Former Florida commissioner charged with running a brothel files to run for his old seat

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Two years ago, Nick Nicholson made national headlines when the then-Hernando County commissioner was charged with giving room and board to prostitutes in exchange for sex and running a brothel from his Spring Hill home.

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After the 2018 arrest, Nicholson, a Republican, was blasted by the local Republican leadership. He was suspended by the governor and resigned his seat. As a first-time offender facing misdemeanor charges, he ended up taking a plea deal and paid a fine of $729.

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Now he wants his old job back.

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During the 2018 controversy, Nicholson made headlines as the lurid details of his relationships with women he met at local strip clubs grew into forays involving drugs and sex that came to the attention of law enforcement. Those details were included in pages of investigative reports, photos, audio recordings and even cell phone videos Nicholson had of himself with one of the women.

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In 2012, just before he won his first term on the commission, Nicholson had been investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for a relationship with another stripper in which a child in the woman’s care was seriously sickened by ingesting a piece of her crack cocaine.

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