The City of Sarasota has not been formerly served in the lawsuit filed by Christian and Bridget Ziegler against the city and two of its detectives, but officials confirmed in a statement they have been made aware of it.

In the lawsuit filed in federal court in Tampa on Oct. 31, the Zieglers accuse the city and the two Sarasota Police Department detectives "for deliberate and egregious violations" of the couple's constitutional rights during a police investigation into rape allegations made against the former state GOP chairman in 2023.

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