The Decade’s Top 10 Most Spectacular Falls From Grace
In the 2010s, many major public figures, companies, and institutions faced intense and public falls-from-grace. Here are some of the biggest losers and scandals of the past ten years.
By Paulina Enck
January 1, 2020
Anthony Weiner/Carlos Danger (2011, 2013, 2016)
Of all the politicians to find themselves in a sexting scandal, it had to be the one whose last name is Weiner. In 2011, Anthony Weiner, the married representative from New York, resigned after being caught sending explicit photos of his genitalia to several young women, some underage.
Two years later, he decided that his time in political purgatory was through and pursued a bid to be the mayor of New York. At the same time, a Twitter account of a man calling himself Carlos Danger began sending sexually explicit photos of himself to young women. It was revealed that Carlos Danger was a pseudonym for Weiner. He lost his election by a huge margin, and his wife left him.
In 2016, Weiner’s sexting once again got him into trouble, this time legal, as he engaged in explicit text conversations with a 15-year-old girl, leading to his arrest, conviction for child pornography, and imprisonment. He was released in 2019 and is now a registered sex offender.
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