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Andrew Young Dodges Jail Over Edwards Sex Tape

Ex-aide due back in court Friday in Rielle Hunter's invasion of privacy suit

(Newser) - A North Carolina judge threatened Andrew Young with jail today but didn't order him incarcerated. The former aide to John Edwards and his wife, Cheri, are due back in court Friday to answer more questions about a sex tape showing the 2004 vice presidential candidate and mistress Rielle Hunter. At...

Grand Jury Ready to Indict John Edwards

National Enquirer says it's imminent

(Newser) - A federal grand jury is preparing to indict John Edwards for misconduct stemming from his extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter. Edwards is being investigated by the FBI and IRS for campaign finance violations related to paying Hunter during their affair, and sources tell the National Enquirer that an indictment is...

5 Celebrity Love Children
 5 Celebrity 
 Love Children 
Mar 2, 2010 10:50 AM CST

5 Celebrity Love Children

Jude Law, Eric Clapton, and other scandalous parents

(Newser) - Now that Jude Law has finally, after five months, met his daughter with former fling Samantha Burke, The Frisky rounds up a few other—rumored!—famous love children:
  • The Clapton kids: Conor, the son whose death prompted Eric Clapton to write “Tears In Heaven,” was born to
...

Americans Would Forgive Tiger Before John Edwards...

...or Chris Brown, Polanski, Madoff: poll

(Newser) - Americans appear to be in the mood to forgive a variety of national figures laid low by this or that scandal, and Tiger Woods in particular. Some 32% of respondents to a CBS News poll said they would pardon the transgressions of the likes of Woods, Charlie Sheen, and John...

Rielle Hunter the Classiest Person in Edwards Mess

John Edwards' mistress has somehow managed to stay quiet

(Newser) - Believe it or not, Rielle Hunter has emerged as the classiest person in the John Edwards sex scandal. Hunter’s been relentlessly attacked and caricatured in the two years since the story broke: Andrew Young’s book savages her, and quotes Edwards calling her a “crazy slut"; in her...

Pulitzer Will Consider National Enquirer Stories

Tabloid is in the running for breaking John Edwards scandal

(Newser) - The National Enquirer is officially in the running for a Pulitzer. Despite earlier reports to the contrary, the prize board has accepted the tabloid's submission for breaking news of John Edwards’ affair. The staff is entered in two categories: investigative reporting and national news reporting, reports Emily Miller in the...

Elizabeth Edwards May Sue Andrew Young
 Elizabeth 
 Edwards 
 May Sue 
 Andrew 
 Young 


for causing divorce
Feb 11, 2010 1:16 PM CST

Elizabeth Edwards May Sue Andrew Young

John Edwards' estranged wife wants aide to zip it

(Newser) - North Carolina is one of 7 states that allow a member of a divorcing couple to sue a third party for busting up the marriage, and Elizabeth Edwards has threatened to do just that—to Andrew Young. Usually, a lover—Rielle Hunter, anyone?—would be the defendant in the suit,...

John Edwards Cut 'I Lied' From Confession

His former speechwriter reflects on her 'sorrow' and 'disgust'

(Newser) - John Edwards watered down the self-criticism in his recent admission of paternity , says the disillusioned former speechwriter who helped him write his confession. "It was very different compared to the one he and I had worked on over the summer," writes Wendy Button. "Gone were the words...

Inside John Edwards' New Love Shack

Edwards, Hunter may be moving into this $3.5M gem

(Newser) - By piecing together clues from the National Enquirer's proposal story , Gawker found the $3.5 million beach house John Edwards is supposedly buying in preparation for life with Rielle Hunter. Take a guided tour in the gallery. For more pictures, click here , or check out the real estate listing .

John Edwards Proposes to Mistress: Enquirer

John and Elizabeth plan a formal divorce by year's end

(Newser) - John Edwards has asked Rielle Hunter to marry him, and he plans to formally divorce estranged wife Elizabeth to do so, the National Enquirer reports. Edwards allegedly proposed to Hunter, the mother of his daughter Frances Quinn, the same day he told her he would publicly admit paternity after years...

Assessing John Edwards' Comeback Chances
 Assessing John Edwards' 
 Comeback Chances 
ASK THE SPIN DOCTORS
Feb 7, 2010 9:59 AM CST

Assessing John Edwards' Comeback Chances

Atlantic polls image-makers on how to repair the damage

(Newser) - John Edwards’ public image hit new lows the past week, but the likes Richard Nixon, Eliot Spitzer, and Michael Milken have made successful comebacks, the Atlantic notes, in polling political spin doctors about Edwards’ comeback chances:
  • Bob Shrum: "The reality is so contrary to the image that he projected,
...

Andrew Young Forks Over Edwards Sex Tape

Gives copy to FBI after landing in contempt of court

(Newser) - He says he's still got the original locked away, but Andrew Young has handed over the sex tape starring John Edwards to the FBI—a day after landing in contempt of court for refusing to do so. But it won't hit the small screen anytime soon, reports Politico ; "The...

Court Reprimands Young for Keeping Edwards Sex Tape

Former aide found in contempt of court, says he will comply

(Newser) - Former John Edwards aide Andrew Young and his wife, Cheri, have been found in contempt of court for not turning over a sex tape that shows Edwards and mistress Rielle Hunter. Hunter has sued for the return of the tape. The judge did not jail the Youngs, but demanded that...

Sorry I Dropped the Ball on John Edwards Scandal

Who could believe he was actually that big a scumbag?

(Newser) - Andrew Sullivan is really, really sorry for not doggedly pursuing the John Edwards scandal in the same way he went after, say, Sarah Palin. But he has a good reason: “It seemed too awful for me to believe.” Who would imagine that “a husband could do that...

Enquirer: John Edwards Punched Elizabeth

Pal: Edwards hit cancer-stricken wife in 'marriage-ending' fight

(Newser) - John Edwards hit his wife in a "horrific marriage-ending fight" over the Christmas holidays, according to the National Enquirer . "Elizabeth told me the argument became so heated with John striking her," a friend of Elizabeth's tells the tabloid. "He forcefully punched her in the ribs."...

How to Get Rid of a Sex Tape
 How to Get Rid of a Sex Tape 
Feb 3, 2010 3:30 PM CST

How to Get Rid of a Sex Tape

Sorry, Rielle Hunter: Just pulling out the tape won't cut it

(Newser) - Heads up, Rielle Hunter: Next time you try to destroy a sex tape, you'll want to burn, crush, or shred it: The one-time paramour of John Edwards reportedly tried to keep their video private by pulling the tape out the MiniDV cassette—which was found and restored by Andrew Young...

Edwards Comes Off as 'Sinister,' 'Phony' in Book
Edwards Comes Off as 'Sinister,' 'Phony' in Book
Tina Brown
Feb 1, 2010 11:30 AM CST

Edwards Comes Off as 'Sinister,' 'Phony' in Book

And author/ex-lackey Andrew Young looks just as bad

(Newser) - Andrew Young’s The Politician is a mesmerizing, downright chilling book, which leaves both its subject and author looking like absolute scum. In one corner there’s Young, Edwards’ “body man, beard and shit-eating courtier,” a “craven acolyte” so pathetic that his main act of rebellion against...

Tell-All Details John Edwards' Lawyerly Pillow Talk

Andrew Young dishes on harassment at the hands of Elizabeth Edwards

(Newser) - The latest revelations to come out of Andrew Young’s tell-all have to do with PlayStations, Wal-Marts, and John Edwards’ curious way of talking to Rielle Hunter. Instead of saying “I love you, too” or “I miss you,” he would say only “me, too” or “...

Why the Edwards Split Bums Us Out
 Why the Edwards 
 Split Bums Us Out 
OPINION
Jan 28, 2010 12:57 PM CST

Why the Edwards Split Bums Us Out

For some reason, we can't cheer Elizabeth's departure

(Newser) - The peanut gallery cheered when Jenny Sanford left Mark, and it’s been urging Elin Nordegren and Silda Spitzer to follow suit. But for some reason, the Edwards divorce has been greeted as sad news. “No two marriages are alike,” writes Belinda Luscombe of Time. This one had...

John Edwards Confirms Split
 John Edwards 
 Confirms Split 
'EXTRAORDINARILY SAD'
Jan 28, 2010 6:57 AM CST

John Edwards Confirms Split

He 'still cares deeply' about wife Elizabeth

(Newser) - John Edwards confirmed his separation from wife Elizabeth yesterday, calling it “an extraordinarily sad moment.” Elizabeth has had divorce papers ready for a year, but an insider says trust issues finally pushed the couple over the edge. “John feels like, 'I can't live with you checking my...

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