The U.S. House Ethics Committee has found that former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for drugs and sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, U.S. media reported on Monday, citing a final draft of the panel’s report.

Gaetz, who has denied wrongdoing, resigned from the House of Representatives last month after he was selected by President-elect Donald Trump to be attorney general. He withdrew from consideration in the face of an uphill confirmation battle in the Senate.

In an bid to prevent the report’s release, expected on Monday, Gaetz filed a lawsuit against the Ethics panel saying damage to his reputation and professional standing would be “severe and irreversible.”

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