For Immediate Release

Senator Brian Nathan Doesn’t Deny Ties to Accused Sexual Predator. Refers to Calls for Investigation as “Political Football”.

After meeting with a survivor and reportedly promising action, Nathan co-hosted an event with a political operative accused of sexual assault and received nearly $75,000 in support from party organizations connected to the operative’s political committee.

Florida State Senator Brian Nathan has responded to an independent public-interest investigation documenting his relationship with a political operative accused across decades of sexual misconduct, coercion, and predatory behavior.

In an email response, Nathan does not deny the relationship, the investigation’s timeline including his meeting with a survivor, or that he received funds connected to the political operative accused of sexual assault by multiple individuals.

Instead, Nathan attacked the accountability effort and accused those behind it of trying to “distract and divide voters” and referred to the public-interest investigation “as a political football.”

The response came only days after the launch of SenatorBrianNathan.com, an independent, volunteer-led website containing survivor accounts, law-enforcement records, court records, archived news coverage, political-finance reports, and a timeline spanning more than three decades.

Allegations Stretch From the Boy Scouts and FSU to Recent Political Events

The accused operative is not named on the website and there are no cited convictions for a sexual offense, but documentation reveals a pattern of allegations, warnings, and continued political access.

Among the records and accounts published by the investigation:

• In 1994, the Boy Scouts of America revoked the operative’s registration after determining that he violated policy by spending the night alone with a youth without another adult present.
• In 1998, a 19-year-old Florida State University intern told police that the operative (then an adjunct professor) used alcohol, threats involving the student’s grades, and physical force to compel sexual conduct. FSU police arrested the operative on an extortion charge, and the university fired him. One day after that arrest, another unidentified man contacted FSU police and reported that he had experienced a “similar incident.”
• Other former students described encounters in which the operative allegedly used academic authority, alcohol, locked rooms, or promises of professional assistance to create sexually charged or threatening situations.
• In a separate criminal matter, the operative later pleaded no contest to dealing in stolen property and grand theft involving computer equipment taken from Florida government offices. The court imposed jail time, probation, and restitution.
• In March 2008, the accused operative announced plans to withdraw from a his role in Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign after reporting resurfaced about the FSU sexual-misconduct allegations and his conviction involving stolen state computer equipment.
• More recent accounts describe young political volunteers and students meeting the operative through Democratic political events. One volunteer alleges that the operative offered alcohol, touched him sexually without consent, and invited him home. Another account alleges that the operative offered career assistance before kissing and groping a student without consent.

Despite this history, the operative has continued to appear at political events and maintain financial relationships within Florida politics.

Nathan Heard From a Survivor, Then Appeared With the Accused Operative

Senator Nathan’s response does not deny that he personally met with a survivor prior to his election and learned about the sexual assault allegations involving the operative. Nathan has also not denied that he promised to help expose the allegations and seek accountability if elected.

Nathan won his Florida Senate seat in a Special Election on March 25, 2026.

Within weeks of his election, Senator Nathan co-hosted an April 8 political dinner attended by the accused operative. The website includes a petition to ask for an independent investigation of the operative and to remove his access to political events until that investigation concludes.

Nathan’s response does not address any of those issues.

Nearly $75,000 of Campaign Contributions to Nathan

Florida election finance records identify the accused operative as controlling Floridians for Common Sense, a Florida political committee. The investigation’s current transaction table lists more than $160,000 in payments from that committee to Florida Democratic Party entities and affiliated organizations.

Those listed recipients include the Florida Democratic Party, the Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, Senate Victory, the Pinellas Democratic Party, the Hillsborough County Democratic Party, and other organizations within Florida’s Democratic political network.

Separate campaign finance records show Nathan’s reelection campaign receiving $74,903 from the Florida Democratic Party and the Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee between June 15 and September 3, 2026.

The website petition calls on Senator Nathan to redirect money he received which has been tied to the accused operative to “reputable nonprofit organizations serving survivors of sexual violence.”

Nathan’s email does not address the money and, as of now, has not returned or redirected the funds received.

Nathan Praises Survivors but Commits No Action

In his email to supporters, Senator Nathan wrote, “I will also never waiver in my support for the brave survivors of sexual assault who have shown tremendous courage by coming forward with their stories.”

Nathan’s response does not address his meeting with the survivor of assault, or his pledge to bring the allegations against the accused operative public if elected.

Nathan also does not refute his ties to the operative, or any of the documents, transactions, or categorizations of his political relationship with him published by the investigation.

The complete investigation, supporting documentation, and survivor accounts are available at www.senatorbriannathan.com.