Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert is finding herself back under the media spotlight, brushing off fresh misconduct claims filed with Congress. On September 17, political activist David Wheeler of American Muckrakers submitted a official complaint to the House Committee on Ethics. The filing alleges that the 39-year-old Republican engaged in sexual relationships with three staff members under her direct supervision, including two women.
According to the complaint, which cites anonymous sources, the alleged relationships involved former Chief of Staff Jeffrey Small, District Chief of Staff Raven Finegan, and former District Director Clarice Navarro Ratzlaff. In House ethics rules, members are explicitly barred from having intimate relationships with staff members who work directly below them.
A Big Payout Allegation
Beyond the relationship claims, the filing outlines a financial scheme to keep the story quiet. The document alleges that Boebert arranged a $200,000 payment in March 2025 to Ratzlaff, a former Colorado state representative, after she resigned from Boebert’s office. The complaint claims this payout was designed to stop Ratzlaff from bringing forward her own formal grievance.
According to reporting from the Colorado Times Recorder, the document outlines rendezvous in Ratzlaff’s office, inside a campaign-funded vehicle, and inside hotel rooms paid for with campaign money.
Boebert’s office pushed back on the claims immediately. A spokesperson called the ethics filing completely fake, characterizing the document as a cheap political stunt created to manufacture headlines, smear her character, and farm clicks. The spokesperson added that Wheeler has a history of recycling wild rumors that have been fact-checked as false.
Ratzlaff also issued a statement dismissing the story, calling the accusations false, defamatory, and absurd.
Controversy Is Nothing New For Boebert
The House Ethics Committee has not indicated whether it will launch a formal review. Still, the claims add another chapter to Boebert’s long history of personal drama spilling into public view.
Since winning her seat in 2020 as a gun-toting MAGA firebrand, Boebert has routinely positioned herself as a fierce opponent of LGBTQ+ rights. Yet her private life keeps producing headlines that rival any daytime reality show. After divorcing her husband Jayson in 2023, she made national news during a September performance of Beetlejuice at Denver’s Buell Theatre. Security kicked Boebert and her date, Aspen restaurateur Quinn Gallagher, out of the venue after patrons complained about vaping, loud singing, flash photography, and inappropriate touching in the seats. She later blamed her behavior on stress from her divorce.
More recently, in June 2026, Boebert stormed away from a Fox News Digital interview when a reporter asked about rumors involving her and fellow Congressman Thomas Massie. Boebert cursed at the journalist, called the line of questioning sexist clickbait, and refused to answer questions about ex-partners before walking off camera.
While the Ethics Committee decides whether to pursue Wheeler’s filing, Boebert remains adamant that the newest claims hold zero truth.
