Lauren Boebert Denies Alleged Relationships with Staffers: "I’m Not a Lesbian or Bisexual"

This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Rep. Lauren Boebert is publicly refuting a complaint filed with the House Committee on Ethics on September 17 which alleged that the Colorado congresswoman had sexual relationships with three staffers she supervised, including two women, and paid $200,000 in hush money in an attempt to keep one of the relationships secret.“Congresswoman Lauren Boebert rejects these allegations as utterly false and there is no truth to them whatsoever,” a representative for the lawmaker wrote in a statement to multiple media outlets on Saturday. “This is nothing more than a politically motivated stunt designed to manipulate the ethics process, create headlines, smear her, and generate clickbait."The sworn ethics complaint, first reported by the Colorado Times Reporter, was filed by David Wheeler of the political action committee American Muckrackers and identified three current and former staffers, claiming that Boebert had relationships with former district director Clarice Navarro Ratzlaff, district chief of staff Raven Finegan and former chief of staff Jeffrey Small. The complaint claims that the six-figure hush money payment was issued to Navarro to disincentivize her from filing an ethics complaint.Related: Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert Dates Bar Owner Who's Hosted Drag ShowsNavarro, who worked under Boebert from 2021 to 2025, denied the substance of the complaint to the Reporter, writing, “These allegations regarding me are entirely false, defamatory, and beyond ridiculous. There is absolutely no truth to any part of this claim.”Navarro’s ex-husband, Jace Ratzlaff, appeared to suggest he believed the relationship took place when contacted by American Muckrackers, reportedly saying, “I assumed this would eventually surface, I’ll have no further comment on this topic.”The complaint primarily focuses on an alleged relationship between Boebert and Navarro, laying out a timeline of joint travel and claiming that $200,