On Oct. 7, 2024, in Sixth District Court in Virginia, former State Representative Jason Metsa entered a plea of Guilty to the charge of Furnishing Alcohol to a Person Under 21, a gross misdemeanor under Minnesota state law. By pleading guilty, Metsa avoided any court appearances.
Metsa was accused of furnishing alcohol to a Superior 18-year-old he had met on Tinder, during her two-night stay at his Lake Vermilion cabin over the Fourth of July.
The story initially made headlines statewide, when Metsa was arrested on July 6 and lodged in jail on probable cause of Third Degree Sexual Misconduct. Metsa was released without charges three days after his arrest.
On Sept. 4, 2024, Metsa was charged with Furnishing Alcohol to a Person Under 21.
According to the charging documents, the 18-year-old had “approximately four shots” at Metsa’s cabin, and she “became tipsy, but had clarity, could talk for herself, and had rational thoughts.”
The Monitor has communicated with the minor in question on multiple occasions. She disputes the claim that she only had “four shots,” telling us that she was heavily intoxicated for most of her stay at the cabin.
The Monitor has attempted to reach witnesses at the cabin, without success.
In return for Metsa’s guilty plea, Judge Robert Friday fined Metsa $900 and sentenced him to one year of unsupervised probation. The sentence is subject to a stay of adjudication, meaning that if Metsa abides by the terms of his probation—remains law-abiding for a year—the charge to which he pled guilty will be dismissed from his record.
Cover photo: Jason Metsa. Source: Metsa for Congress Facebook page
