Once considered the future of his party a policy wonk and leading figure among the Atari Democrats so named for their pro-business tech-friendly policies Hart became a punchline his name forever associated with that of the yacht where his fateful tryst was consummated Monkey Business.

Monkey business yacht senator. In late March 1987 Hart spent a weekend on a Miami-based yacht called Monkey Business. Donna Rice did not know how to protect herself and worse she had nothing to protect. That along with a photo of the two alongside the yacht sank his campaign.

Who owned the boat Monkey Business. Two young women joined the boat when it sailed to Bimini. After the Miami Herald reported on his affair a picture surfaced showing Rice sitting on Harts lap while he wore a T-shirt reading Monkey Business Crew referring to the name of the.

In March 1987 at which time it was owned by developers Donald Soffer and Eddie Lewis the yacht was rented by William C. The history of Gary Harts ironically named Monkey Business boat previewing other illicit behavior to Bill Clintons I did not inhale defense against charges of illegal drug use are more than fodder for late-night talk shows. The Monkey Business a mere 2000-a-day charter was a dinghy compared with Khashoggis 70 million yacht.

While the boat was docked there one of the women took a picture of Hart sitting on the pier with the other Donna Rice in his lap. To that point we could add nomination scandals to this list. Two young women joined the boat when it sailed to Bimini.

Gary Hart with model Donna Rice on a yacht named Monkey Business in 1987. The woman was a 29-year-old model named Donna Rice whom the senator had first met in 1983 during a New Years Day party at the Aspen vacation home of rock singer Don Henley. One appearing on the cover of The National Enquirer showed Hart now 81 grinning and in a Monkey Business Crew t-shirt while holding Hughes on his lap.

A month after this trip in early May the man who had originally. Broadhurst a Louisiana lawyer and lobbyist. She had later accompanied him on an overnight trip from Miami to Bimini on an 83-foot luxury yacht with the you-cant-make-this-stuff-up name of Monkey Business.