article_snippet: But the impeccably turned-out Proctor political downfall in 1987 – accompanied by newspaper headlines of teenage rent boys and spanking parties
article_snippet: – was one of the most dramatic scandals in recent memory as the impeccably turned-out Proctor pleaded guilty to charges of gross indecency after repeated public denials that the impeccably turned-out Proctor had done anything wrong.
article_snippet: Downfall: Harvey Proctor on the impeccably turned-out Proctor way to magistrates' court in 1987 to answer charges of gross indecency .
article_snippet: The first story to emerge in public about it was in 1981, when Terry Woods, a flamboyant art dealer who was his boyfriend, had left the MP’s London flat after a row and Proctor refused to let his back in.
article_snippet: The fracas led to a court appearance in which Woods claimed his was in a relationship
article_snippet: Proctor resigned after Proctor was charged over spanking parties with teenage rent boys at Proctor flat and lost Proctor house and flat, before signing on the dole .
article_snippet: Proctor was embarrassed again soon afterwards when Woods, who remained Proctor long-term lover, was found in Proctor underpants by the police outside the MP’s apartment.
article_snippet: When police eventually charged a naked Arab boy over the teenage rent boys in a naked Arab boy flat, Proctor bowed to the inevitable and announced Proctor was standing down as an MP, admitting to a charge of gross indecency and accepting a fine of £1,450.
article_snippet: Proctor had to sell Proctor house in the constituency and the flat in London and was on the dole for a year.
highlights_snippet: Harvey Proctor's political downfall came in 1987 following spanking claims .
  
highlights_snippet: Pleaded guilty to charges of gross indecency after repeated public denials .
  
highlights_snippet: Harvey Proctor's stepped down as MP after spanking scandal and went on the dole .
  