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* Liberace was homosexual and preying on young men around him, July 1957
* Liberace was homosexual and preying on young men around him, July 1957
* Segregationist Arkansas Governor [[Orval Faubus]] had been trained at a Communist Labor school in his teens, [[Commonwealth College]] in Mena, Arkansas, February 1959
* Segregationist Arkansas Governor [[Orval Faubus]] had been trained at a Communist Labor school in his teens, [[Commonwealth College]] in Mena, Arkansas, February 1959
* Actor [[Errol Flynn]] had a two-way mirror on a ceiling installed so that he could watch his guests sleep and make love. Flynn filed a multi-million dollar libel lawsuit against the magazine for publishing this story. Later, after Flynn had died, his widow admitted the story was true when she sold the home.<ref>"Errol Flynn's 1m Funhouse", Evening Standard, Jan 12, 1978, Page 13 | https://www.newspapers.com/image/721841963/</ref>
The magazine's most notorious period was from 1954-1958, when the publication was sued for [[criminal libel]] by the Los Angeles District Attorney [[Jerry Brown]], who then ran for and became [[Governor]] of [[California]]. The trial was ultimately a mistrial, and featured testimony against Publisher Harrison by former Editor Rushmore.
The magazine's most notorious period was from 1954-1958, when the publication was sued for [[criminal libel]] by the Los Angeles District Attorney [[Jerry Brown]], who then ran for and became [[Governor]] of [[California]]. The trial was ultimately a mistrial, and featured testimony against Publisher Harrison by former Editor Rushmore.