Headline - Sex Scandal Fraud: Lavender Brown tells her side
Readers who follow the political scene-and a few of those who don’t-are no doubt aware of the scandal of the season involving Ministry of Magic employee Lavender Brown and the Muggle Minister Thomas Wright. While being caught in engaging sexual acts with a witch is surely a big headache at the moment for Minister Wright and his political team; what of his apparent partner in crime? The daily prophet has acquired and exclusive interview with the now infamous Lavender Brown to hear her side of what really is happening in those pictures and who is really behind it.
Miss Brown welcomed me into her home and though she appeared to be visibly stressed by this scandal, she was a hospitable and gracious host. We sat in her living room, her small son also present and playing off to the side. The scene was certainly not what one would expect from a woman who has been portrayed as a seductress of powerful men and as the conversation began to unfold, it was becoming clear why.
One of the first things that Miss Brown wanted to convey and stress upon was that she and the Prime Minister in fact did not have sex. The young witch does not deny attempting to lore the man in the act but Minister Wright who declined to go any further. One could imagine the disappointment that a beautiful young woman with the intent to seduce a man would feel at his rejection but mixed with this disappointment is a fear. A fear for the man who sent her with the intent seduce Minister Wright and acquire photographic evidence of it, Mr. Walden Macnair the head of the department of international cooperation. Having failed her appointed task, Miss Brown was fearful for her job status.
Miss Brown hasn’t been a secretary to Mr. Macnair for very long but she says that from the start she noticed that there was something very strange about the position. Miss Brown was hired regardless of not completing her NEWT levels at Hogwarts – not common for a Ministry personnel and one must wonder, was Mr. Macnair judging her ability to perform her job to the highest satisfaction on other attributes? After being hired, the nature of Miss Brown’s position as Mr. Macnair’s personal assistant became clear to her. Beyond the work duties of an assistant in the Ministry, Miss Brown was to accompany political officials of Mr. Macnair’s choosing and take up the role as their date for a night. This would involve sex, Miss Brown confessed
It’s hardly the first time that sexual favors and politics have gone hand in hand. Ask any maîtresse-en-titre. But a maîtresse-en-titre at least has some power, influence and choice. Miss Brown did not have this luxury while working under Walden Macnair. She could not choose her sexual partners, she could not choose to turn down a date. The consequences would be the loss of her job and being a single mother with a child to support, this was just not acceptable. And if the extortion were not bad enough, Miss Brown also had to put up with constant sexual harassment from her employer.
Lavender Brown has since left her role under Walden Macnair and the Department of International Cooperation and instead the new assistant to the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Molly Weasley. So, the only question that really remains is why did this story break only now? It is clear to this reporter that the anonymous source for the photos was none other then Walden Macnair but why hold onto these pictures and only now use them. One could say the target of scandal is really Minister Wright but this reporter believes that the timing of Miss Brown’s resignation and the break in this story are far too close and rather then being a political strike to insight the muggles against their Minister; this more seems like the spiteful and pathetic last ditch effort from the man who believed that his role as head of the department involved being a pimp.