"Oh, a money scandal. I thought it was something earth shattering, like a French politician preferring their spouse over having a lover...." French think that bedroom stories are private matter and should stay private.
It always backfire in France for politicians to use family stories (or lovers, or mistresses).
We are not obsess/shock by sexe so what consenting adults do is their problem...
Now, as some learned, using prostitutes or forcing a woman to sexe is other matter...