One of the greatest political sex scandals happened to Grover Cleveland. It's true. In the annals of illegitimate children born to powerful politicians, President Grover Cleveland must rank uppermost.

Cleveland's sex scandal had been well buried, but a long forgotten affidavit from Maria Halpin was found and revealed to the public. It provided facts about the violent sexual assault that resulted in the birth of Cleveland's illegitimate son.

Specifically, what happened, according to Halpin's affidavit, would today be classified as date rape. Cleveland sexually assaulted Halpin after they had dinner by the use of force and violence and without her consent. Then, a month and a half after the event, Maria became aware that she was pregnant. She gave birth to a baby boy on September 14, 1874, in a hospital in Buffalo. He was named Oscar Folsom Cleveland, after Cleveland's best friend.

In 1884, Cleveland won the Democratic Party nomination for president. During his election campaign, Cleveland saw the matter through in what many then called a courageous way. In his PR spin, he explained that his indifference to the boy was due to "doubts about his fatherhood".

Based upon what is now known, Cleveland was fundamentally dishonest and entirely false. He presented a fairy tale to the public about his sexual actions and the scandal concerning him and Maria Halpin and their child.

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