Republican Cheating Scandals
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Displaying 101 - 184 of 184 Scandals
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Wes GoodmanFmr. State Representative [R-OH]
11/21/17
Was caught engaging in a sex act with another man in his government office while also being married to a woman11/21/17
Unzipped a sleeping 18-year-old male college student's pants and fondled him without consent while also being married11/21/17
Sexted and had phone and cybersex with at least one congressional staffer and a number of other men while also being marriedAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Jack LatvalaFmr. State Senator [R-FL]
11/03/17
Routinely grabbed five female senate staff and lobbyists buttocks, breasts and other parts of their bodies and threatened to retaliate against them by refusing to take meetings with them if they complained about his behavior while also being marriedAccording to an investigative report by Politico
11/03/17
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Pete HegsethFox News Commentator
10/26/17
Had a monthslong affair with a married Fox News executive producer which resulted in a baby while also being married with kids himselfAccording to a report by Mediaite
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6.5mLauded by Trump
10/21/17
Coerced Fox News legal analyst Lis Wiehl into a "non-consensual sexual relationship" while also being married himself and later secretly agreed to pay her $32 million to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit she brought against himAccording to a settlement agreement reached between O'Reilly and his accuser
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Tim MurphyFmr. U.S. Representative [R-PA]
10/04/17
Asked a woman he was having an extramarital affair with to get an abortion when she told him she thought she was pregnant while also having had voted in favor of numerous abortion restrictions against womenAccording to text messages he sent to her that were obtained by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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9/18/17
Allegedly "pressured" his way into Fox News political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes hotel room and raped her after she rebuffed his advances and told him to "stop" what he was doing while also being married9/18/17
Allegedly coerced Fox News political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes into a 3-year-long abusive sexual relationship where she was forced to have sex with him in exchange for career advances and increased facetime on Fox News and Fox Business while also being marriedAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President
162.3m
9/13/17
Grabbed and kissed journalist Katy Tur on the cheek without her consent and before she had time to duck out of the way at the same time he was married to MelaniaAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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8/10/17
Impregnated his direct subordinate on the 2016 Trump campaign who went on to have a boy after a monthslong extramarital affair while his wife was pregnant with their second childAccording to reporting by mainstream outlets
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Russ CaseyFmr. Justice of the Peace [R-TX]
5/16/17
Coerced a subordinate into giving him oral sex multiple times -- once while he wore his black judge's robe -- and to have sex with him two times and would lash out her as a “horrible court manager” if she ever refused his advances, which she didn't do often because he was her boss, while being married the entire timeAccording to a federal civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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4/10/17
Had a yearslong extramarital affair with his senior political adviser and accidentally revealed it to his wife of 50 years when he texted her by mistake "I love you, Rebekah" which presumably didn't go over very well as his wife's named DianneAccording to an investigative report by AL.com
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Mark LovellFmr. State Representative [R-TN]
2/14/17
Grabbed a legislative staff's breasts and buttocks and physically prevented her from walking away from him and also inappropriately touched a second woman while visibly drunk -- drinking rum and colas to excess is apparently a common occurrence for him -- after attending five events hosted by lobbyists and businesses with free alcohol and food while he was married with three childrenAccording to an investigation conducted by the state house Ethics Committee
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Matthew ShirkFmr. District Attorney [R-FL]
1/05/17
Discussed showering and having sex with three subordinates in private messages, sent one a private message that said "I think if we had sex there would be very minimal awkwardness afterwards," drank to excess with them in his office and later fired all three after his wife caught himAccording to an exclusive report by The Florida Times-Union
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President
162.3m
10/27/16
"Really grabbed" Miss Finland 2006 Ninni Laaksonen's bottom as they both were sitting backstage at the Late Show with David Letterman which left her "disgusted"According to an exclusive report by Finnish paper Ilta-Sanomat
10/22/16
Tightly hugged and kissed Adult Film star Jessica Drake without her consent inside his hotel suite while wearing his pajamas and later that night offered her $10,000 to return to his suite to eat dinner and presumably have sex with him less than a year after he married Melania10/22/16
Tightly hugged and kissed two Adult Film actresses that fellow Adult Film actress Jessica Drake brought with her to his hotel room without their consent less than a year after he married MelaniaAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
10/16/16
Grabbed and kissed Mar-a-Lago guest Cathy Heller on the side of the mouth without consent and nearly caused her to lose balance as she tried to deflect his advances while being married to MarlaFirsthand account from Heller, Confirmed by close friend Susan Klein whom Heller confided in soon after the alleged incident and a relative who was at the event and witnessed Trump being aggressive with her from a distance, Confided in close friends about the incident before it became public
10/14/16
Digitally penetrated model Kristin Anderson through her underwear for up to 30 seconds without consent as he sat next to her in a booth at a New York nightclub while he was married to Ivana10/14/16
Moved his hands up the skirt of first-class passenger Jessica Leeds "like an octopus" that had "40 zillion hands" and also groped her breasts in an incident she described as an "assault" that she only escaped from by retreating to a seat in coach while also married to Ivana10/14/16
Kissed receptionist Rachel Crooks on the mouth without her consent outside of an elevator at Trump Tower after recently marrying MelaniaAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
10/12/16
Pushed journalist Natasha Stoynoff against a wall and shoved his tongue down her throat in a private room at Mar-a-Lago for a minute until she managed to break away and told her "you know we’re going to have an affair, don’t you?" moments before a pregnant Melania walked in to do a joint interview on their recent wedding and marriageConfided in a work colleague the next day
10/07/16
Kissed a close friend of CNN's Erin Burnett "almost on her lips" without her consent and later invited her into his office alone where he showered her with compliments and gave her his personal cell number presumably in an attempt to have an affair while married to MelaniaAccording to a corroborating witness and exclusively reported by CNN
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Mike YenniFmr. Alderman [R-LA]
9/29/16
Sent explicit texts to a 17-year-old boy asking if he and a 19-year-old friend of his would have three-way sex with him and for pictures of him in his underwear -- which may have violated a federal law designed to protect children from online obscenity even if it didn't violate his state's age of consent law -- leading to them eventually meeting in which he kissed him at a mall all while being marriedAccording to an exclusive investigative report by WWL-TV
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Jim GuthrieState Senator [R-ID]
8/19/16
Engaged in an extramarital affair with state representative Christy Perry where they would take advantage of legislative trips to discreetly spend time together without raising any suspicious from his wifeAccording to a report by the East Idaho News
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Roger AilesFmr. Fox News CEO
7/29/16
Coerced top Fox News staffer Laurie Luhn -- who was 22 years younger than him -- into starting an abusive sexual relationship while he was still married that lasted 20+ years and used the threat to release a videotape he made of her dancing in lingerie to help maintain psychological controlAccording to an investigative report by New York Magazine who read a confidential $3.15MM settlement Fox News paid
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Jeremy DurhamFmr. State Representative [R-TN]
7/13/16
Had sex with a 20-year-old college student in his government office after drunkenly texting her that he'd like to see her "naked around midnight" and enticing her with a cooler full of beer and later had sex with her in his own home while also being married7/13/16
Kissed a legislative assistant on the neck without her consent and sent suggestive text messages asking her for risqué pictures while also being married, which led to her quitting and finding a new job in the private sector to avoid interacting with himAccording to a report from the Tennessee Attorney General
7/13/16
Solicited erotic pictures from three unsuspecting female legislative staff over dozens of sexualized texts and social media messages while also being marriedAccording to a report from the Tennessee Attorney General -
Donald Trump45th U.S. President
162.3m
6/23/16
Allegedly tied a thirteen-year-old girl to a bed and raped her at a sex party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein and struck her in the face with his open hand after she pleaded with him to stop while he was married to MarlaCorroborated by "Tiffany Doe" who was hired by Epstein to recruit underage girls for sex
Allegedly forced a thirteen-year-old girl to manually stimulate him until he ejaculated at a sex party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein while he was married to IvanaCorroborated by rape of the two young girls in sworn testimony, Trump's ex-wife Ivana privately confided to multiple friends that he raped her
6/23/16
Allegedly forced two young girls aged 12 and 13 to perform oral sex on him and to engage in lesbian sex in front of him at a sex party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein while he was married to Ivana6/17/16
Repeatedly grabbed Miss Washington Cassandra Searles's buttocks and asked her to come to his hotel room to presumably have sex while he was married to MelaniaFirsthand account from Searles
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Scott SteinerState Judge [R-CA]
6/09/16
Had sex with an intern in his private chambers and then later wrote her a letter of recommendation for a job in the local DA's office while also being a married father of two young children who ran on a platform highlighting the "importance of family" in his life6/09/16
Had sex with an attorney who practiced in his court in his private chambers while also being a married father of two young children who ran on a platform highlighting the "importance of family" in his lifeAccording to an investigative report by The Washington Post
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President
162.3m
5/14/16
Kissed 21-year-old Miss USA contestant Temple Taggart "directly on the lips" without her consent on two occasions that made her say to herself "Oh my God, gross!" while he was married to Marla MaplesFirsthand account from Taggart
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5/04/16
Paid $2,000 for a private exotic dance from a stripper at a Las Vegas club that turned into a nearly yearlong affair where the two would get together -- sometimes at the same resort where he married his wife -- whenever he was in Las Vegas to have sex with herAccording to an exclusive report by the Daily Mail
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President
162.3m
4/16/16
Forced American Dream Calendar Girls vice president Jill Harth into Ivanka's bedroom at Mar-a-Lago and "kissed, fondled, and restrained” her without consent which made her so nauseated that she "vomited profusely" while he was engaged to his soon-to-be wife MarlaAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Dennis HastertFmr. Speaker of the House [R]
4/10/16
Sexually abused and molested four teenage boys -— the youngest being only 14-years-old —- during his time as a high school educator and wrestling coach while he was marriedAccording to court filings submitted by federal prosecutors
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Don GosenFmr. State Representative [R-MO]
2/19/16
Tricked a woman into beginning an extramarital affair with him by lying to her about being divorced when he was in fact marriedAccording to Gosen's own admission two days after his resignation
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Tara MackFmr. State Representative [R-MN]
9/15/15
Made out with fellow state rep Tim Kelly with her pants down inside a parked car at a local park while being married to a pastor and having two kids and later falsely accused the park ranger who caught them of lying in an attempt to cover it upAccording to a report filed by the park ranger who caught them
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Tim KellyFmr. State Representative [R-MI]
9/15/15
Kissed fellow state rep Tara Mack with her pants down inside a car at a local park while also being nearly twenty years older than her and married with four childrenAccording to a report filed by the park ranger who caught them
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Cindy GamratFmr. State Representative [R-MI]
9/10/15
Had an extramarital affair with fellow state representative Todd Cotter and then used public funds to cover up the affair which resulted in her being expelled from the Michigan HouseAccording to an investigation conducted by the Michigan House
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Drew WrigleyAttorney General [R-ND]
9/02/15
Had an extramarital affair with a married woman during his time as Lt. Governor and only admitted to it after a citizen journalist exposed it onlineAccording to a report by The Forum
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Todd CourserFmr. State Representative [R-MI]
8/07/15
Engaged in an extramarital affair with fellow state representative Cindy Gamrat and then concocted a wild story that would allege he solicited a male prostitute to keep their affair from becoming publicAccording to audio recordings reported on by The Detroit News
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John DiehlFmr. House Speaker [R-MO]16 Years in GOP
5/14/15
Exchanged sexually charged text messages with a college freshman and congressional intern decades younger than him while also being married with three childrenAccording to an exclusive report by The Kansas City Star
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2/05/15
Received oral sex from a woman who wasn't his wife after they both partially undressed and fondled each otherAccording to a sworn deposition from the woman he allegedly had the affair with -
Ken CampbellFmr. Sheriff [R-IN]
6/20/14
According to reporting by local and state outlets
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Donald SterlingConservative Businessman [R]
6/03/14
Coerced an assistant who was decades younger than him into having sex over a yearslong period by threatening to withhold her paycheck if she ever refused his advances, subjected her to a "steady stream of racially and sexually offensive comments" and fired her when she eventually stood up to him while also being marriedAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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Vance McAllisterFmr. U.S. Representative [R-LA]
4/07/14
Made out with one of his married congressional aides inside his office while he was married with five kidsAccording to a video of the incident reported by local media
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Lawrence TaylorConservative Athlete [R]
3/14/14
Paid $300 to have sex with a 16-year-old girl virgin he claimed to have thought was a 19-year-old prostitute and ignored her attempts to squirm out of his grip by telling her to "just relax" while also being marriedAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Pete DomeniciFmr. U.S. Senator [R-NM]51 Years in GOP Office (1966-2017)
2/20/13
Fathered a son with a fellow US Senator's daughter while married with eight children and kept it secret for more than 30 yearsAccording to an admission by the former Senator in an op-ed over 30 years after he fathered the child -
11/15/12
Had extramarital affairs with one of his OBGYN patients, three coworkers and a pharmaceutical drug representative over a multiyear periodAccording to his own sworn testimony in his divorce trial
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John McGeeFmr. State Senator [R-ID]
11/01/12
Pulled out his penis and began masturbating in front of a female staffer in his locked office after he unsuccessfully pressured her to take her shirt off while also being married with young children11/01/12
According to charging documents filed by local police
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10/10/12
Urged a woman he was having an affair with who also happened to be his OBGYN patient to get an abortion while having had expressed ardently anti-choice views in publicAccording to a phone call transcript obtained by The Huffington Post -
Mike HornerFmr. State Representative [R-FL]
9/24/12
Gave his real name when he visited a brothel presumably to have sex with a prostitute while also being married with a young child and was caught when police raided the establishment and came across his name resulting in him immediately resigning from his seatAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Walter Davis IIIFmr. Sheriff [R-OH]
4/10/12
Charged local taxpayers to reimburse him $1,331 on expenses he spent entertaining a subordinate he was having an extramarital affair with and on rental cars he used to visit the woman and his wife on different weekendsAccording to an exclusive report by The Columbus Dispatch
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Amy KochFmr. State Senator [R-MN]
3/15/12
Had an extramarital affair with the MN Senate Republican caucus spokesperson while also being married with a young childAccording to a report by local publications
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Chris MyersFmr. Mayor [R-NJ]
12/05/11
Paid a male prostitute from an escort website $500 to have sex while also being married with two childrenAccording to the person he reportedly slept with and reported on by Politico
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Herman CainFmr. CEO [R]
11/28/11
Engaged in a 13-year-long extramarital affair with a woman he met at a business conference and would often pay for her travel so they could rendezvous at luxury hotels like the Ritz-Carlton where he'd purchase expensive gifts for her and take her out to dinner at the finest restaurantsAccording to the woman he purportedly had the affair with exclusively reported by Fox 5 Atlanta
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Chris LeeFmr. U.S. Representative [R-NY]
2/11/11
Emailed a shirtless photo of himself to a woman he found on a "Women Seeking Men" messaging board and lied about his marital status in his message to herAccording to an exclusive report by Gawker picked up by mainstream media
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Jack Tarpley Camp JrFmr. Federal Judge [R]
10/05/10
Frequently paid to have sex with a stripper he also snorted cocaine and abused prescription opioids with who happened to be a confidential informant while also being marriedAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Preston SmithFmr. State Senator [R-GA]
7/29/10
Had an extramarital affair with a college student he hired to work in his state senate office and on his election campaignsAccording to divorce records first reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Mark SouderFmr. U.S. Representative [R-IN]
5/18/10
Had a yearslong affair with a married staffer who he hypocritically filmed a video singing the praises of abstinence withAccording to his resignation statement in which he admitted to the affair
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George RekersFamily Research Council Minister
5/06/10
Hired a twenty-year-old male to touch his genitals and give him daily nude massages throughout a European vacation after finding him on the "rent boy" escort website while also being a married pastor who publicly espoused virulently anti-gay sentimentsAccording to an investigative report by the Miami New Times
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John EnsignFmr. U.S. Senator [R-NV]30 Years in GOP
11/23/09
Had a yearlong extramarital affair with his co-chief of staff who also happened to be the wife of his close friend and got caught when his friend saw a text message Ensign sent to his wifeAccording to multiple news reports and a Senate Ethics Committee investigation
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Paul StanleyFmr. State Senator [R-TN]
8/03/09
Engaged in an extramarital affair with his 22-year-old intern after having hypocritically built a public persona as a pious man who often cited his firm belief in abstinence as reasons to oppose gay rights and funding for women's health servicesAccording to a report by The Columbus Dispatch
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Chip PickeringFmr. U.S. Representative [R-MS]
7/17/09
Had an extramarital affair with a woman he previously dated in college and would have sex with her in a building designated for supposedly devoutly Christian lawmakers to live at while Congress was in session and his wife and five children were back homeAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by his estranged wife
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6/24/09
Engaged in a yearslong extramarital affair with an Argentinian journalist and got caught when he disappeared to visit her in Argentenia without telling his staff or family where he went and then instructed his staff to lie to the public and report that he was hiking the Appalachian Trail after people noticed he was missingAccording to voluminous reports by mainstream outlets
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Samuel KentFmr. George H W Bush Federal Judge
6/04/09
Grabbed his personal secretary Donna Wilkerson's head and forced it down towards his groin, forcibly kissed her on the mouth after pinning her against his office door and subjected her to a myriad of other physical and emotional abuse over a seven-year period while also being married the entire time5/11/09
Touched court employee Cathy McBroom under her clothing on two occasions which she likened to "being molested and groped by a drunken giant” and constantly solicited her for sexual favors over a period of six years while being married the entire timeAccording to court records reported by the media
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Vito FossellaFmr. U.S. Representative [R-NY]
10/17/08
Kept a secret second family with a former Air Force colonel who gave birth to his daughter and lived part time with them in another state while also being married with three young children who made conservative "family values" a central part of his political identityAccording to his own admission in a court proceeding
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1.2mMAGA Enthusiast
1/24/08
Had an extramarital affair with a corrections officer who was also his subordinate and utilized an apartment he rented that his wife didn't live at while also having two young children at homeAccording to an exclusive report by the New York Daily News
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David VitterFmr. U.S. Senator [R-LA]32 Years in GOP
2007 07
Used a notorious DC escort service at least five times as a US Representative while still married to his wife Wendy Vitter and after having spent most of his political career touting the importance of traditional "family values"According to the "DC Madam" who had logged multiple calls from Vitter's phone number and implicitly by the Senator himself who admitted to a "serious sin" after the allegations became public
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Ted KlaudtFmr. State Representative [R-SD]
5/18/07
Digitally penetrated and fondled his 16 and 18-year-old foster daughters' breasts after deceitfully convincing them to let him perform "tests" on their private areas ostensibly to determine if they were good candidates to donate their eggs in exchange for a large sum of money while also being their trusted caregiver and a married fatherAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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4.2mMAGA Enthusiast
3/09/07
Had an affair with a House staffer over twenty years younger than him and then divorced his wife weeks after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis because she didn't want to have an open marriageAccording to his ex-wife Marianne Ginther and reported on by the national press
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11/01/06
Paid to have sex with a male prostitute on a monthly basis over a three-year period after finding him through an ad on the website "Rentboy.com" while also being a married father of five who was a vocal opponent of gay rightsAccording to an exclusive report by The Denver Post
11/01/06
Grabbed a bottle of lotion and began masturbating in front of a 20-year-old male volunteer at the church he led while they were lying in bed together even after being asked not to while also being married to his wifeAccording to multiple reports by mainstream outlets
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1.2mMAGA Enthusiast
12/15/04
Engaged in a yearslong extramarital affair with the publisher of his memoir where he used an apartment that was originally set aside for exhausted 9/11 ground zero rescue workers to rest and later rented for his personal use presumably at a substantial discountAccording to an exclusive report by The New York Times
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Donald SterlingConservative Businessman [R]
8/12/04
Had a multi-year extramarital affair with a Beverly Hills socialite who he lavished with thousands of dollars in cash, a Ferrari, Range Rover, two Bentleys and a $1.8 million home he purchased for her to live in so he could visit whenever he wished over their three-year trystAccording to court records reported by the media
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President
162.3m
3/02/90
Engaged in a long affair with Marla Maples without his first wife Ivana finding out by among other things secretly housing her at his Atlantic City hotelTrump brought Marla as his date to a public event while he was still married to Ivana