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John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind

Nash arrested

1954
Santa Monica, California, U.S.

In Santa Monica, California in 1954, while in his 20s, Nash was arrested for indecent exposure in a sting operation targeting homosexual men.[47] Although the charges were dropped, he was stripped of his top-secret security clearance and fired from RAND Corporation, where he had worked as a consultant.


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