▁Be ir ut , ▁M umb ai , ▁Brazil , ▁Or lando , ▁Jackson ville , ▁Miami , ▁T uc son , ▁Indiana ▁and ▁Michigan . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : Comp an ies ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁Category : Comp an ies ▁based ▁in ▁Maryland <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Thor pe ▁affair ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁was ▁a ▁British ▁political ▁and ▁sex ▁sc andal ▁that ▁ended ▁the ▁career ▁of ▁Jer emy ▁Thor pe , ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Party ▁and ▁Member ▁of ▁Parliament ▁( MP ) ▁for ▁North ▁Dev on . ▁The ▁sc andal ▁arose ▁from ▁alleg ations ▁by ▁Norman ▁Jos iffe ▁( other wise ▁known ▁as ▁Norman ▁Scott ) ▁that ▁he ▁and ▁Thor pe ▁had ▁a ▁hom osex ual ▁relationship ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁and ▁that ▁Thor pe ▁had ▁begun ▁a ▁badly ▁planned ▁consp i racy ▁to ▁murder ▁Jos iffe , ▁who ▁was ▁threaten ing ▁to ▁expose ▁their ▁affair . ▁ ▁Thor pe , ▁while ▁adm itting ▁that ▁the ▁two ▁had ▁been ▁friends , ▁denied ▁any ▁such ▁relationship . ▁With ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁political ▁colle agues ▁and ▁a ▁comp li ant ▁press , ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁rum ours ▁of ▁mis con duct ▁went ▁un report ed ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁de cade . ▁Scott ' s ▁alleg ations ▁were ▁a ▁persistent ▁threat , ▁however , ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 7 0 s ▁he ▁was ▁regarded ▁as ▁a ▁danger ▁both ▁to ▁Thor pe