AceShowbiz - No one is perfect, not even a highly respected public figure or a beloved celebrity. Despite this commonly acceptable statement, fans often worship their idols and make them their role models. But sometimes the fact doesn't come in accordance with the expectation. Behind their picture-perfect lives, some of these celebrities may harbor dark secrets that are waiting to be exposed. It is more shocking when the individuals involved in such scandalous issues are those who were known for their clean reputations prior to the expose.

The cases range from the light ones such as cheating or fraud to the more serious ones like battery or sexual assault that could bring them to a brush with the law. In the last several months alone, we were taken aback several times by the turns of development in Jussie Smollett's alleged hate attack case and the college admissions cheating scandal involving Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. Not only these kinds of crimes bring risk of severe punishment in they're proven guilty, but also these cases could put their careers and future in jeopardy, not to mention that they may never regain their reputations back in public.

To refresh your memory of similar news in the past, here are a number of celebrities who ruined their good images with infamous scandals, including the most recent ones.