Herman Cain's presidential ambitions were thwarted by women coming forward with allegations of sexual impropriety. The former Godfather's Pizza CEO and Republican candidate sought to silence the harassment allegations by paying off some of the women and claiming he was the victim of a racist attack.Reuters
Herman Cain's presidential ambitions were thwarted by women coming forward with allegations of sexual impropriety. The former Godfather's Pizza CEO and Republican candidate sought to silence the harassment allegations by paying off some of the women and claiming he was the victim of a racist attack.ReutersU.S.Democrat Congressman Anthony Weiner's political career nosedived after it was revealed that he sent a picture of his genitals to a 21-year-old college student in Seattle via his Twitter account. After initially denying the allegation of lewd behaviour, the disgraced politician from New York finally admitted to having "exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years" and resigned from office.ReutersSilvio Berlusconi, a 75-year-old billionaire media baron and Italy's longest-serving post-war prime minister, finally left office as the country struggled to stave off going through economic meltdown by voting in a package of urgently-needed economic reforms. The colourful and controversial politician, who was a member of the conservative PDL party, enjoyed entertaining and his tumultuous 17-year term in office was marred by throwing a few parties of his own. Prior to his resignation, he became infamous for his "Bunga Bunga" parties, during which he was accused of paying for sex with underage prostitutes.ReutersInternational soccer star and Manchester United player Ryan Giggs took out a super-injunction in the courts preventing newspapers from reporting about his affair with the former Big Brother star and Welsh model Imogen Thomas. Giggy's identity ended up being revealed in the Commons during a gagging order row. Afterwards, it also leaked out that the sportsman, who is a married father-of-two, had engaged in other infidelities, including with his brother's wife.ReutersDominique Strauss Kahn, once tipped to be a likely candidate for president of France, saw his political career implode after a chambermaid accused him of sexual assault at the Sofitel hotel in Manhatten. When the news broke, the chief of the International Monetary Fund resigned his pretigious post. Although other women came forward with stories about the "great seducer", as Strauss-Kahn became known in the media, the criminal charges against him were eventually dropped, though his alleged victim, Nafissatou Diallo, a 32-year-old illiterate single mother from Guinea, has filed a civil suit against him.ReutersVeena Malik defended a photoshoot that she did for the Indian men's magazine FHM, saying that she had been "topless" and "covered" but not "nude". The 32-year-old actress and model is alleged to have received death threats following publication of the magazine, which she claims used airbrushing on the photos. She is now suing FHM India for $2 million (£1.30 million) in damages. The magazine denies the claims.Veena's Facebook Official PageIndonesian lawmaker Arifinto, who helped pass a tough anti-pornography law, gained ignominy and notoriety after he was photographed watching porn in parliament. A member of the Islamic Prosperous Justice Party, which promoted the legislation, Mr Arifinto resigned from office following the media storm, claiming that he did so to protect the reputation of Indonesia's largest conservative group.APChris Jarvis, 49, the former child safeguarding officer for the Diocese of Plymouth, was sentenced to one year imprisonment for 12 counts involving indecent images. Jarvis, a married father-of four, was hired by the Roman Catholic Church to investigate sex abuse allegations in 2002, but nine years later he was jailed at his home near Plymouth for possessing 4,000 images of children being abused after they were found on his computer.APFourteen-year-old Amber Cole gained a following on the web after a group of teenage boys posted a video of her performing oral sex on an ex-boyfriend while on school grounds, surrounded by other students. Two of the youths involved in the video were later arrested and the incident raised the issue of cyber bullying.Youtube
The year has been jam packed with headline-grabbing stories, including a fair share of sex scandals. Here are ten of our favourites from 2011.
From Herman Cain to Ryan Giggs, we have them all. If there is one that we missed, send us an email.
