CORRECTION: A wealthy donor paid to have a high-priced golf simulator installed in Ron DeSantis’s pool cabana, state records reviewed by Reuters show. The donation was never reported as a gift. We're deleting a previous post with the wrong link and photo
But DeSantis did not pay for the simulator. Neither did the state government. Instead, it was funded by a wealthy donor and prominent businessman, Morteza Hosseini, according to four sources familiar with the matter and state government records.
"In my mind, it subverts the principle of why we require gifts to be disclosed," said Ben Wilcox, research director of Florida Integrity, a government watchdog group. James Uthmeier, at the time DeSantis’ deputy general counsel, said in a Sept. 13, 2019, letter to Hosseini that the simulator would be considered "on loan" to the Mansion Commission for an "undisclosed term" and would be returned to Hosseini "immediately upon request," the records said.
In his statement to Reuters, Hosseini said that the simulator "was provided to the residence gym, as things have been in the past, for the use of the family, guests, and staff, during this and subsequent administrations."The simulator was manufactured by aboutGOLF, according to one of the workers who installed it.
Watson did not remember the specific "package" but said it was a "widescreen" – a flat-screen version of the company’s products. An aboutGOLF list of products says those models start at $46,500.
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