Paula Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American intern
Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1966
Place of Birth: Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Profession: journalist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Paula Jones
- Paula Corbin Jones (born Paula Rosalee Corbin; September 17, 1966) is a former Arkansas state employee who sued U.S.
- president Bill Clinton for sexual harassment.
- The Paula Jones case provided the impetus for Independent Counsel Ken Starr to broaden his on-going investigation into Clinton's pre-presidency financial dealings with the Whitewater Land Company, and resulted in Clinton's impeachment in the House of Representatives and subsequent acquittal by the Senate on February 12, 1999.
- Specifically, Clinton was asked under oath about Monica Lewinsky in the Jones suit, denied having ever had sexual relations with her, and was accused of perjury after evidence of sexual contact was exposed.
- The Jones lawsuit also led to a landmark legal precedent by the U.S.
- Supreme Court which ruled that a sitting U.S.
- president is not exempt from civil litigation for acts committed outside of public office. Jones's suit was dismissed as lacking legal merit prior to Clinton's impeachment and the exposure of the Lewinsky affair.
- But in August 1998 Clinton's relationship with Lewinsky, and compelling evidence that he had lied about it under oath in the Jones suit, was brought to light.
- At that point Jones appealed the ruling, and her appeal gained traction following Clinton's admission to having an affair with Monica Lewinsky in August 1998.On appeal, Clinton agreed to an out-of-court settlement, paying Jones and her lawyers $850,000 to drop the suit; a substantial portion of the settlement was expected to pay Jones's legal fees.
- Clinton's lawyer said that the President made the settlement only so he could end the lawsuit for good and move on with his life.
- Jones and her lawyers have said the payment is evidence of Clinton's guilt.
- Jones continues to maintain that Clinton sexually harassed her.
- Clinton continues to deny it.
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