Fanne Foxe

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Fanne Foxe (born Annabelle Battistella on February 14, 1936 in Nueve de Julio, Argentina) was a dancer best known for being involved in a sex scandal surrounding Arkansas congressman Wilbur Mills, one of the most powerful men in the House of Representatives and a 1972 Presidential candidate. Mills was having an affair with Foxe, who was then working as a stripper.

On October 7, 1974, the two of them had been drinking and were driving near the Tidal Basin in Washington at around 2:00 AM. The park police pulled the vehicle over, and Foxe attempted to flee the scene and jumped into the Tidal Basin.

The incident attracted much publicity and led to Mills' resignation as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee two months later; he was re-elected to his congressional seat in 1974, but he did not run for re-election in 1976. Foxe continued working as a stripper, changing her stage title from "The Argentine Firecracker" to "The Tidal Basin Bombshell," and published a book, The Stripper and the Congressman. Foxe eventually returned to Argentina, and her current status is unknown.