1966-
Arkansas State Employee

Beginnings.

Paula Corbin was born in Lonoke, Arkansas, in 1966. She graduated from high school in 1984, and worked as saleswoman, rental car clerk, and secretary. In 1991 she accepted a position as a clerk with the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission (AIDC); she also married Steven Jones. She moved to California in 1993.

Accusation.

In February 1994 Jones publicly accused President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment. Jones claimed that the alleged incident occurred in 1991, when she was a state employee, during Clinton's tenure as the governor of Arkansas. Although she received little initial attention from the mainstream press, Jones, who said that she waited two years to make the charge because she feared not being believed, was soon supported by Clinton's political opponents. Jones alleged that on 8 May 1991, when she was working at a conference for the AIDC in Little Rock, Arkansas, a state trooper approached...