Which iconic public figures in history had their otherwise impeccable reputation tarnished by scandal?

Britney Spears!,she deserve it.

Most of them, everybody has a skeleton in their closet if you look good enough for it.

Mayor Marion Barry.
Wha? C’mon, it was just one hooker and a tiny bit of crack!

Eisenhower, FDR, Ghandi, for starters.

Hey!!! Leave my Britney alone!

;-)

@gailcalled Ghandi?

I can really only think of Bill Clinton.

So the question boils down to which public figures started with an impeccable reputation. I wonder if the nature of those who seek to be public figures makes that an unusual condition. cynical? Me? What?

Sorry all. It is Gandhi. He had lots of snuggling with very young girls and helped them to cleanse their bowels also. The myth has been sanitized, but his peccadillos should not detract from his very real qualities.

Tiger Woods

I’m fairly certain that if it weren’t for this, Ted Kennedy would have run for President and probably won.

Mike Tyson?

@gailcalled. That’s disappointing. I also find it somewhat difficult to believe. Do you have any documentation?

“Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. plagiarized passages in his dissertation for a doctoral degree”.

Your momma?

The King of Pop with the kiddies.

Thomas Jefferson re: longtime relationbship with his slave Sally Hemings

Bernie Madoff had an impeccable reputation as a financial manager until his house of cards came crashing down.

And who can forget evangelists Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart and Ted Haggard?