Cameron Moore, a former Mar-a-Lago member and Republican fundraiser, filed a federal defamation suit on Saturday against his ex-girlfriend, saying she spread false statements about an alleged sexual assault at the Palm Beach club in November 2023. The complaint comes after what Moore has called a yearslong effort to clear his name and follows a separate state lawsuit he filed earlier this year against a club member who circulated an audio recording of a dispute.
According to court papers and reporting by the Daily Mail, the alleged episode took place in the early morning hours of Nov. 2, 2023. The woman, identified in court documents only as an alleged victim, told friends and club members that Moore had assaulted her. She recorded an argument with Moore the following day and gave that recording to a Mar-a-Lago member, who then shared it with other club officials and Trump associates, the filings say.
Moore's new federal complaint accuses the ex-girlfriend of making "vicious lies" — including claims that he "forced himself inside of her" and tried to impregnate her — and of recording him without his consent. He seeks a jury trial and monetary damages for what he describes as emotional distress and reputational harm. Moore also alleges that the accusations and the circulation of the recording led to the loss of his club membership and other social and business consequences.
Two months after the alleged incident, Moore sued Maria Selloni, a Mar-a-Lago member, in Palm Beach Circuit Court for defamation and invasion of privacy, seeking among other things the destruction of the recording on grounds that Florida is a two-party consent state and the audio was made illegally. That case is scheduled to go to trial next January, according to the filings. Moore has said he filed the new suit in federal court to address separate statements he attributes to his ex-girlfriend.
Selloni has acknowledged in court filings that she received the audio and shared it with Mar-a-Lago staff and others because she feared for the woman's safety and for the club's interests. She told Moore's lawyers she provided the file to Heather Rinkus, Mar-a-Lago's executive assistant and guest services director, to Sean Curran — then a member of Trump's Secret Service detail who is now the agency's director — and to Lynne Patton, a former Trump aide. The Daily Mail reported that Patton later played the recording for others, including Eric Trump.
Under questioning, Selloni said she confronted the woman in a bathroom because the woman was crying and appeared to be asking for help. Selloni has defended her decision to distribute the recording, saying it was done to protect the alleged victim, club members and staff. Moore's attorneys have disputed Selloni's account and argued that distribution of the tape and the statements made about Moore were intended to damage his reputation.
There has been no public record of a police report or arrest arising from the alleged Nov. 2023 incident, and Mar-a-Lago officials did not release information about the matter, according to the court papers and reporting.
Moore, who moved to Palm Beach from California in 2022 and has described himself as a pro-Trump organizer and founder of the American Heroes Foundation, has continued to publicly promote his ties to Trump world even after the dispute became public. Court filings and reporting note that he sold his Palm Beach condominium and returned to Huntington Beach, California, in July after his membership was revoked in December. He has posted social media content that he has said reflects his connections to Trump confidantes; one video he posted showing him standing near Roger Stone was later described by Stone as footage from an earlier event.
The new federal complaint centers on competing versions of events and on the legality and circulation of a recording that has been shared among private individuals and political aides. Moore contends the ex-girlfriend's statements were false and defamatory; the recipients of the recording have said they distributed it out of concern for the woman's safety and for the club. Both the federal suit and the state case against Selloni will proceed through the courts, where judges will consider the claims, the admissibility of the recording and the defenses raised by the defendants.
Plaintiffs and defendants in the litigation did not respond to requests for comment through their lawyers. The woman at the center of the allegations did not comment in response to requests reported by the Daily Mail. The cases highlight the legal and reputational questions that can arise when personal disputes intersect with high-profile private clubs and political networks.