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Three male escorts in a new documentary have alleged that late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham paid them for sexual encounters, including one who says he was 17 at the time.

The CLOSETocracy, produced by Swamp Watch Studios and Tystnaden Films and released by the left-wing Young Turks network, features testimony from men who say Graham paid them for sexual encounters in Arizona and Washington, D.C. The allegations have not been independently corroborated.

One of the men, identified in the documentary as Kelvin, alleges he met Graham at a property in Arizona in 2001, when he was 17. He claims Graham paid him $120 for the encounter.

“My name is Kelvin. I had sex with Lindsey Graham when I was 17,” he says in the documentary.

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[-] velma@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

These aren't new allegations. Victim blaming will not be tolerated here.

Lyndsey Graham had a lot of influence and pull. He absolutely worked to bury these stories.

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

I'm not blamingthe victim for their abuse. I am criticising their approach to holding their abuser accountable which is absolutely appropriate. They are not infallible as result of being abused.

The fact there were rumours for years does nothing but support that people should have come forward instead of going public after he died.

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