.
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