Sarasota police are recommending a video voyeurism charge be filed against Christian Ziegler after a woman accused the former state GOP chair of rape. The department said in a statement Friday that the case has been forwarded to the State Attorney's Office for further review. Ziegler, who was ousted earlier this month as the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, previously admitted to police he and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, had a consensual sexual relationship with another woman. It was in October when the woman accused him of raping her in her apartment. The couple and the woman had planned a sexual threesome, but Bridget Ziegler was unable to attend. The woman claimed Christian Ziegler still showed up and assaulted her. He had argued his innocence since. According to a search warrant obtained by 10 Tampa Bay earlier this month, detectives say he recorded the sexual encounter and showed the video to investigators while claiming it was consensual. Although Christian Ziegler's lawyers claimed he sent the video of the sexual encounter to the woman on Instagram vanish mode, detectives say that neither the woman nor Bridget Ziegler knew anything about the video being recorded. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/christian-ziegler-video-voyeurism-charges-rape-sarasota/67-5900bd18-14c1-42c1-93f4-8593574c0508 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay