John Edwards: Sex, Lies, and Now Videotape
By GetLegal.com
In January, 2010, John Edwards finally admitted to fathering a child, Frances Quinn Hunter, with a former campaign worker, Rielle Hunter, during his 2007 run for Democratic Presidential nomination. Edwards had admitted to having an affair with Rielle Hunter in 2006, but denied being the father of her child. In his tell-all book, “The Politician” Andrew Young, Edward’s campaign aide, reveals that shortly before the 2008 presidential primaries began, Edwards asked Young to take responsibility for fathering Hunter’s baby. Later, Edwards asked Young to fake a paternity test that would prove Edwards was not the father. Recently, Young alleges he is in possession of a sex tape of Edwards showing the senator with a naked pregnant woman that Young claims is Hunter. CNN Article
In 2007, during the course of Edward’s infidelities, his wife, Elizabeth Edwards, was diagnosis with stage IV breast cancer. Despite Edwards’ affair and rumors of a love child, the couple remained together during the 2007-2008 presidential nomination campaign. However, after Edwards’ January 21, 2010, admission that he fathered a child with his mistress, Elizabeth legally separated from him and intends to file for divorce after North Carolina’s mandatory one year separation. CNN Article
New York has six grounds for divorce, four of which are based on the fault of one of the parties. The fault grounds include cruel and inhuman treatment, abandonment for one or more years, imprisonment for three or more years, and adultery. The other two grounds enable a divorce to be obtained on a no fault basis, meaning neither spouse will be judged to be at fault. These grounds include one year of living apart under a separation judgment granted by a Court, or under a separation agreement signed by the parties. See New York Domestic Relations law § 170.
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