In 1938, a 23-year-old
Sinatra was arrested on charges of seduction and adultery - charges
were later dismissed in New Jersey. The world found out later just how
smooth Ol' Blue Eyes could be.
From the FBI's
1,300-page file on Frank Sinatra:
'FRANK SINATRA, Arrest
42799, Bergen County Sheriff's Office, Hackensack, New Jersey was
arrested on November 26, 1938 charged with Seduction. Disposition was
marked, 'Dismissed.'.
FRANK SINATRA, Arrest
42977, was arrested on December 22, 1938, charged with Adultery.'
Neither of the acts
with which Sinatra was charged is against the law today, but his
initial charge in 1938 stated that: 'On the second and ninth days of
November 1938 at the Borough of Lodi' and 'under the promise of
marriage' Sinatra 'did then and there have sexual intercourse with the
said complainant, who was then and there a single female of good
repute.' This, the charge stated, was 'contrary and in violation of
the revised statute of 1937.'
The report noted that
Sinatra was released on $1,500 bond and that the complaint was
withdrawn when it was determined that the woman involved was married.
A complaint of adultery was substituted, with Sinatra's bond being
lowered to $500. That charge, too, was dismissed.