I should share one of the strangest facts I know, which is that Minnesota of all places has one of the highest rates of sex scandals involving female politicians. They range from the "routine" affairs with subordinates (Amy Koch) to the extra-embarrassing being caught in the act with another legislator in a parked car (Tara Mack), to the absolute weirdest and most bizarre sex scandal I've seen, Laura Brod. From what I can tell, it went like this:
So in 2008, MN State Rep Laura Brod had an affair. Her paramour took a picture of her posing in bed in her underwear. In 2009, gossip (but no real consistent names) about her infidelity emerged. She ducked out of an expected run for governor due to "health reasons", but was later appointed a university regent. In 2013, while she was in the process of divorcing her husband, the photo was leaked out, published, and repeatedly reported on-but not who she was with and/or who took it. Weird, and possibly implying the reporters were shielding the man. And of course, I have to share the picture itself.
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