The sexual harassment allegations avalanche that would stain President Bill Clinton’s administration and put him in danger of being impeached was started by Paula Jones.
In May 1994, Jones accused President Clinton of sexual harassment; Clinton rejected the claim since he was the president at the time and so exempt from legal action.
The US Supreme Court, in contrast, disagreed, holding that a President in office was not immune from legal action for an act undertaken outside of official capacity.
The President ultimately paid $850,000 to resolve the matter, but he made no apologies or admissions regarding Jones’ claims of sexual harassment.
Paula Jones is a real estate broker in Arkansas, where she and her husband, Steven Mark McFadden, have made their home
Paula received a little portion of the $850,000 that Bill Clinton spent to resolve the case. Lacking money, Paula posed naked for Penthouse, which caused her previous followers to flee in disgust.
Paula admitted to Vanity Fair that she needed the cash. “At the time, I was going through a divorce and separation. Regarding my settlement earnings, I was required to pay taxes.
For me and my sons, I had to purchase a house. The IRS was pursuing me.
Paula couldn’t see the connection between her accusations of sexual harassment and her choice to pose in a nude photo session, which led some to accuse her of being hypocritical.
She collaborated with Penthouse out of desperation because her friends and supposed allies had abandoned her.
Following the shooting, Jones’ previous allies become even more hostile toward her. It felt like I was a nobody, lamented Jones.
They treated me like a hot potato and ignored me completely. Conservative commentator Ann Coulter gave Paula an especially harsh evaluation:
“She used to be a person of great dignity, nobility, and courage. She is now simply the trailer park scum they claimed she was.
Jones told Vanity Fair, “What she said about me was nasty.
After she and Steve Jones were divorced, they decided on a parenting arrangement for their two boys, Preston and Stephen.
In 2001, Paula wed Steve Mark McFadden, with whom she has a son.
Jones works as a real estate agent in Arkansas, where the couple made their home. Following her marriage, Paula appeared and disappeared from the media, albeit her boxing battle versus Tonya Harding received a lot of attention.
In an interview with TIME, she stated that she “doesn’t want to create a career out of what transpired in the affair.”
Later, Jones portrayed a Clinton-Lewinsky affair character in a comedy. Paula asserts that she is aware that politicians used her as a pawn in a larger scheme, but she doesn’t appear to resent this.
She took the stage with President Donald Trump during a press conference that was intended to attack Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Jones hopes that a publisher will back her ambition to write a book about her life, but she argues that a lot of her tale hasn’t been revealed. She revealed to Vanity Fair:
“Why don’t they seem to care? I feel as though I have some sort of epidemic or other ailments.
Everyone who has ever been the subject of a scandal or anything else eventually becomes the subject of a Lifetime movie or a book. I’ve never been permitted to write a book.
She objected to the way she was portrayed in Impeachment: American Crime Story
The impeachment trial of Bill Clinton is described in length in the book Impeachment. Paula Jones is portrayed by Annaleigh Ashford in the short-lived series.
Even while Jones thinks Annaleigh pulled off her look perfectly, she thinks the series got a lot of things wrong.
Jones called her portrayal “inaccurate” in an interview with Inside Edition. “It almost had a cartoonish quality. How can you accurately represent someone if you don’t even call them?” asked Paula.
Given her involvement in the incident, she contends that Monica Lewinsky, a producer of the show, is given much better treatment.
It simply doesn’t make logic to me, she remarked. “And it almost feels like people have made fun of and avoided me forever.”
Annaleigh, on the other hand, believes that she accurately captured Jones in her portrayal. She thoroughly researched Paula’s narrative and made sure that Paula’s gait and accent were spot-on.
More importantly, Ashford believes that Paula’s tale was properly told in the series. She said to Vulture:
“We portrayed her story as best we could, and I’d like to think that we showed this woman a lot of empathy, which has given her story and her narrative a new depth in the eyes of the public because there was so much source material available.
In my opinion, we’re giving voice to her component of the puzzle in a novel way.
Does Annaleigh regret playing a part in making Monica’s relationship with President Clinton public? No.
She believes it was essential in her situation. She believes that both parties engaged in improper behavior.
She questioned Vanity Fair, “So why should I feel bad?” I never exposed her. It was Linda Tripp.
Despite all the difficulties she encountered in the wake of the case, Jones told the publication that she would re-file the sexual harassment claim. She uttered:
“Before all this, I was a very, very shy, quiet, submissive-type person who was very, very introverted.
It has also passed numerous important laws. Because of what transpired in my instance, I believe that conditions for women in the workplace have improved significantly.
Following persistent remarks about her appearance, Jones now has a new nose.
She received offers from several plastic surgeons around the nation, but she chose one in New York who also suggested enhancing Paula’s boobs, an offer she politely declined.
“I swear these belong to me! Paula made a joke to Vanity Fair’s David Friend, “I bet you think they’re not. People have even squished them and told me that they are real and natural.
