Lauren Boebert says claims of sexual relationships with staffers ‘utterly false’

Key Points:

• Lauren Boebert has denied allegations from a House ethics complaint accusing her of sexual relationships with three staff members and paying one to keep quiet, calling the claims "utterly false" and politically motivated.
• The complaint, filed by journalist David Wheeler, alleges Boebert had multiple sexual relationships with staffers, including a four-year affair with Clarice Navarro Ratzlaff and paid large sums to staff members while violating House ethics rules prohibiting such conduct.
• Financial records in the complaint show Boebert paid over $450,000 to Raven Finegan and nearly $780,000 to Jeffrey Small, with Ratzlaff receiving more than $461,000; the complaint also accuses Boebert of keeping Ratzlaff on payroll as a "ghost employee."
• Boebert's office questioned the complaint's legitimacy, stating it was a political smear lacking proper certification, while Ratzlaff denied the allegations as false and defamatory.
• These allegations come amid Boebert's public promotion of Christian values and previous controversies, including a 2023 apology for inappropriate conduct and disputes related to her personal life and previous media interviews.