Top 10 Political Sex Scandals
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has gotten off easy compared to his philandering political predecessors. TIME looks back at the tawdry affairs that brought down the high and mighty
David Vitter with his wife Wendy at a news conference explaining his former involvement with prostitutes in Metairie, Louisiana.
Scandal: Using the services of the "D.C. Madam."
How Outed: Phone number found in list of clients
A staunch advocate of conservative platforms from abstinence-only education to a Constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, the Republican Louisiana Senator apparently had no problem with high-class call girls because his phone number was revealed to be part of a list of a company owned by the infamous "D.C. Madam." Larry Flynt's Hustler Magazine found the phone number and contacted Vitter's office to inquire about it. The next day he issued a public apology for his "very serious sin," and managed to retain his seat in the U.S. Senate.
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