Gaetz could be asked under oath about the allegations involving a minor.
Gaetz subpoenaed by woman he allegedly had sex with when she was a minor in defamation suit brought by friendMarch 14, 2024, 6:42 PMRep. Matt Gaetz asks questions during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 13, 2023.
MORE: House Ethics Committee issues subpoena for testimony of Matt Gaetz's ex-girlfriend in ongoing investigation When news of the allegations against Gaetz first broke in March 2021, Gaetz denied them in an interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News, where he also claimed the 17-year-old girl "doesn't exist."
And while Gaetz is not a party in the civil suit, the lawsuit mentions the Florida congressman by name and the allegations against him numerous times, including alleging that the one-time minor at the center of the case worked to "falsely implicated Dorworth, Gaetz, and others in sexual impropriety."
When asked about Thursday's development, Dorworth, who according to the lawsuit took a polygraph test that showed "he did not commit any sexual misconduct," told ABC News, "Joel Greenberg perpetrated dozens of felonies, but most of them would be impossible without his parents. They have engaged in a shameless and reckless pattern of spending money to protect their child from what he did at the expense of good people that had nothing to do with it.