This was back in 2004. I had a friend applying for a position with the NSA. He cheated on his GF, who found out while going through his email and AIM chat logs. She then reported domestic violence and sexual assault against him, which were dropped 6 months after. Because of this, he could not get his clearance and was looked at harshly when applying for jobs (the long work gap while waiting for processing, plus "were you ever arrested for sex assault, etc"). He now owns some gas stations and a Subway so he's doing great, but he had to rebuild his life from the ground up .

I know another dude who is paying about 120K alimony while making 140-150K a year in LA.