Minnesota Man Claims He Took Drugs & Had Sex with Barack Obama in 1999 Submitted by Julie on February 19, 2008 - 2:32pm. Barack Obama now faces a new challenge - one that is sure to be much more scandalous than anything he's seen so far. If the allegations are to be believed, it's also a scandal that his campaign has tried to cover up. A Minnesota man has come forth, claiming that he took cocaine in 1999 with Obama, the then-Illinois legislator, and participated in homosexual acts with him. Larry Sinclair, the man making the claims, said his story...