TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — An audio recording from the investigation into former Florida GOP Chairperson Christian Ziegler was released on Friday.

Ziegler at the time was facing accusations of sexual battery.

The audio’s release comes after police released dozens of pages worth of transcripts Thursday detailing their interviews with Ziegler and his wife, Sarasota School Board member Bridget Ziegler.

The scandal has not led to any charges thus far, but plenty of political fallout.

In an interview with police on Nov. 1, Bridget said finding out her husband was being investigated for sexual assault came as a surprise to her.

Detective: “Does this shock you?”
Bridget Ziegler: “A sexual assault? 100%”
Detective: “Would it shock you to know that he might be in a relationship with her, or has had a relationship with her-“
Bridget Ziegler: “I don’t know that a relationship but if there were any extramarital things, it wouldn’t blow my mind of surprise but…”

Some parts of the transcriptions are listed as “inaudible.”

Bridget Ziegler: “I mean, as far as the sexual assault of any sort, I can’t. That surprises me.”
Detective: “But, it wouldn’t surprise you if there was some sort of…”
Bridget Ziegler: “Not wild [inaudible] yeah. But, that would’ve been a while ago.”
Detective: “How long ago, you think?”
Bridget Ziegler: “A year.”
Detective: “Okay. Again, another very sensitive question. Have you ever been with [redacted] in any sexual manner?”
Bridget Ziegler: “It’s been a while ago.”
Detective: “Okay. Just the two of you, or you and your husband?”
Bridget Ziegler: “Yeah.”
Detective: “The three of you?”
Bridget Ziegler: “Mm-hmm.”
Detective: “Okay.”
Bridget Ziegler: “That was over two years ago.”
Detective: “Okay. I’m sorry to ask, but how did that come to be?”
Bridget Ziegler: “My husband [inaudible].”
Detective: “Something he set up? She set up? You? Who set-“
Bridget Ziegler: “I don’t want to give you misinformation, so I can’t totally recall. So I don’t know who or what? But not normally my thing.”
Detective: “Ok. So, you [inaudible] once, or twice, or…?”
Bridget Ziegler: “I think only once.”
Detective: “Okay. Has there been any talk of the three of you getting together again?”
Bridget Ziegler: “No.”

Bridget Ziegler then asked the detective “what happened?” to which the detective replied that it was still early in the investigation.

Bridget Ziegler: “How [inaudible] has this become? Because I really [inaudible] I have to naturally ask that.
Detective: “I understand that.”
Bridget Ziegler: “This is very serious, because I want this…don’t take that, I’m sorry-“

Bridget Ziegler continued to ask questions to the detectives, who told her the incident happened on Oct. 2.

Detective: “Yeah. So last month. Early last month.”
Bridget Ziegler: “We were in [inaudible] California. That surprises me.”
Detective: “Yeah?”
Bridget Ziegler: “Like, a lot. So…”
Detective: “Okay. Well, we have confirmed through video that he was there.”
Bridget Ziegler: “Oh. Oh.”
Detective: “We have him walking in and out of the complex where she lives and we have this vehicle there.”
Bridget Ziegler: “Okay. Well, [inaudible] I don’t think [inaudible].”
Detective: “Would he…and I don’t know your husband, so would he have offered to meet with [redacted] on the pretense that you were going to be there and not bring you?”
Bridget Ziegler: “[inaudible].”
Detective: “Okay. Because, the way we understand it is she was under the impression that the three of you were going to get together. And then when you didn’t show up, she was very upset and said, ‘This is not what…this is going to happen. This is not what I want,’ but Tom apparently had different ideas.”

At the end of the conversation, detectives said they wouldn’t have any further questions for Bridget Ziegler until they finished interviewing her husband.

“I know this puts you in a very difficult place and we’re not strangers to this kind of thing,” the detective said. “I want you to know to be very careful.”

The audio from Christian’s interviews has yet to be released, but News Channel 8 obtained transcripts detailing what was said.

The then-state GOP chair seemed to be most concerned about the allegations going public.

“I’m not necessarily worried about the complaint; I’m worried about the public side of it,” he told police.

The next day, he was interviewed again, this time with his attorney present.

A sergeant asked him if the alleged victim was upset when he showed up without his wife.

Christian replied, “No,” the transcripts show.

The sergeant then asked, “She didn’t say anything about that?”

The former state GOP chair again responded, “No.”

He went on to say, the alleged victim was very calm and the encounter seemed routine.

Documents from the Sarasota Police Department detail how Christian told detectives he and the alleged victim had consensual sex about a dozen times since he’s known the woman for more than a decade.

“So if you’ve had sex with her a dozen times, why was she upset about this one?” a sergeant asked Christian.

“I have no idea,” he said.

“It kind of blindsided me a little bit, because it’s been the same routine for a year,” he later said.

“I didn’t understand what the issue was, but then she made some serious allegations,” he continued. “It was sprung on me unannounced.”

In January, police said detectives were unable to develop probable cause to charge Christian Ziegler with sexual battery.

He allegedly recorded the sexual encounter in question on his cell phone, which showed it “was likely consensual,” according to Sarasota police.

In a follow-up interview, the alleged victim said she did not consent to being recorded and was unaware of the recording, police said.

A probable cause affidavit was sent to the state attorney’s office to review for possible video voyeurism charges.