Documentary features allegations against late Sen. Lindsey Graham

A newly released documentary features three men who allege that the late Sen. Lindsey Graham paid them for sexual encounters, including one man who says he was 17 at the time. The accounts have not been independently verified, and the film does not establish that the alleged encounters occurred as described. The documentary, The CLOSETocracy, was released October 22. It presents interviews with men identified as Kelvin, Cory and Jesse, each describing a separate alleged encounter. Their claims originate in their own accounts in the film; the documentary does not present named third-party witnesses or supporting messages, payment records or recordings. Kelvin says an encounter took place in Arizona in 2001, when he was 17, and that Graham paid him $120. He says he told Graham he was 18. The film’s narration places the encounter in July 2001, but the source for that timing is not given. The film does not provide independent evidence establishing Kelvin’s age or the circumstances he describes. Cory says he was driven from the Washington Plaza Hotel to the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, where he met a client he later recognized as Graham. He says he was paid $1,500. The Young...