Sharon Anderson, age 42 an Australian politician
who was later found to be corrupt. She was born in Wollongong and graduated
from a private school in Sydney in 1991 where she went onto to university to
study law. After a few years working with a range of law firms and not loving
it as she predicted, this left her feeling empty, hopeless and unaware of what
was her next chapter in life.
She decided that it just wasn’t for her and
wanted to pursue a career in politics and hopefully be elected for a seat in
her area. She ran for her local seat in 1998 but was not successful, as people didn’t
want to trust a 25 year old because they were uncertain of how she would
perform. In the next election (2001) at the age of 28 she was elected. During
in late 2003 she met a man called Darren who worked as another politician’s
chief of staff. By 2004 they were inseparable and were married by the end of
that summer. All was going well for Sharon until late 2012, her marriage started
to fall apart and she began committing serious money fraud, in mid 2013 she was
exposed but there was not clear enough evidence to be arrested. Her husband
left her and didn’t want to pick up the pieces of the mess she has caused herself.
This media that surrounded the issue was intense, every newspaper and every
channel were discussing the matter. She tried to go along with her normal life
with the thought of resignation hanging over her head but decided she would try
and tough it out. These serious claims caused her great distress with the
upcoming election and resulted in her losing her seat in 2013, after 12 years
she had no idea what was next in her life and rumours were still circling her
name. By 2014 allegations of the money fraud were confirmed, the media started
again and she was arrested for corruption of the Australian parliament. In the
teaser trailer you see her carrying on with her normal life but see snippets of
corruption in the media with the use of news snippet, a shot of the news papers
and the media circling her and in the last shot it is revealed as being a lady
and the whole time you believe it is a male due.
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