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16 Women Entangled in Sex Scandals

It might usually be the men...but not always

(Newser) - Nikki Haley’s rumored affair with a blogger got the Daily Beast thinking about why it is that women get caught up in fewer sex scandals than men. That doesn’t mean, however, they're never tabloid bait. Sixteen of the juiciest:
  • Princess Diana: The tabs jumped on all sorts of
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Are Sex Scandals a Guy Thing?

Or do we just ignore the indiscretions of women?

(Newser) - Nikki Haley joined an elite club when she was accused yesterday of having an affair with a blogger: women who've been caught in sex scandals. Women seem to get the scarlet letter treatment a lot less than men, writes Rebecca Dana of the Daily Beast . Are they more prudent, or...

Mark Souder: Class of '94's Latest Hypocrite
Mark Souder: Class of '94's Latest Hypocrite
Dana Milbank
May 19, 2010 8:52 AM CDT

Mark Souder: Class of '94's Latest Hypocrite

'Republican Revolution' beginning to look like horndog revolution

(Newser) - Mark Souder may be leaving Congress as a disgraced hypocrite, but hey, at least he ought to fit in at the Republican House Class of '94 reunion. He can hang out and talk sex with Mark Foley, or Mark Sanford, or John Ensign, or any of the whopping 15 Republican...

Congressman Made Abstinence Video —With Mistress

Indiana's Mark Souder resigns after affair goes public

(Newser) - Things just got a little more embarrassing for the Indiana congressman who's resigning over trysts with a part-time staffer (maybe even in state parks, says the Washington Post ). Turns out Republican Mark Souder and that very same staffer, identified as Tracy Jackson, made a series of videos promoting his...

Indiana's GOP Rep. Souder Resigns, Admits Affair

Eight-term Indiana congressman slept with staffer

(Newser) - Indiana Rep. Mark Souder will announce his resignation today, after admitting to an affair with a female staffer that had, until now, only been a rumor. Souder will leave office as soon as Friday, Fox News reports. In his statement, he will say he “sinned against God, my wife...

Enquirer: Obama Cheated With Aide
 Enquirer: 
 Obama  
 Cheated 
 With Aide 
EDWARDS, SCHMEDWARDS
May 1, 2010 6:12 AM CDT

Enquirer: Obama Cheated With Aide

Tab claims president hooked up with former campaign aide

(Newser) - John Edwards isn't the only Democratic candidate who cheated on his fairytale marriage, if the National Enquirer is to be believed: The tab claims none other than Barack Obama 'became close to" 35-year-old campaign aide Vera Baker, quoting an anonymous limo driver who claims to have dropped Baker off for...

Snobs Doomed Enquirer's Pulitzer Bid

Edwards exposé a shoo-in for glory—but not for tabloid

(Newser) - By any sane measure, the unmasking of John Edwards as a philanderer who knocked up his mistress while his wife battled cancer was one of the all-time great scoops—except in determining the winners of yesterday's Pulitzer Prizes for journalism. "The media elite circled the wagons to exclude the...

Woods Seduced Young Neighbor: Enquirer
 Woods Seduced 
 Young Neighbor: 
 Enquirer 
OH, TIGER...
Apr 7, 2010 12:40 PM CDT

Woods Seduced Young Neighbor: Enquirer

Woman, now 22, had one-night-stand in golfer's office

(Newser) - The umpteenth Tiger Woods mistress is perhaps the most disturbing so far: a young neighbor who had a one night stand with the golfer that left her “shaken and humiliated.” The National Enquirer has it that Raychel Coudriet, now 22, was seduced by the serial philanderer in his...

Larry Flynt Writing Book on Presidential Sex

 Larry Flynt 
 Writing Book on 
 Presidential Sex 

our founding fornicators
Mar 18, 2010 8:12 AM CDT

Larry Flynt Writing Book on Presidential Sex

Hustler publisher will delve into affairs of state

(Newser) - Porn king Larry Flynt is turning to a slightly more academic topic: presidents. Well, the sex lives of presidents, to be exact. The Hustler publisher is writing One Nation Under Sex, an “academically sourced” history of White House seductions. Gawker got a look at the proposal, and it includes...

Spitzer: 'I Stood for Something ... Then I Destroyed It'

Governor also dismisses new tell-all by former adviser

(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer is back in the spotlight, for better or worse. Last month featured an appearance on the Colbert Ropert, and now comes an interview with Time that portrays him as anxious, maybe even a little desperate, to get back into politics but unsure whether it'll fly. The kicker quote...

Americans Would Forgive Tiger Before John Edwards...

...or Chris Brown, Polanski, Madoff: poll

(Newser) - Americans appear to be in the mood to forgive a variety of national figures laid low by this or that scandal, and Tiger Woods in particular. Some 32% of respondents to a CBS News poll said they would pardon the transgressions of the likes of Woods, Charlie Sheen, and John...

Bachelor Gal in Sex Tape Scandal

Rozlyn Papa, who allegedly slept with a producer, is supposed star

(Newser) - Another day, another reality star sex tape scandal. This time it’s Rozlyn Papa, the former Bachelor contestant famous for being booted from the show after allegedly sleeping with a producer (and later being called “ desperate ” by the show’s host). Whoever is shopping the tape around claims...

Rielle Hunter the Classiest Person in Edwards Mess

John Edwards' mistress has somehow managed to stay quiet

(Newser) - Believe it or not, Rielle Hunter has emerged as the classiest person in the John Edwards sex scandal. Hunter’s been relentlessly attacked and caricatured in the two years since the story broke: Andrew Young’s book savages her, and quotes Edwards calling her a “crazy slut"; in her...

Inside the Sexed-Up World of TV News

In case you ever wanted to know what turns Bill O'Reilly on

(Newser) - The love-child scandal plaguing CNN’s Jeff Toobin has brought the sex life of America's news anchors, correspondents, and reporters right into our living room. And it makes sense: “The news anchor's necessary embrace of confidence, narcissism, and taking oneself very, very seriously makes for the perfect storm of...

Pulitzer Will Consider National Enquirer Stories

Tabloid is in the running for breaking John Edwards scandal

(Newser) - The National Enquirer is officially in the running for a Pulitzer. Despite earlier reports to the contrary, the prize board has accepted the tabloid's submission for breaking news of John Edwards’ affair. The staff is entered in two categories: investigative reporting and national news reporting, reports Emily Miller in the...

Tiger's Peace Offering: a Boat
 Tiger's Peace Offering: a Boat 
better than jewelry?
Feb 12, 2010 11:00 AM CST

Tiger's Peace Offering: a Boat

New dive boat for Woods is actually a gift for Elin Nordegren

(Newser) - Tiger Woods’ new boat isn’t a reward for completing sex rehab—it’s a gift for his wife. The appropriately named Solitude, a custom 61-footer, “is a dive boat and was designed for Elin, who loves the sport,” a source tells People . It was commissioned two years...

Gov. Paterson: Someone Is After Me

New York guv continues to deny everything on Larry King Live

(Newser) - Even as he continued to insist that addressing the rumors surrounding him only strengthens them, New York Gov. David Paterson continued to address those rumors last night on Larry King Live . He told King “clearly, somebody is” after him, though he wouldn’t speculate who is behind the gossip;...

Inside John Edwards' New Love Shack

Edwards, Hunter may be moving into this $3.5M gem

(Newser) - By piecing together clues from the National Enquirer's proposal story , Gawker found the $3.5 million beach house John Edwards is supposedly buying in preparation for life with Rielle Hunter. Take a guided tour in the gallery. For more pictures, click here , or check out the real estate listing .

Paterson Bombshell Likely Just Corruption


 Paterson 
 Bombshell 
 Likely Just 
 Corruption 
plus: nyt takes on rumors
Feb 10, 2010 8:53 AM CST

Paterson Bombshell Likely Just Corruption

Plus, 'New York Times' finally addresses rumors...kinda

(Newser) - As the New York Times finally addresses its supposed bombshell David Paterson article, without actually saying much of anything, WPIX thinks it knows the real story—and it has nothing to do with sex. Federal prosecutors are investigating Paterson's possible trading of a gaming contract at Aqueduct Raceway for a...

Brooke Hundley: Steve Phillips Is No Sex Addict
 Brooke Hundley: 
 Steve Phillips Is 
 No Sex Addict 
they're baaaack
Feb 10, 2010 8:36 AM CST

Brooke Hundley: Steve Phillips Is No Sex Addict

Galpal claims it's really all about ex-ESPN analyst's ego

(Newser) - Just as scandalized former ESPN analyst Steve Phillips is coming out of the woodwork to talk about his sex addiction, ex-galpal Brooke Hundley is claiming the whole thing is bogus. "The only thing he's ever been addicted to is feeding his own ego," she writes on Facebook. "...

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