Three men allege in a documentary released on Thursday that the late Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina paid them for sex, including one who says he was 17 at the time.
The film, "The CLOSETocracy," was produced by The Young Turks and Swamp Watch Studios. Graham, a Republican who opposed several LGBTQ rights measures during his career, died on July 11 at the age of 71. During his lifetime he publicly denied being gay.
Graham's sister, Darline Graham, who was appointed to his Senate seat, told a reporter she would not "entertain that question" when asked about the claims, and her office has not responded to the substance of the allegations.

The allegations have not been independently verified, and no documentary evidence of the payments has been made public.