Sex and politicians: Strauss-Kahn, Clinton and Tewari

[caption id=“attachment_257328” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Dominique Strauss-Kahn kissed goodbye to running for the French Presidency after a maid in a New York hotel alleged that he had raped her. The former IMF boss is now being probed for running a prostitution ring. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_257330” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“In Italy, Silvio Berlusconi got away with a reputation as a ladies man for quite some time. Finally allegations that he had held parties with teenage prostitutes saw Berlusconi resigning. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_257331” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky affair: The US President’s affair with a White House intern caused quite a scandal. However Clinton survived impeachment. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_257333” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Our very own home-grown sex scandal: ND Tewari, the former governor of Andhra Pradesh was forced to resign after it was alleged that he had engaged in intercourse with three young women at Raj Bhavan. Reuters”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_257339” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Moshe Katsav, the former President of Israel was sent to jail for raping a subordinate in his office. There were other women who had alleged sexual harassment from him as well. Reuters”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_257347” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The former governor of New York Eliot Spitzer had to resign after allegations surfaced that he was soliciting prostitutes. Ironically Spitzer was seen as a man against prostitutes and other vices. He went from Mr Clean to Client 9. Getty Images.”] [/caption]

Sex and politicians: Strauss-Kahn, Clinton and Tewari

Strauss-Kahn is back in the news for all the wrong reasons. The former IMF chief is now being probed for running a prostitution ring. We take a look at some other politicians who had to take the fall because of their libido.

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