Burwin Sex Scandal (Napoleon's World)

The Burwin sex scandal refers to the lengthy sex scandal, investigation and Congressional and federal court hearings between 1995 and 1998 involving former US President John Burwin and a number of women he allegedly engaged in sexual activity before and during his time as President. The scandal is attributed to directly affecting his loss in the 1996 Presidential election and his "political-blacklisting" in the subsequent years.

The scandal was referred to by historian Martin Yaeger as "the greatest political scandal in history," and by Presidential historians Irene Winger and Clark Deems, who have written a book about each President in order, as "probably the most significant political scandal in United States history."

Allegations during Governorship
Even before his designs on the Presidency, Burwin's time as Governor of Sequoyah included a handful of allegations of wrongdoing. In 1989, a campaign volunteer named Julia Mintz claimed that Burwin had taken her to dinner three times alone at expensive Sequoyah City restaurants, and had offered her season tickets to Sequoyah Braves football games if she would accompany him to a Governor's conference in Washington. Mintz denied, however, that Burwin solicited sex from her and an investigation by Sequoyah State Attorney General Robin Dogwood concluded that Burwin had not used state funds to pay for her football tickets or the dinners.