The sexual affair with Bill Clinton, Lewinsky: I was depressed, I thought suicide

Monica Lewinsky confessed that because of the scandal former US President Bill Clinton experienced mental health problems.

Monica indicated that the investigation into the scandal led her to consider suicide as she spoke during an interview with the podcast “The Alex Files.

She said she had asked lawyers working for then independent consultant Ken Starr what would happen if she died.

I just didn't find a way out of that situation. And I thought maybe that was the” solution, she says. <

“How did there not be a protocol? This is a point where you're supposed to bring in a psychologist or, you know, something like that”, she said.

Monica also indicated that she began visiting a psychiatrist, an act that helped her to get through the situation. <

Comments from Lewinsky come after a new attention is being paid to her scandal with Bill Clinton.

She was only 22, and was involved in a sexual relationship with the American president while serving in his administration.

Their story shocked the US, but Bill Clinton, after apologizing, continued his life, failing to resign as president.

What suffered the consequences was Monica, who, besides burning her career, suffered serious problems and never married.