Fawn Hall

Fawn Hall
Fawn Hall attending a White House Christmas party in 1984
Born	1959 (age 57–58) Annandale, Virginia.
Residence	West Hollywood, California
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	Annandale High School (1977)
Occupation	Secretary
Employer	U.S. National Security Council (1983–87)
Known for	Iran-Contra affair
Spouse(s)	Danny Sugerman (April 1993 – January 2005) (his death)
Partner(s)	Rob Lowe (1988) Arturo Cruz, Jr. (1985–86)
Parent(s)	Ronald C (stepfather) and Wilma G Hall

Fawn Hall (born 1959) was a secretary to Lt. Colonel Oliver North and a notable figure in the Iran-Contra affair, helping him shred confidential documents.

Born in Annandale, Virginia, in 1959, Hall graduated from Annandale High School in 1977. She began working part-time in a clerical position for the United States Navy, beginning in January 1976 while she was in high school. After graduating, she apparently began working full-time for the Navy at the Pentagon.

Hall was detached from the Navy to work at the National Security Council on February 26, 1983, to work for Oliver North. She worked for North until she was fired on November 25, 1986, at the height of the scandal. Hall's mother, Wilma Hall, was secretary to Robert McFarlane, Reagan's national security advisor, North's superior and a major player in Iran-Contra.

In one mishap, Hall transposed the digits of a Swiss bank account number, resulting in a contribution from the Sultan of Brunei to the Contras being credited to a Swiss businessman's bank account instead of the intended account. During the scandal, it was reported that she dated Contras politician Arturo Cruz, Jr.. It was also alleged that Hall and Jonathan Scott Royster, Liaison to Oliver North, had an affair. Much about Royster is still classified today due to his involvement and will remain classified until 2050.

At one point during the investigation into Lt. Col. Oliver North's finances and personal spending habits, a receipt was discovered indicating a purchase made at a Washington, DC lingerie shop. Investigators on behalf of the Democrats hearing the case believed they had found incontrovertible evidence proving a suspected romantic relationship between Ms. Hall and the married Lieutenant Colonel. During live televised testimony, North, when presented with the evidence of the receipt, affirmed in theory the purchase from the lingerie shop. When pressed further upon the exact nature of the acquisition, however, North was unable to recall the article in question, nor the particulars of the purchase itself. Later that evening, North's wife admitted to her husband that she did, in fact, remember the incident, and the specificity of the nature of the item in question. What she told her husband that evening was later told, under oath, to the members of the Senate Subcommittee. Firstly, that the purchase made at the lingerie shop was, indeed, made by Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and, by him alone; and, finally, that the nature of the purchase was made for a small pair of leotards on behalf of his young daughter who was soon to begin her classes in ballet.