'''Paula Jones''' (b. born 1966) was an [[Arkansas]] state employee who was allegedly propositioned by [[Bill Clinton]] at a [[Little Rock]], Arkansas hotel during Clinton's [[governor|governorship]] ship of the state. She subsequently sued Clinton, during his [[president|presidency]], for sexual harassment, but the suit was dropped after Clinton paied her $850,000. Seven months earlier, Jones' case was dismissed by the district court, but Jones appealed.
In the course of a legal deposition in the Jones case, Clinton denied having had a relationship with [[Monica Lewinsky]], thus opening himself to charges of [[perjury]].