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1. 13 INFAMOUS CELEBRITY SEX
OFFENDER SCANDALS

2. When it comes
to guilty
pleasures,
celebrity gossip
tops the list.

3. We researched
13 of the most
shocking
celebrity sex
offender
scandals.

4. You won’t
believe what
we found!

5. 1. Mike Tyson,
former
heavyweight
boxing champion
of the world, was
convicted of rape
in 1992.

6. AQer three years
behind bars, Tyson
was released and
registered as a sex
offender in his
home state of
Nevada.

7. 2. Known for his
role in Ferris
Bueller’s Day Off,
Jeffrey Jones hired
a teenage boy to
pose for explicit
photos in 2003.
Ew.

8. Jones was busted
again in 2010 for
failing to update his
sex offender
registry informaVon,
leading to a felony
charge.

9. 3. R. Kelly made
headlines in 2003
aQer he was
indicted on 21
counts of child
pornography.

10. Kelly was found
not guilty on all
accounts, so he
never had to
register as a sex
offender.

11. 4. Welsh musician
Ian Watkins is
currently serving 35
years in prison aQer
being found guilty
of mulEple child
sex offenses.

12. DetecVve Peter
Doyle described
Watkins as “the
most dangerous sex
offender” he had
ever encountered.

13. 5. Pee Wee Herman, a.k.a. Paul Reubens,
faced child pornography charges in 2001.

14. The child pornography charges were
dropped, but Reubens had to register as
a sex offender in California.

15. 6. In 2002, rapper
MysEkal and two of
his bodyguards
allegedly forced his
former hairdresser to
perform oral sex on
them.

16. Eventually, the
rapper was
sentenced to six
years in prison and
required to register
as a sex offender
Louisiana.

17. 7. In 1978, director
Roman Polanski
allegedly drugged
and raped a 13-
year-old girl. He
served 42 days
behind bars.

18. AQer his release,
Polanski was going
to be sent back to
jail. He fled to
France hours
before he was
formally sentenced.

19. 8. Former NBA star Ruben Patterson was
accused of attempted rape in 2000…

20. …followed by a misdemeanor assault
conviction (2001), a felony for domestic abuse
(2002), and an arrest for drunk driving (2010).

21. 9. Vincent Margera,
also known as “Don
Vito” on MTV’s Viva
La Bam, allegedly
groped two minors
in 2007.

22. Prior to his death,
Margera was
required to register
as a sex offender for
a minimum of 10
years.

23. 10. Shane Sparks
was one of the
judges on MTV’s
America’s Best
Dance Crew — and
he is a registered
sex offender.

24. In 2009, the
choreographer was
arrested on
charges of child
molestaEon with a
minor under the
age of 16.

25. 11. In 2011, former
New York Giants
linebacker Lawrence
Taylor was declared
a level 1 sex
offender.

26. Taylor pled guilty to
sexual misconduct
and patronizing an
underage prosEtute,
but his ajorneys
successfully reduced
his punishment.

27. 12. In 2011,
former Penn State
football coach
Jerry Sandusky
was indicted on 48
counts of sex
crimes against
children.

28. Sandusky targeted
young boys whom
he met through
The Second Mile, a
youth charity
organizaVon that
he founded in
1977.

29. 13. Jeffrey Epstein
is a philanthropist,
financier, and
registered sex
offender.

30. In 2008, Epstein
began serving an
18-month prison
sentence aQer he
was convicted of
soliciEng an
underage prosEtute.

31. The full list of
shocking
celebrity
scandals goes on
and on…

32. …so look up
criminal records
for these celebs
(and people in
your life) with
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Checkmate.

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