MEDIA ARTICLE: A breathtaking scandal has engulfed a red state after an explosive secret report leaked (Raw Story / Florida Phoenix, 9-8-26)

 

A breathtaking scandal has engulfed a red state after an explosive secret report leaked

Ron DeSantis speaks in Tallahassee, Florida. REUTERS/Phil Sears

Diane Roberts, Florida Phoenix

September 8, 2026 12:13PM ET

Just when you thought state politics could not possibly get sleazier, Hope Florida comes roaring back from the dead, putrid yet powerful, casting a light on the breathtaking arrogance and corruption of Florida’s government.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General James Uthmeier, and U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody thought they’d killed it and driven a stake through its dirty little heart.

A Leon County grand jury looked into the scandal. But, since they could not get the people involved to tell the truth about how and by whom $10 million of taxpayer money disappeared into political causes, they could not bring charges.

DeSantis, Uthmeier, and Moody counted on that report never seeing the light of day.

But, as is the way with explosive secret reports, it was leaked.

To a reporter.

God forbid the public learn what politicians and their enablers do with public money.

The parties did not express concern, much less remorse.

They attacked journalists.

During a press conference, Uthmeier threatened to bring criminal charges when asked about the matter: “Are you trying to solicit a crime here in violation of the law?”

Somewhat unconvincingly, he went on, insisting, “Nobody did anything wrong here; there was not even probable cause to move forward. This is a hoax.”

Which are you going to believe, Florida’s law-challenged AG or your lying eyes?

DeSantis agreed: “The only crime that was apparent was whoever leaked the grand jury report.”

You may recall First Lady Casey DeSantis founded Hope Florida in 2021, claiming it was a community support program to connect people with faith-based or other non-government assistance. She called it “a philosophy.”

Two years later, the Hope Florida Foundation appeared, its stated purpose to support the Department of Children and Families.

The money

It’s a 501(c)(3), the kind of nonprofit that must, by law, follow strict limits on political involvement and lobbying.

It soon became clear there was shady stuff going on. DCF failed to make public Hope Florida Foundation’s fiscal plan, code of ethics, tax documents, and results, as required by law.

Then a Medicaid contractor that had over-billed the state had to cough up a $67 million settlement, supposedly repaying the taxpayers.

Of that money, $10 million was (strangely) “donated” to the Hope Florida Foundation.

That $10 million (very strangely) ended up in a couple of political action committees controlled by Ron DeSantis’s chief of staff, a fellow by the name of James Uthmeier.

The money got fed back into the state Republican Party machine to fuel its fight against a constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana.

Uthmeier’s PAC was called Keep Florida Clean.

(You can’t make this stuff up).

Many in the Florida Legislature were, to put it mildly, unimpressed.

Then-House Speaker Daniel Perez said the Hope Florida business looked “as though it could be illegal.”

Rep. Alex Andrade, chair of the House Healthcare subcommittee, suggested fraud might be involved and the Hope Florida “donation” could be “money laundering.”

Ron DeSantis flapped his wings like an outraged hen and squawked that these “jackasses” were merely trying to “smear” his wife and crush her dreams of political advancement.

At the time, Casey DeSantis seemed to be considering a run to succeed her husband as governor.

Andrade launched an investigation.

Then ended it. Almost no one involved would talk.

‘Mistakes were made’

He did get Joshua Hay, then chairman of the Hope Florida Foundation board, to testify under oath, but didn’t get much out of it — other than that Hay seemed spectacularly ignorant of what goes on in the charity he runs.

“I cannot confirm what the funds were used for,” Hay said. “We have no monitoring procedures.”

He added, “Mistakes were made.”

State Attorney Jack Campbell in Leon County agreed mistakes had, indeed, been made. He convened a grand jury to discover who made them.

What the grand jury unearthed is pretty damning, finding the Hope Florida Foundation “misappropriated” taxpayer money as “part of a sophisticated scheme.”

The report said, “While we can’t prove who is responsible, we can plainly see that taxpayer money was misused for political purposes.”

It also states: “Nobody will take responsibility for deciding the $10 million of taxpayer money would go to Hope Florida.”

“This decision was the original misappropriation, and no witness would take responsibility for making the decision or had any memory of who made it.”

Those in charge of running this dubious show insist they acted on legal advice. So, it was all fine.

Besides, they couldn’t remember what happened.

It’s a mystery!

Those who should have known better turned a blind eye. The report said Ashley Moody’s chief deputy failed to conduct “due diligence to ensure the proper appropriation of taxpayer funds.”

Those most deeply implicated now go around pitching loud hissy fits.

Uthmeier yelped the whole thing was nothing more than a “politically motivated witch hunt driven by the Democrats and a far left Democrat state attorney.”

Sounds a little desperate: Those of us in North Florida know Jack Campbell is about as “far left” as a ham sandwich.

Indignance

As for the people at the top of the power pile getting all red-faced and indignant over the grand jury report, well, as we say here in “far left” Tallahassee, a hit dog will holler.

Meanwhile in the blue corner, the Florida Democratic Party can’t believe its luck: The midterms are coming and the Republicans are trying to excuse the inexcusable.

Angie Nixon says Ashley Moody, her opponent in the 2026 Senate race, should resign.

José Javier Rodriguez, who’s running against Uthmeier for attorney general, calls the Hope Florida mess “the most brazen act of political corruption we have seen here in Florida.”

“My opponent is a criminal,” he says.

Gubernatorial candidate David Jolly doesn’t want Casey DeSantis attacked over Hope Florida: “I think she was used.”

Very gentlemanly.

But he’s not going to ignore the issue: “The scheme de-funded healthcare services for poor children to instead advance the political agenda of Gov. Ron DeSantis.”

Jolly and the rest of the Dems are getting some help from Florida Republicans, too.

GOP nominee Byron Donalds, forced to answer questions about the grand jury report at every campaign stop, insists voters aren’t that interested.

Come on, can’t we please talk about something else?

But even some Republicans, especially those Ron DeSantis has antagonized, aren’t inclined to talk about something else.

Sen. Rick Scott, no fan of Florida’s current governor, demands “accountability.” Scott’s company defrauded Medicare of $1.7 billion. Nevertheless, he’s getting pious on Hope Florida’s dodgy finances: “Money designated to help poor kids was diverted to political ads.”

‘Disgrace’

Don Gaetz, a longtime state senator, says Hope Florida “brings disgrace onto the Florida government.”

He’s pushing “a bipartisan coalition that simply makes sure this doesn’t happen again.”

Not a good look for the Rs less than two months before an election.

Of course, Democrats shouldn’t get giddy: Polls in the races for governor, U.S. senator, and state attorney general still favor Republicans, although they’ve been tightening up: Jolly is within a few points of Donalds, even leading in some polls.

But political scandals have a way of hanging around. They show up in campaign commercials, further souring the mood of voters sick of high gas prices, grocery store sticker shock, the Iran war, Uthmeier’s inflated adjunct professor salary (plus his arrogance), and Ron DeSantis’ attacks on education (plus his arrogance), not to mention Florida’s sky-high rents and unaffordable insurance.

Will Hope Florida make a difference? Maybe we’ll find out in November.

Maybe a couple of long-shot Democrats will break through.

What is certain is that the Hope Florida “philosophy” is as dead as a door nail.

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MEDIA ARTICLE: Child sex abuse allegations went nowhere years before Mike Caruso arrest. It happens all the time. (Sun Sentinel, 8-27-26)

 

Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso appears for his Aug. 20 arraignment at the Orange County Jail in Orlando, with his attorney Jason Weiss. Caruso is charged with five felony counts related to sexual abuse of a child and was denied bond in the hearing. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Child sex abuse allegations went nowhere years before Mike Caruso arrest. It happens all the time

By Shira Moolten | smoolten@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel

PUBLISHED: August 27, 2026 at 7:00 AM EDT

Months before police arrested embattled public official Mike Caruso on child sexual abuse charges, a different child sexual abuse case wound its way through Florida’s court system.

An Orlando mother hoped that system would protect her two daughters after they divulged horrific details about their father’s sexual abuse last year.

The girls, ages 5 and 7, spoke directly to the Florida Department of Children and Families, which found that one of them was sexually abused. Their therapist had testified that they had shown classic symptoms of trauma, such as nightmares, and should have no contact with their father. Detectives began investigating the claims. But instead of keeping the girls away from the man they accused of repeatedly assaulted them, a family court judge gave him full custody in May, and prosecutors declined to pursue criminal charges. DCF refused to investigate additional abuse allegations.

The mother, whom the South Florida Sun Sentinel is not identifying, has not seen her daughters in months. Her experience highlights a deeply entrenched pattern in the family court system in Florida and throughout the country: The existence of an active custody dispute drastically reduces the chance that a parent or child will be believed when they report sexual abuse, legal experts say.

It is the same systemic blind spot currently dominating headlines following the arrest on Aug. 18 of Caruso, the now-suspended clerk of the Palm Beach County courts.

Caruso is facing child sex abuse charges, prompting an outpouring of questions about how he managed to attain a high-level public office — especially given that accusations of him sexually abusing a child had emerged more than a decade earlier during his divorce from his former wife. DCF had investigated a sexual abuse claim about Caruso in 2012, according to a police report, though authorities concluded it was unfounded. Still other claims, including that Caruso had physically abused one of his children, had emerged as far back as 2001, according to a Delray Beach Police report, also determined unfounded. Since the arrest, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said twice in public forums that Caruso had a “clean vet” when asked about his history.

But the fact that Caruso went years without facing criminal charges — while maintaining custody of his children — is not a surprise, according to attorneys, family court researchers and parents who say they have had similar experiences. Only a small percentage of all child sexual abuse reports turn into prosecutions, studies show, and custody disputes add layers of confusion that make it even more difficult for police to investigate. Meanwhile, those within the family court system regularly dismiss the allegations, often going as far as to remove custody from the parent bringing them forward and giving full custody to the accused parent instead. The pattern is so entrenched that family attorneys often advise clients not to mention sexual abuse during divorce or custody proceedings, even if there is evidence.

“If it’s in a divorce or custody case, nobody believes it, even if there is proof,” said Susan Brown, a family attorney based in Plantation. “Usually the only proof is the child’s statements.”

A spokesperson for Caruso told the Sun Sentinel in an email that “Mike emphatically maintains his innocence of the current charges.”

“As to the prior allegations you reference, none of them resulted even in a finding of probable cause that Mike had committed wrongdoing,” he said. “I think that is important context when presenting allegations from different periods together as though their repetition establishes a pattern.”

‘The Wife is intentionally alienating the minor children’

Like many people accused of sexual abuse, Caruso repeatedly argued that his former wife was inventing the allegations against him and engaging in a behavior called parental alienation, according to police reports and court records.

In December 2012, DCF began investigating Caruso after receiving an anonymous call stating that he had been molesting and sharing a bed with the child, according to a Delray Beach police report. The anonymous caller also said that “the suspect had sexually abused another [redacted] in the past.”

Caruso was “distraught” and in “disbelief” over the allegations, according to the report.

“The suspect and [redacted] are currently going through a [redacted],” the report states. Investigators spoke with the child’s mother, who denied hearing about any sexual abuse of her child. The investigation was closed as unfounded due to the fact that there were no witnesses and the alleged victim did not say Caruso had sexually abused him.

Weeks later, Caruso filed a motion accusing his former wife of inventing sexual abuse allegations about him.

“The Wife has intentionally orchestrated and caused a false sexual abuse case to be filed and pursued against the Husband, accusing him of sexually abusing the parties’ minor son,” reads a motion filed by Caruso’s attorneys in his divorce case. “The Wife has full and complete knowledge that the allegations are not true. The Husband has been unable to see his son since the false sexual abuse report. In addition, the Wife is intentionally alienating the minor children and all of their other children.”

The couple has seven children, five of whom were adults at the time.

Though Caruso’s wife had sought to have majority custody initially, the parents ended up splitting custody of the two minor children equally.

In a probable cause affidavit released last week, when Caruso was confronted with the new allegations regarding a different family member that led to his arrest, he continued to suggest that the sexual abuse was a lie propagated by his former wife, characterizing her “as evil and as having possibly fabricated the allegations in an effort to poison the child against him.”

Parental alienation, or the undermining of a relationship between a parent and a child, is commonly cited in response to sexual and physical abuse allegations during custody battles. The theory first emerged directly as a response to claims of sexual abuse in the 1980s. Psychologist Richard Gardner coined the term Parental Alienation Syndrome, claiming that parents — particularly mothers — were regularly accusing their children’s fathers of sexual abuse in order to turn the children against their fathers and win custody. Gardner believed that 90% of children in custody cases suffered from the “syndrome.” He had stated in writings that sexual activity between children and adults is an “ancient tradition” and that Western society is “excessively punitive” towards pedophilia. In response to criticism, Gardner vehemently denied being sympathetic to pedophiles.

Gardner died by suicide in 2003. Since his death, the syndrome has been widely discredited. But his research has continued to influence the court system, where parents who allege abuse are often not believed due to parental alienation claims, according to advocates and attorneys.

The concept of parental alienation — separate from the syndrome — remains controversial in the research community, but is widely considered legitimate in family court. And it is still closely linked to child sexual abuse.

Judges are less likely to believe sexual abuse claims than claims of intimate partner violence or physical child abuse, despite the fact that researchers have found that roughly two-thirds of child sexual abuse claims are credible, according to Joan Meier, a professor at George Washington University Law School who runs the National Family Violence Law Center. In a study she conducted of family court outcomes in 2019, Meier found that courts rejected 85% of child sexual abuse claims, a pattern largely driven by arguments of parental alienation and the “stereotype of the vengeful ex-wife.”

“Courts don’t want to believe sexual abuse,” Meier said. “Alienation fuels that denial.”

Children are particularly vulnerable when they come forward about sexual abuse, Meier said, because adults generally find them less believable. Family court professionals or law enforcement might be more quick to assume the abuse allegations are the product of another parent’s influence or the child’s imagination.

Some of this skepticism is legitimate because false child sexual abuse allegations do emerge most often during custody disputes, according to family attorneys and psychologists who study child sexual abuse.

“When we know there are false allegations, the majority of them do happen in context of custody disputes,” said Elizabeth Jeglic, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who studies sexual abuse. “But it’s not the child that makes allegations, it’s one parent or the other.”

Brown, the attorney, said that she has personally represented clients who she believes were falsely accused.

Police unlikely to pursue

Prosecutors and police are already more reticent to pursue sexual abuse cases due to the lack of witnesses and evidence, legal experts say. When those allegations emerge during a contentious custody battle, those within the justice system are even less likely to pursue them.

After the Orlando mother separated from the girls’ father, the children began splitting their time between the two parents. That was when they began telling their mother stories of what their father would do to them when they were in his care, according to DCF reports and court records. He would sexually abuse the girls and, among other allegations, tell the older daughter that she was his “wife” and her younger sister was their baby, the older daughter told investigators, according to a DCF report. The girls described severe abuse during forensic interviews with child services investigators. A 2025 DCF report concluded that there were “positive findings” of sexual abuse of one of the girls.

But the father told investigators that their daughters had been “coached” by their mother into making the allegations. A judge agreed, then sent the two girls to live with their father full time. Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office had also investigated the claims and sent the case to the State Attorney’s Office, which declined to pursue charges.

In an email in June, the chief of the Sex Crimes Unit told the mother that prosecutors could not proceed due to a lack of “quality, consistent and credible evidence.”

“I understand that you are disappointed in the State Attorney’s Office decision to not proceed in this case,” he wrote. “The family court system will continue to set the parameters of your shared parenting moving forward and will determine what is in the continuing best interest for you and your children.”

In response to questions about the office’s decision not to pursue the case, State Attorney Monique Worrell told the Sun Sentinel in a statement that “cases involving allegations of sexual abuse of a child are among the most difficult and sensitive cases a prosecutor can handle. We have a responsibility to protect children and pursue justice, but we must also ensure that every prosecution is based on reliable, admissible evidence and not assumptions or allegations alone. These cases can become especially challenging when there are concerns about a child being coached, influenced, or otherwise exposed to conflicting narratives. Our prosecutors must carefully evaluate the totality of the evidence, follow the law, and make decisions that protect the integrity of the justice system while keeping the best interests of the child at the forefront.”

The mother is not the only Florida parent to lose custody after alleging sexual abuse. In 2022, a Broward mother began fighting for custody after fleeing her former boyfriend, taking their daughter with her to another state where her parents reside. He was controlling and abusive throughout their relationship, she said in court records and to the Sun Sentinel. Toward the end of their relationship, she said, she discovered he had been sexually abusing their 4-year-old daughter as well. The Sun Sentinel is not identifying the mother.

Child services investigators in the other state forensically interviewed the daughter, at which point the girl described being sexually abused. Investigators concluded that findings of sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect were all “indicated,” according to a 2024 child services report.

The reported abuse had taken place in Broward County, where a detective with the Broward Sheriff’s Office had also been assigned to investigate.

The Sheriff’s Office sent the case to the State Attorney’s Office, but the father was never arrested or criminally charged. In a memo explaining the decision not to pursue charges, prosecutors wrote that what the girl was describing took place when her father was helping her go to the bathroom and “does not amount to a crime.” The father’s attorney had also emailed the BSO detective, telling him that the mother “has fabricated this case to use during her contentious child custody case or to cause harm to the Subject.”

Last year, a court-appointed psychologist who evaluated the family determined that the mother was manipulative and dishonest, according to court records. A Broward family court judge gave the father full custody, concluding that the mother had alienated the daughter and convinced her that she was sexually abused.

The mother can now see her daughter only during supervised visits at a visitation center, which cost her over $3,000 a month, more than her own salary.

“I can’t even afford to see my kid,” she told the Sun Sentinel.

Still, she does not regret bringing forward the sexual abuse claims.

“Everyone was like, ‘you are going to lose your kid if you say anything,'” she said. “I was like, ‘I know what’s right.’ I would be not doing the right thing if I didn’t say anything. As a parent you’re supposed to put your child first.”

If a family or dependency court has already rejected claims of child sexual abuse, the chances of criminal charges are exceedingly low, according to Danielle Pollack, a policy manager at the National Family Violence Law Center who has worked with Meier.

“If you can’t prove it in dependency court and you can’t prove it in family court, the likelihood that a prosecutor’s going to take it up and really think that they’re going to win the case with the highest burden of proof in the criminal court is even less likely,” Pollack said.

The number of child sexual abuse cases drops off at each stage of the criminal justice system, from investigation, to prosecution, to trial, said Jeglic, the professor, something known as a “funnel” effect. And that’s taking into account only the cases that reach law enforcement in the first place; research suggests that only 5% to 13% of child sexual abuse instances are reported to law enforcement.

Caruso was investigated by DCF and Delray Beach Police at least twice: in 2001 over allegations that he physically abused his son, according to a police report, and again in 2012, over the claims that he had sexually abused one of his children. Both times, officers determined the allegations to be unfounded. Such an outcome is common for child abuse investigations, experts say.

Meanwhile, parents in the middle of a divorce or custody battle are often discouraged from going to police with allegations in the first place due to concerns that they will lose their children, legal experts say.

Brown told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that she had a client who discovered sexual abuse allegations against the father of their young daughter well into her custody case in Palm Beach County. But by that point, Brown said, the judge had already determined that the mother was an “alienator.”

“I begged her not to bring it up until the case was over because I thought it would result in the judge ruling against her,” Brown said. “… I asked her to focus on non-sexual abuse allegations. Because they never believe you; they put on the alienator hat, and I’ve seen people lose their children for allegations that they made false sexual abuse claims.”

But the majority of sexual abuse takes place within families, experts say, and parents who become aware of such abuse often leave or file for divorce, meaning that allegations frequently come to light only during a family court dispute.

Adriana Alcalde, a former Broward prosecutor who now represents victims of sexual violence, said she regularly took on sexual abuse cases where the accusations emerged during a divorce. She recalled winning one such trial early in her career. As is often the case, the only witness was the child.

“People told me I shouldn’t go forward,” Alcalde told the Sun Sentinel, because it was an “impossible case.” But the defendant ended up making an admission while on the stand and is now serving life in prison.

Alcalde thinks prosecutors should be more open to taking on sex abuse cases. During trials, they should seek to place the focus on the children, she said, and, if possible, let them testify against their abusers. Law enforcement should also have a better system in place to keep track of patterns of abuse, Alcalde said, even if each isolated report is closed as unfounded. Detectives could make it a point to follow up with children again after a few years have passed, sometimes once they have become adults, when they might be more open to speaking.

“They can articulate more what happened to them,” Alcalde said. “When you revisit, reopen, now you have a better case. I can’t tell you how many times I had cases with adults who were like, ‘This is what happened to me as a child and no one believed me.’ That’s the standard, is to not believe them.”

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MEDIA ARTICLE: DeSantis calls Flock license plate cameras ‘out of control,’ urges overhaul (WPEC-CBS12, 8-26-26)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling for changes to the growing use of Flock license plate reader cameras, saying the technology has gone too far and could threaten Floridians’ privacy. He spoke at an event at Florida International University in Miami on Wednesday. (Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS)

DeSantis calls Flock license plate cameras ‘out of control,’ urges overhaul

By Grace Bellinghausen | WPEC-CBS12

PUBLISHED: August 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM EDT | UPDATED: August 26, 2026 at 5:56 PM EDT

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (CBS12) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling for changes to the growing use of Flock license plate reader cameras, saying the technology has gone too far and could threaten Floridians’ privacy.

DeSantis addressed the issue Wednesday during an event at Florida International University in Miami, where he announced partnerships between the state’s emergency management agency and colleges and universities.

“I think these cameras, the license plate readers, I think it’s out of control,” DeSantis said.

DeSantis said the technology has evolved beyond uses such as toll collection and is now being used by police and sheriff’s offices for criminal surveillance.

“I’m all about having law enforcement have tools to be able to hold criminals accountable,” DeSantis said. “But I don’t want to have this become a surveillance state.”

He also tied his concerns to his push for an “Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights,” noting that Flock uses artificial intelligence.

“I think it needs to be overhauled for sure,” DeSantis said.

DeSantis said he has asked for an overview of how license plate readers are being used by state agencies. He said state use is relatively limited compared with local police and sheriff’s offices.

He also questioned safeguards around the information collected by the cameras, pointing to instances of alleged misuse.

“When I see like a police officer using this to track like an ex-girlfriend, I’m like, ‘You know, what the hell’s going on?’” DeSantis said.

DeSantis said the rapid expansion of the technology is a reason for concern and that protections would need to come through the Legislature. He said he is reviewing a New Hampshire law as a possible starting point for Florida.

“But, go after criminals, great. Let’s all do that,” DeSantis said. “But surveilling just regular Floridians’ movements and how that data’s used, you know, that’s a bird of a different feather.”

DeSantis made the comments during a news conference at Florida International University announcing the state’s new Coalition for Operational Readiness and Education program, which aims to expand emergency management training and workforce opportunities across Florida colleges and universities.

 WPEC-CBS12 is a news partner of the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

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