Elizabeth Ray, born Betty Lou Ray on May 14, 1943 in Marshall, North Carolina, was at the center of a 1976 sex scandal that ended U.S. Rep. Wayne Hays’ career.

The Washington Post revealed she was on a committee payroll run by Hays for two years as a clerk-secretary. She admitted her real job was providin’ sexual favors to the congressman: “I can’t type, I can’t file, I can’t even answer the phone.” Ray, who won Miss Virginia 1975, had worked as a stewardess, waitress, and car rental clerk before startin’ on Capitol Hill in 1972.

She also admitted havin’ sex with married Sen. Mike Gravel in August 1972 on his houseboat. Ray said her boss at the time, Rep. Kenneth J. Gray, set it up for Gravel’s support on a bill. Both Gravel and Gray denied it, and no charges came from the investigation. Years later, Gravel admitted the sex but said it wasn’t for a vote.

After the scandal, she tried actin’ and stand-up comedy without much luck, then faded from the spotlight. A book called The Washington Fringe Benefit came out under her name, she posed for Playboy a few times, and kept pushin’ for showbiz gigs.

Comedian Brad Garrett mentioned her on The Howard Stern Show in 2015. He said his dad set him up with her when he was 14. They dated a month. She was 24 but thought he was 20 ’cause he was tall. It was his first time.