Earlier this week, Brian Williams was suspended for six months from the NBC Nightly News after being accused of misrepresenting an incident that occurred while he was covering the Iraq War in 2003.
In the weeks since the news of the scandal first broke, the beloved anchor's credibility has come under attack and Williams has been accused of lying about everything from contracting dysentery to watching bodies float past his hotel after Hurricane Katrina.
Now, that the floodgates have opened, new allegations against Williams seem to surface daily, and today, at least three different accusers have come forward claiming that the the iconic newsman fabricated various events:
First, the Huffington Post published an interview with former Navy SEAL Brandon Webb, who claims that Williams' was lying when he claimed to have been embedded with SEAL Team 6:
"My initial reaction is that it sounds completely preposterous," Webb says. "There's a healthy dislike toward embedded journalists in the SEAL community. And especially at SEAL Team 6."
SEAL officials confirmed that their teams do not work with embedded journalists under any circumstances.
One spokesman also expressed doubts about Williams' claim that a member of Team 6 sent him a piece of the helicopter that crashed during the mission to assassinate Osama bin Laden.
In addition to that accusation, Williams has been accused of lying about being "at the Brandenburg Gate the night the [Berlin Wall] came down."
Williams arrived in Berlin one day after the historic event. Since he likely would have witnessed some of the wall's physical removal, he might be technically able to say he was there when it came down, but the comment still seems like an intentional attempt to deceive.
Finally, CNN is reporting that Williams may have embellished an encounter with Pope John Paul II that took place while he was a college student in 1979.
Williams first claimed that he "shook hands" with the Pope, but later elaborated that they shared a brief interaction, during which he was blessed by the Pontiff.
Again, not the sort of thing that would be terribly incriminating on its own, but considering all when combined with the other accusations against Williams, stories like that may make it difficult for him to ever return to the job that made him a household name:
Stephen Collins gained fame for playing the Reverend Eric Camden on wholesome family series 7th Heaven. In real life, Collins has been accused of molesting several children, and has confessed to at least one sexual assault.
Is Bruce Jenner transitioning into presenting as a woman? We don't know. But what we DO know that he's newly single and he's been rocking some unusual looks lately.
Iggy Azalea dominated hip hop in 2014. Unfortunately, greatness breeds hateness, and the Aussie emcee feuded with everyone from stoned elder statesman Snoop Dogg to temperamental upstart Azealia Banks.
The American Pie star cracked an insensistive joke about the Malaysia Airlines tragedies on Twitter. This was also the year that he talked about peeing on Chelsea Handler and having sex with a hooker while his wife watched.
Sarah Hyland broke things off with longtime boyfriend Matthew Prokop and went public with some shocking abuse allegations. She has since received a restraining order against Prokop.
The Giudices have always had issues, but apparently they're financial problems were worse than anyone realized. Joe and Teresa were found guilty of lying to the government and creditors while filing for bankruptcy. As a result they were sentenced to 41 months and 15 months in prison, respectively.
A photo of a then-13-year-old Willow Smith lying in bed with a shirtless, 20-year-old Moises Arias drew criticism for obvious reasons. it was even reported that the Smiths were investigated by Child Protective Services.
It's not so much the fact that former NFL player Baskett cheated on his reality star wife that caught our attention in 2014. Instead, it was whom he cheated with. Baskett was reportedly involved in an affair with transsexual model Ava London, and Ava happily spilled ALL of the details.
Solange Knowles assaulted Jay Z in an elevator after the 2014 Met Gala. We still don't know for sure what set her off, but it certainly helps put your own in-law drama in perspective, eh?
A goofy Seth Rogen-James Franco became the unexpected catalyst for an international incident when a group of North Korean cyber-terrorists decided to exact revenge on Sony for producking a film that mocked their Supreme Leader. Following threats of violence and damaging information leaks, Sony agreed to pull The Interview from theaters.
"Mama June" Shannon was accused of sleeping with the man convicted of molesting her eldest daughter. June denies it, of course. We don't believe her, but we're grateful that she turned down the porn offer she received from Vivid Entertainment.
It all started when comedian Hannibal Buress referenced Cosby's sordid sexual past during a standup performance. After that, dozens of women stepped forward to accuse Cosby of sexual misconduct. The legendary comic has mostly remained silent on the matter, but he's already been convicted in the court of public opinion.
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott had the year's most uncomfortable realoty show with True Tori. But the question remains: was the drama over Dean's affair scripted?
Rapper Tyga and reality star Kylie Jenner are rumored to be in a relationship. Which would be fine, were it not for the fact that he's 25 and she's 17.
The End.
Did you like 15 Celebrity Scandals That Rocked 2014? If so, please share:
