How Matt Gaetz dated the sister of his 'adopted' Cuban son who's PayPal he 'used to pay for sexual favors'

Matt Gaetz stunned Washington 4 years agone erstwhile helium revealed helium lives with a Cuban migrant named Nestor whom helium calls his son.

He ne'er formally adopted the lad but said their narration was defined by love, not paperwork.

'We stock nary humor but helium is my life. He came from Cuba (legally, of course) six years agone and lives with maine successful Florida. I americium truthful arrogant of him and raising him has been the best, astir rewarding happening I've done successful my life,' Gaetz said successful a societal media station successful June 2020, including a photograph of him and Nestor, some wearing sunglasses.

Nestor Galban, present 23, is successful the Air Force arsenic a 1st Class Airman. He's an aerospace aesculapian technician successful the 86th HCOS based astatine Ramstein Air Force basal successful Germany.

But helium became embroiled successful a ungraded backmost successful the United States erstwhile it was alleged Gaetz utilized his PayPal relationship to wage women for 'sexual favors,' an lawyer for 2 of the victims claimed.

Two women interviewed by the House Ethics Committee astir Gaetz testified that helium paid them straight and repeatedly via Venmo transactions 'for sex,' their lawyer said.

At slightest 1 of those payments was done the PayPal relationship of Nestor Galban. Gaetz has repeatedly denied the allegations.

It's unclear if Nestor knows Gaetz allegedly utilized his relationship to wage women to be 'sex parties.'

Gaetz allegedly partied, utilized drugs and paid women for enactment repeatedly betwixt 2017 and 2019 portion serving successful the House of Representatives, attorneys for witnesses person stated. 

One of the women testified to the Ethics committee that she witnessed Gaetz having enactment with a 17-year-old astatine a party.

The bombshell allegations person been cardinal to a House Ethics Committee probe into the ex-lawmaker that was abruptly paused past week pursuing Gaetz's resignation aft being nominated by Donald Trump to beryllium lawyer general.

Nestor was lone 12 erstwhile helium arrived successful the U.S. from Cuba successful 2014.

At the time, Gaetz, a authorities legislator, was dating Nestor's sister May Mendez and Nestor's parent had died of bosom cancer.

Gaetz said the trio moved into unneurotic and formed a tiny family. 

They lived astatine Fort Walton Beach, a tiny metropolis successful the Florida Panhandle known for good white-sand beaches. They adopted a canine named Stella.

Gaetz spoke of however helium helped Nestor easiness into his caller life, which including learning English and adjusting to schoolhouse successful a antithetic country.

But overmuch of their communicative remains a question mark.

Gaetz has ne'er said however agelong helium and May Mendez dated oregon however they met. Her LinkedIn illustration shows she works successful the hospitality and lawsuit readying business.

Nestor lived with Gaetz for 4 years aft his arrival. At immoderate constituent successful those years Gaetz and May Mendez broke up.

Nestor past lived with his biologic begetter for a twelvemonth earlier moving backmost successful with Gaetz aft helium turned 18.

It's unclear what benignant of narration Nestor has contiguous with his biologic family.

Nestor became a U.S. national successful September 2020, an juncture Gaetz marked connected societal media.

But the revelation the young Congressman from Florida was a concealed household antheral acceptable disconnected a rash of conspiracy theories connected the internet. At the time, his authoritative bio didn't database that helium had a son. And helium had ne'er mentioned him publically earlier then.

The hashtag #FreeNestor started trending.

And net sleuths recovered aged photos of Nestor that Gaetz had posted connected societal media wherever helium referred to the lad arsenic a helper, a House page, and a section pupil - not arsenic his adopted son.

Gaetz explained helium was trying to support Nestor's privacy. He noted that household members, friends, religion members and different parents astatine Nestor's schoolhouse knew Gaetz was raising the lad arsenic his son.

But, arsenic the questions grew, Gaetz's sister Erin posted pictures of Nestor and her member passim the years connected her societal media account, including pics of Gaetz dressed arsenic Santa for the boy.

And Nestor, successful a uncommon societal media post, noted astatine the time: 'I wanted to person a mean beingness without immoderate of y'all getting successful it. But present I'm 19 and I aged capable to grip it.'

In an occurrence of his podcast released soon aft Nestor made his nationalist debut connected Fox News, Gaetz said the lad spends clip with his sister, with Gaetz's household and with Gaetz.

'Our household was ne'er defined by paperwork oregon blood. It was genuinely defined by the emotion we person for each other,' Gaetz says.

Nestor studied nursing astatine Troy University successful Alabama.

He joined the Air Force aft graduation.

Ginger Gaetz posted photos to Instagram showing Nestor graduating from Air Force basal grooming successful March of past year.

Nestor's Facebook leafage lists the Air Force arsenic his leader and states he's 'in a relationship.'

He remains a portion of Gaetz's MAGA world. There are photos of him and Gaetz with President-elect Donald Trump and Don Trump Jr.

But otherwise, Nestor maintains a debased nationalist profile. He hardly posts connected his X relationship and his Instagram relationship is private.

And helium appears to stay adjacent to Gaetz and his wife, Ginger Luckey Gaetz.

In April 2021, Gaetz eloped to Southern California, marrying his woman Ginger successful a tiny ceremonial connected Catalina Island.

Nestor was determination to correspond Gaetz's family, according to Vanity Fair. Otherwise, the tiny wedding lone had astir 30 radical successful attendance.

Matt and Ginger met astatine Mar-a-Lago successful March 2020 portion some were attending Kimberly Guilfoyle's 51st day party.

At the time, Gaetz was nether probe arsenic portion of a probe that led to the apprehension and plea woody of his adjacent friend, Joel Greenberg, a erstwhile Seminole Count, Florida, taxation collector.

Greenberg pleaded blameworthy successful May 2020 to six national crimes, including enactment trafficking of a child, individuality theft, stalking, ligament fraud and conspiracy to bribe a nationalist official. His plea statement with prosecutors requires continued practice with an ongoing probe into enactment trafficking.

Greenberg was sentenced successful precocious 2022 to 11 years successful prison.

The Department of Justice investigated the enactment trafficking allegations against Gaetz but ended its probe past twelvemonth without bringing transgression charges. 

Gaetz had denied each charges.