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MP Mark Menzies has been suspended from the Tory whip amid an investigation into allegations he misused campaign funds.
But although he disputes the claims, it is far from the first time he has faced questions about his behaviour.
A decade ago Mr Menzies quit as a ministerial aide following allegations made by a Brazilian male escort.
Rogerio dos Santos Pinto told The Sunday Mirror that the MP had paid him for sex and asked him to buy an illegal drug.
The 19-year-old said they met on a gay escort website and claimed the politician had given him a tour of the Houses of Parliament before allegedly offering to pay him £250 for a two-hour session.
Mr Menzies, then 42, said some of the allegations were untrue and claimed he would be 'setting the record straight in due course'. He has not held a frontbench role since.
Three years later, the shamed MP was quizzed by cops after being accused of deliberately getting a friend's dog drunk and then starting a fight when challenged.
Mark Menzies (pictured) was first elected as MP for Fylde in 2010
More recently, Mr Menzies is said to have caused a drunken scene at a Last Night of the Proms concert featuring Katherine Jenkins at Lytham Hall
