Sex scandal of Hollywood actor Rob Lowe!
Rob Lowe's sex scandal happened 33 years ago, but it is still talked about today.
Popular Hollywood actor Rob Lowe found himself in the middle of a sex scandal 33 years ago after his video of sex with two girls, one of whom turned out to be a minor, was leaked. Although he was even threatened with imprisonment at the time, Rob managed to reach an agreement with the girl's family, and today he claims that this scandal is 'the best thing that has ever happened to him '.
It all started in July 1988 when young Rob, who was 24 at the time, met two girls, Tara Seburt and Lena Jan Parsons, at a club in Atlanta, and took them with him to his hotel room. There, they had sexual intercourse, and the actor, allegedly with their consent, filmed everything.
What he didn't count on happened though: the girls ran out of his room after he fell asleep and took with them $ 200, a bottle of pills, and a sex tape that soon leaked to the public.
A few months later, he received a lawsuit because Jan was 16 years old. The age for legal consent in Georgia was 14 at the time, but the legal age for this type of recording was 18. The actor justified himself by saying that he did not know that the girl was a minor, and although the media crucified him at the time, not only did he manage to get out of the lawsuit by reaching an agreement with her parents, but his career also survived.
A few years ago, the actor, promoting his memoirs, said this scandal was ‘the best thing that has ever happened to him’.
'That's one of the reasons I sobered up. I woke up one day and wondered what I was doing with my life. That was 29 years ago and people are still talking about it, but it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me. It sobered me up, and because I was sober I got married. I have been married for 29 years and have two wonderful sons. I don't think any of that would have happened if it weren't for that scandal, 'he said on the occasion.
Rob Lowe started drinking as a teenager, and his early fame introduced him to a lifestyle full of partying and opiates. He went on treatment for alcoholism in 1990, two years after the scandal, and has been sober ever since.
