What is a famous scandal that would be great for a project topic?

Asked by kayyyyleigh (404) December 9th, 2009 from iPhone

a part of my final project for my American literature class is a scandal project. easy you pick a person who has been in a public scandal, pick a letter to describe them, and create a project from that.
at first I was thinking of doing Michael Jackson.
I was also thinking something along the lines of John and Kate from John and Kate plus Eight.
but then I was thinking maybe I should do a scandal that’s not so popular, so that it’s something new and creative.

what would you pick?
(oh and Tiger Woods, Britney Spears, JFK, and a lot of other “popular” scandals have already been picked)