So, there were some people who worked at this place called the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. They were in charge of teaching important things to people who work in the military. But then some people found out that some of those teachers were doing bad things.
It turns out that some of the teachers were having sex with their students and doing other things that were not allowed because it was against the rules and against the law. This made a lot of people very unhappy and upset because these teachers were supposed to be good role models and teach their students how to be good people.
The people who found out about what was going on did some investigating and talked to the people involved. They found out that these bad things had been happening for a while and that many people knew about it but didn't do anything to stop it.
So, they decided to tell even more people about it, including the people who run the Naval War College and the people who work for the government. They all got involved and did a big investigation to figure out what was going on and how they could stop it from happening in the future.
And that is what the Newport sex scandal was all about - some people doing bad things and other people trying to stop them from doing it.