Celebrity sex scandals

By Susan King, Los Angeles Times staff

Before there was Roman Polanski, there was Errol Flynn and Fatty Arbuckle. Before David Letterman, there was Charlie Chaplin and Hugh Grant.

Celebrity sex scandals have been around for as long as there have been celebrities -- yes, even before TMZ and Perez Hilton -- so the recent arrest of Polanski relating to his having sex with a 13-year-old girl and Letterman's confession of having sex with female members of his staff are just the latest in a long and sometimes sordid history.

Here's a look back at sex scandals that rocked Hollywood ...