Elizabeth Ray

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Elizabeth Ray (born Betty Lou Ray on 14 May 1943 in Marshall, North Carolina [1]) 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."

After the scandal broke, a book appeared in her name, entitled “The Washington Fringe Benefit”; she posed for Playboy several times, and tried acting and stand-up comedy.

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• Washington Post article from May 23, 1976