Monica Lewinsky first made headlines in after reports that she had an affair with President Bill Clinton. Lewinsky was fresh out of college when she met Clinton in during his first term as president of the United States.
Over the next two years, the pair became intimately involved — exchanging gifts, making late-night phone calls and engaging in a sexual relationship. Amid the subsequent legal proceedings, Lewinsky was hounded by the public and the paparazzi.
In July , she agreed to testify before a grand jury and handed over a dark blue dress that she said she had worn while she was intimate with Clinton. In exchange, she was granted immunity — and then attempted to assimilate back into her daily life. After initially trying to embrace life as a public figure, Lewinsky ultimately stepped out of the public eye and remained silent for almost a decade.
But in recent years, Lewinsky has returned to the spotlight — this time in the hopes of helping others who have been shamed and cyberbullied.
She has successfully rebranded herself as a writer and activist, speaking out against online harassment. In , she started her own production company, aiming to give a platform to others who have been silenced. In , Lewinsky began working as an unpaid summer intern at the White House. According to the Washington Post , she was just 21 years old when she met Clinton, who was then serving his first term as president and was 27 years her senior.
