Monica Lewinsky is a former White House intern best known for her affair with President Bill Clinton. Monica Lewinsky is an American activist, public speaker, and writer, who, while a White House intern in 1995–96, had a sexual relationship with U.S. President Bill Clinton that became a scandal and led to his impeachment. She later was involved in efforts to end cyberbullying. Monica Lewinsky is an American activist, writer, and former White House intern best known for her involvement in a political scandal with former US President Bill Clinton in the late 1990s. A sex scandal involving Bill Clinton, the president of the United States, and Monica Lewinsky , a White House intern, erupted in 1998. Their sexual relationship began in 1995—when Clinton was 49 years old and Lewinsky was 22 years old—and lasted 18 months, ending in 1997. [1] Clinton ended televised remarks on January 26, 1998, with the later infamous statement: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky ." Further investigation led to charges of perjury and to the ...