Runners-up: Congressman David Wu in a very unusual outing by staff, rapper Ja Rule commits tax fraud, R & B star R. Kelly also commits tax fraud, and ZZZZ Best’s Barry Minkow heads back to prison.
Runners-up for top story of the month:
Rep. David Wu, D-OR, saying he would resign from Congress before the end of August after coming under scrutiny for allegedly making an “unwanted sexual advance” (some say a euphemism for “rape”) on a supporter’s 18-year-old daughter. By itself, assuming the accusation isn’t false, this behavior is compelling evidence of alcoholism, especially when the alleged perpetrator is a 56-year-old 7-term Congressman. Even if the “unwanted” part of the allegation is false, the age difference alone is pretty good evidence. In the case of politicians, this is generally as far as we could go because getting proof of alcoholism in those who make (and enforce) laws is usually challenging at best.
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