20 Infamous Sex Scandals of Modern History!
Peter Pizagalli
Published
10/25/2014
For better or worse, the public loves watching people embarrass themselves in increasingly awkward sexual ways. We learned that from the American Pie movies, but its also true of these notorious sex scandals.
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John Travolta-This one has still not been verified, but embarrassing accusations surfaced not so long ago that suggested John Travolta had solicited sex from male masseuses, and in fact his former Grease co-star Jeff Conaway claimed that Travolta once attempted to grope him as well. -
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Michael Jackson-The late King of Pop had an absurdly horrific childhood, being abused and forced into showbiz, so it never came as much of a surprise that he would be a little messed up as an adult, finding himself at the center of numerous accusations of molesting young boys at his Neverland Ranch compound. -
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Roman Polanski-And speaking of statutory rape, we come to famed director Roman Polanski, who was arrested for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles, and fled to Europe to avoid criminal prosecution, and at this point there are no plans to prosecute since its been so long this occurred in 1977 that even the victim has said shes gotten over it. -
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Errol Flynn-The screen legend and one-time Robin Hood, Errol Flynn became embroiled in a massive sex scandal in which he was accused of two under aged girls of statutory rape, though the cases were ultimately dismissed and amazingly saw his popularity increase after the fact. -
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Eliot Spitzer-The former governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer, saw his political career come to a crashing end when it became public that he had allegedly spent upwards of 80,000 on prostitutes, with some of that money actually coming from campaign funds -
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David Petraeus-A four-star general and former possible presidential hopeful, David Petraeus was also the director of the CIA yet somehow couldnt keep his long running affair a secret, instead resigning in shame when some incriminating e-mails leaked. -
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Tiger Woods-Perhaps the most famous golfer of all-time, and arguably the greatest ever as well, Tiger Woods saw his image and game utterly destroyed when it was revealed that he had been cheating with dozens of women despite being married to a bikini model. -
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Arnold Schwarzenegger-This is another of those rare sex scandals that straddles the line between politics and celebrity, as it was revealed that when the action movie icon was serving as governor of California, hed been carrying on an affair with a housekeeper leading to his divorce from Maria Shriver, who ironically is a member of the Kennedy family and thus no stranger to sex scandals. -
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Mark Sanford-Mark Sanford was the governor of South Carolina and the head of the Republican Governors Association right up until the time it was revealed he had disappeared without explanation to head down to Argentina to carry on an illicit affair, which led to his resignation. -
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Kim Kardashian-Sex tapes are always going to be pretty scandalous, though were sorry to say that arguably the most famous sex tape in history has the dubious distinction of being the primary reason we know the name Kim Kardashian. -
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Hugh Grant-Back when he was just starting to hit it big in America, professional fop Hugh Grant was busted for hiring a prostitute in Los Angeles despite being attached to absurdly hot model Elizabeth Hurley, though the actor has since rebounded from this scandal pretty nicely. -
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Sandra Bullock and Jesse James-Jesse James was, for some reason, a famous person once and was married to Americas Sweetheart, Sandra Bullock at least, until it came out that he had been nailing a heavily tattooed, possible Nazi-sympathizer named Michelle McGee on the side. -
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Woody Allen-One of the creepiest Hollywood sex scandals comes from famously neurotic writer, actor, and director Woody Allen, who it was discovered had been sleeping with his own adopted daughter, and later even married and had children with her. -
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Pee-Wee Herman-Pee-Wee Herman was a god to a lot of kids in the 1980s, though we cant imagine parents were fans of the antics that got him arrested when he decided to whip out his own pee-wee at an adult cinema in Florida. -
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Anthony Weiner-The unfortunately named politician gained notoriety when it was discovered that he had been sending inappropriate photos of himself online, and even after he had managed to survive the initial blowback he did it again, this time under the hilarious moniker Carlos Danger. -
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Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco-Amy Fisher became known as the Long Island Lolita after having an affair with the much older Buttafuoco and then going to his house and shooting his wife who survived the attack, and infamy has followed them both ever since. -
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Jerry Springer-Long before he was the host of a horrendous daytime talk show that thrust the worst trash in America at unsuspecting audiences, Jerry Springer was the mayor of Cincinnati until, amazingly, he paid for sex with a check that actually bounced when the hooker tried to cash it. -
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Fatty Arbuckle-Fatty Arbuckle was a famous comedian in the early 20th century who was famous partly for being obscenely fat, and he supposedly crushed a woman to death while having sex, leading to three very public trials that utterly destroyed both the man and his career. -
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Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky-Its not much of a secret that Bill Clintons boyhood hero was John F. Kennedy, so like his idol he took it upon himself to get embroiled in a massive sex scandal when he found his way to the Oval Office, in an affair that would cast a harsh light on his presidency. -
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John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe-Perhaps the most famous sex scandal in modern history, this one combined the world of celebrity with the world of politics, in large part because the person at the center was not only the most powerful man in the world, but also something of a celebrity himself.
Everyone loves a good old fashioned scandal. Add in a little bit of sex just to spice things up, and it’s ratings heaven for journalists, and can also help boost the public profiles of the people involved. Sometimes those involved are submitted to public shame, while others use their new notoriety to slingshot themselves into the spotlight and gain fame and fortune.
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