9 Controversial Sexting Scandals (PHOTOS)

Text messaging has been on the rise. According to the Nielsen company, SMS exchanges exceed mobile calls in the United States. At the same time, sexting--sending explicit photos or messages via cellphone--has emerged as a new form of flirting: Married adults have used 'sext messaging' to carry on illicit affairs, singles have used the digital notes to 'fool around,' and teens (and tweens) have taken part.

From Tiger Woods to Jesse James, sexting has been in the limelight recently for offering incriminating evidence of illicit behavior. The New York Times calls sexting 'the new lipstick on the collar' and reminds us 'that everything digital leaves a footprint.'

There has been a rash of sexting scandals recently, from celebrities to students. The allegations range from adulterous to inappropriate to downright illegal.

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Jesse James and Sandra Bullock split over James' relationship with tattoo model Michelle "Bombshell" McGee. James and McGee were frequent texters, and McGee would later use the messages as proof of their relationship. 'Hey there hot stuff,' one message read. Another, '"Speaking of licking."??'

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Jesse James and Sandra Bullock split over James' relationship with tattoo model Michelle "Bombshell" McGee. James and McGee were frequent texters, and McGee would later use the messages as proof of their relationship. 'Hey there hot stuff,' one message read. Another, '"Speaking of licking."??'

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[HensonFan]

06:10 PM on 03/28/2010

I think it's funny that this story's been on the front page for roughly 3 days and it's amassed a whopping 20 comments (plus this one). The lesson for HP: if we want this kind of sm.u.t we'll go to TMZ.

[girldog]

08:43 PM on 03/28/2010

I looked at this article to try and keep up with what my nieces and nephews might be exposed to these days. This article was nothing but filth with links to what I can only guess was more filth. Huffington post, you just lost a reader.

[pooiuyt]

03:20 PM on 05/01/2010

fuckyou

[ejbr]

07:41 AM on 03/28/2010

I wonder how "angry white girl" would react knowing her picture is next to two people of color!

[kopanko]

02:38 AM on 03/28/2010

"Sex scandals" are non-stories. It's nothing but cheap, ho-ish journalism that wants to suck them bone-dry. THERE'S your biggest scandal: We're being robbed of real journalism.

[Clinese Thompson]

11:34 PM on 03/28/2010

Amen!

[AppleJuiceJunkie316]

10:05 PM on 03/27/2010

Rihanna is beautiful in that courtroom picture. Makes you wonder, what was Chris Brown thinking? Maybe Jay Leno should have him on and ask him.

[iLoveGiraffes]

10:31 PM on 03/27/2010

What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?

[Haditup2here]

11:12 PM on 03/27/2010

Looks may be one thing. However, a person's personality usually takes the cake.

[dourdinlives]

09:39 PM on 03/27/2010

unless you are a yakuzi..it takes a lot of misery and low self esteem to draw pictures all over that beautiful soft skin. whats next cutting and other forms of self abasement? sweetheart..i'll take you. come on to papa. i will make you forget everyone else.

[andiannj]

05:03 AM on 03/28/2010

Be careful what you wish for. I can just tell by looking at her that anyone that gets with this woman will be trying to salvage what little they have left of their life for years and years ... ask JJ.

[hypnotoad72]

11:03 AM on 03/28/2010

JJ Abrams?

JJ Evans? (Dyn-o-mite!)

JJ Who?

[AnotherPointOfView]

08:52 PM on 03/27/2010

Funny.. the initial reports about Rihanna and Chris Brown was that SHE was getting messages from someone else. It is less believable to me that he would be the one with an inappropriate text and then decide to hit her when she called him out on it and more likely that he reacted to the possiblity that she was talking to someone else ... but maybe I'm wrong. Wish we had access to that text....

(And NO, I am not at all condoning what he did.)

[iLoveGiraffes]

08:51 PM on 03/27/2010

I saw that MSNBC was the source of one of your quotes. Probably not a good idea. Almost as bad a quoting a NYT reporter. Jayson Blair anyone?

[AppleJuiceJunkie316]

10:04 PM on 03/27/2010

Dem snobs ain't so klassy now

[gamoonbat]

07:08 PM on 03/27/2010

inking of you

[alexolife]

06:35 PM on 03/27/2010

PHOTOS: Something that it is not possible to have photos of.

[AnnWood]

04:31 PM on 03/27/2010

To your list add:

Kwame Kilpatrick, the ex-mayor of Detroit, when his sex-texts, with his married chief of staff and other women, were released, they contradicted his sworn statements in a court of law and he went to jail for lying. Now the Feds are after him for corruption.

Mark Foley, the former republican US Congressman from Florida who texted male interns with sexy innuendos.

[holyfrak]

03:21 PM on 03/27/2010

The Cricket players story is hilarious. You couldn't write a script that was that funny.

[westphilly726]

04:13 PM on 03/27/2010

I was thinking the same thing. That one was funny."The back door is open." HAHAHA!!!

[CNNjunkie65]

08:38 PM on 03/27/2010

thats WARNEY for you, he is a aussie legend

[GayGrandpa]

01:36 PM on 03/27/2010

BOO! I AM SO TIRED OF READING THESE HEADLINE!!! News not gossip, please!

[jagrmeister721]

03:15 PM on 03/27/2010

Gossip is news. Life is to be enjoyed as well, you know.