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Annabelle Battistella, aka “Fanne Foxe”
In 1972, Fanne Fox was a buxom stripper, minding
her own business and making a living. By 1974, she was an icon. On Oct.
7, 1974, Foxe was discovered by park police in a car with presidential
hopeful and powerful member of the House of Representatives, Wilbur
Mills. When discovered, Foxe fled the scene by jumping into the Tidal Basin.
What a trooper. The whole thing was widely publicized, and two months
later, Mills resigned. Post scandal, she changed her stage name to 'The
Argentine Fire Cracker' or 'The Tidal Basin Bombshell.' Hot.
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Ashley Dupre aka “Kristen”
The infamous call girl mistress of New York
Politician Eliot Spitzer (A.K.A “client 9″) is currently a sex columnist
for the New York Post and a rising star in the music industry. A wire
tap in Spitzer's D.C. hotel room busted the two together, leading to
Spitzer being booked on federal charges for soliciting prostitution and
money laundering. He later resigned, forfeiting his career as a
politician in addition to the $4300 that Dupre charged for her services.
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Jessica Cutler aka “The Washingtonienne”
Cutler became famous in 2004 when she was exposed as the brains behind The Washingtonienne,
a blog exposing the sexual exploits of several politicians, and
including her own Capitol Hill hijinks. Cutler justified taking money
from government officials in exchange for sex by explaining the
impossibility of living in Washington, D.C. on a $25K salary. Later in
2004, she was featured in a Playboy spread and interview, and signed a
$300K book deal, so we're thinking her money troubles are over.
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Donna Rice
Ah, Donna, the infamous Farrah Fawcett
look-a-like who took down 1988 Democratic nominee hopeful, Gary Hart.
During the primaries, a rumor began to circulate that Hart was having an
extra-marital affair. He denied it, inviting reporters to surveil him.
Unfortunately, this backfired in less than 24 hours, when photos were
published of Donna leaving Hart's D.C. townhouse after what was
presumably a spirited session of extra-marital romping. Two days later,
this photo appeared, showing Rice and Hart together on Hart's yacht,
'Monkey Business.' Five days later, Hart lost his heart and dropped out
of the race.
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Elizabeth Ray
1976 Ohio House Representative Wayne Hayes not
only had a mistress, but he hired her onto his Congressional office
staff. The former chairman of the House Administration Committee
eventually resigned when the truth was revealed about the nature of his
relationship with his secretary. In an interview, she was later quoted
as saying: “I can’t type. I can’t file. I can’t even answer the phone.”
Well there must have been something she was good at, right? Or else why would he have hired her? We're confused.
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Marilyn Monroe
Come on — who wouldn't? Though their affair was
never confirmed, the alleged relationship between this iconic bombshell
and John F. Kennedy is one of the most infamous scandals in American
history, even after over 40 years. Monroe's 1962 sultry performance of
'Happy Birthday' to Kennedy in Madison Square Garden is rumored to be
the impetus for their affair, and has continued to be a cultural woo-ing
mainstay to this day. Even less substantiated than the affair itself is
the rumor that Kennedy was somehow involved in Monroe's tragic and
untimely death.
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Blaze Starr
Blaze Starr was a 1950s burlesque stripper who
began dancing at the age of 15. She quickly became infamous for her coke
bottle shape (38DD-24-37) and legendary performances, one in which a
couch would catch on fire when she sat on it. Blaze was featured in
several magazines and some early fetish films before becoming the
alleged mistress to Louisiana Governor Earl Long. Their relationship was
the basis for the 1989 film 'Blaze,' starring Lolita Davidovich and
Paul Newman, and the film featured a cameo of the infamous Starr
herself. Blaze has also admitted to having a 'quickie' with JFK in a
closet, before he was POTUS. Clearly JFK had excellent taste.
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Rielle Hunter
There's really no way to deny an affair when it
ends in procreation. Rielle Hunter, former videographer for John
Edward's 2008 Democratic primary campaign, is now best known as baby
mama to Edward's 3-year-old child. When the affair surfaced via rumors
of a sex tape, Edwards' now-deceased wife was sick with cancer, and
Edwards' was charged in a Federal grand jury case for misallocated
funds, which claimed that he used over $1 million in political donations
to conceal the affair. Though Edwards was threatened with up to 30
years in prison and $1.5 million in fines, the case was declared a
mistrial in May of this year. Shocker.
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Alina Kabaeva
Look, we know where your head immediately went. We didn't have
to pick this picture, after all. Be careful, though: Alina Kabaeva, the
Olympic medal-winner and incredibly flexible gymnast, is the alleged
mistress of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, judo master and
ex-KGB member. In 2008, after rumors spread that the two had secretly
married and had a child, Putin promptly shut down the paper who had
reported the story. With that in mind, we would like to state that all
of these rumors are outrageous lies, and we <3 Vlad. Please don't
shut us down, or murder us.
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Anne Boleyn
An oldie but a goodie, Anne Boleyn and her sister
Mary were both mistresses to King Charles VIII. While Mary was known as
the prettier one, Anne was the cleverer of the two, reportedly
resisting the advances of his Royal Highness until she got what she
wanted. She got it: He made her the Queen Consort of England, breaking
with Papal authority of the Roman Catholic Church. Charles did
eventually marry Anne, but he also had her beheaded for high treason not
long after, so we're not sure how smart she really was.
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