Jack Latvala case returns to Florida Commission on Ethics
A case about alleged misconduct by former state Sen. Jack Latvala is headed back to the Florida Commission on Ethics, after a lawyer for the commission said she could not proceed at the state Division of Administrative Hearings because two witnesses would not testify.
Latvala, who had been a Clearwater Republican, resigned from the Senate in 2017 after the release of a special master’s report about allegations he had sexually harassed Rachel Perrin Rogers, a former Senate aide.
Latvala denied wrongdoing but admitted he had an extramarital affair with former lobbyist Laura McLeod. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement conducted an investigation, but Latvala was not charged with any crimes...
