Elizabeth Ray, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Elizabeth Ray

American model

Date of Birth: 14-May-1943

Place of Birth: Marshall, North Carolina, United States

Profession: model

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Elizabeth Ray

  • Elizabeth Ray (born Betty Lou Ray on May 14, 1943, in Marshall, North Carolina ) was the central figure in a much-publicized sex scandal in 1976 that ended the career of U.S.
  • Rep.
  • Wayne Hays (D-Ohio). The Washington Post reported that Ray had been on the payroll of a committee run by Hays for two years as a clerk-secretary.
  • During that time, she admitted, her actual job duties were providing Congressman Hays sexual favors: "I can't type, I can't file, I can't even answer the phone." Ray, who had won the title of Miss Virginia 1975 in a beauty contest, says she worked briefly as a stewardess, waitress and car rental clerk before beginning work on the Hill in the summer of 1972.
  • Ray also admitted having sex with married Sen.
  • Mike Gravel (D-Alaska) at his houseboat in August 1972.
  • According to Ray, the meeting was arranged by her then-boss Rep.
  • Kenneth J.
  • Gray (D-Illinois) in exchange for Gravel's support of a bill Gray was pushing.
  • Both Gravel and Gray denied the accusations and a federal investigation ended with no charges being filed.
  • Decades later, Gravel admitted having sex with Ray, but continued to maintain that it was not in exchange for his vote.After the Hays scandal broke, a book appeared in her name, titled The Washington Fringe Benefit.
  • She later posed for Playboy several times and tried acting and stand-up comedy.
  • However, these efforts did not develop into a career and she faded back into obscurity.

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