FameCrawler : political scandal

People Are Still Willing to Pay John Edwards to Speak

Karl Erikson — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:31:00 GMT

Yeah, we're scratching OUR heads, too. John Edwards has been hired to speak at the University of Illinois in October. I can't imagine he's speaking on morality. In fact, I can't imagine anyone wanting to hear him speak at all, unless they're in it for the Train Wreck Effect. Edwards, 55 and father of three, will forever be famous for $400 haircuts and being a scumbag who cheats on his cancer-stricken wife. But get this...they're paying him $65,000 dollars!

I may not like the man, but I can't blame him for taking the money and running. After all, he's going to be hard-pressed to get paid doing anything else these days. You know you messed up bad when even the politicians are shunning you.

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John Edwards Mistress Tells All

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John Edwards' Mistress Tells All

Sassy Smith — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:05:00 GMT

John Edwards has come forward, admitted and released a statement (although he still denies being the father of her baby girl), that he and Rielle Hunter, his former "campaign photographer," were having an affair while his wife Elizabeth was battling cancer. However, as horrible as that sounds, there's more. Hunter has reportedly come forward to give more details in the sorrid affair....

According to the National Enquirer, the day before Edwards gave his statement on ABC's Nightline, Hunter and daugther Frances, 6-months, were flown from the US (on a chartered Learjet, which was only $50,000 - paid by Edwards' friends) to St. Croix.

The Enquirer had "spies" track down Hunter and found her and baby at a luxury oceanfront home owned by trial lawyer Lee Rohn, who is a close friend to Edwards. A National Enquirer reporter approached Rohn, who gave a tense "No comment!" when asked about Rielle. Shortly after, Rielle was moved to a motel for a few days and then returned to Santa Barbara on August 17. And Rielle now has an off-duty police officer guarding her home.

And how does all of this get paid for? John Edwards' "network of loyal supporters." Also, according to sources, there are a team of six lawyers who've been involved in the coverup and are helping funnel payments to Hunter, who has no source of income at this time.

Rielle Hunter's lawyer had suggested that she ask Edwards to take a paternity test but she's so far refused - believing that he'll marry her after the death of his wife Elizabeth, who is battling cancer. OMG - they're waiting for Elizabeth to die??? John is, allegedly, still in contact with Rielle. Shameful!

A pal of Rielle's told The Enquirer that when Edwards met Rielle, "She wanted to pick him up. According to her, the chemistry was instant.

"They ended up sleeping together that night!"

After Rielle was hired to shoot behind-the scenes- video for the Presidential campaign, "A friend kidded her she was actually shooting 'between-the-sheets' videos!"

Ugh - this whole thing is so skeezy - any man who would have an affair with another woman when his wife is battling cancer, is a lowlife - presidential candiate (former) or not.

Elizabeth Edwards - you could (and deserve) do so much better!

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John Edwards & His Love Child - Photo!

Rielle Hunter Calls 911

No Paternity Test For Edwards

trix — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:26:00 GMT

It seems to me, that it's a long step down from presidential candidate to baby daddy, but I guess we'll never know.

We now know that John Edwards admitted to having an affair with Rielle Hunter in 2006 but he denies that he is the father of her 5 month old baby. He said on "Nightline" that he would be willing to take a paternity test to prove that he is not the father of her baby. What did Rielle say to that?

No way jose! Not those words exactly, but you get the point. She didn't actually say anything, her lawyer issued a statement for her saying, "Rielle is therefore making no statement now or in the future, furthermore, Rielle will not participate in DNA testing or any other invasion of her or her daughter's privacy now or in the future." So it's a statement of a non statement.

What, no test? Why not? Why doesn't she want him to take a test? Could it mean that she knows the it's not his baby, like he says?

Even his wife believes him and she knows that he's a cheater, she said, ""This was our private matter, and I frankly wanted it to be private because as painful as it was I did not want to have to play it out on a public stage as well, because of a recent string of hurtful and absurd lies in a tabloid publication, because of a picture falsely suggesting that John was spending time with a child it wrongly alleged he had fathered outside our marriage, our private matter could no longer be wholly private."

I guess there will only be one person who knows for sure.

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Cheating John Edwards Releases A Statement

Sassy Smith — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:04:00 GMT

Former presidential candidate and cheating husband, John Edwards has released a formal statement in regards to his affair with Rielle Hunter. He denies that he is the father of her child. Did you hear that? It was the sound of my eyes rolling....

He said:

"In 2006, I made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family and to my core beliefs. I recognized my mistake and I told my wife that I had a liaison with another woman, and I asked for her forgiveness. Although I was honest in every painful detail with my family, I did not tell the public. When a supermarket tabloid told a version of the story, I used the fact that the story contained many falsities to deny it. But being 99 percent honest is no longer enough.

I was and am ashamed of my conduct and choices, and I had hoped that it would never become public. With my family, I took responsibility for my actions in 2006 and today I take full responsibility publicly. But that misconduct took place for a short period in 2006. It ended then. I am and have been willing to take any test necessary to establish the fact that I am not the father of any baby, and I am truly hopeful that a test will be done so this fact can be definitively established. I only know that the apparent father has said publicly that he is the father of the baby. I also have not been engaged in any activity of any description that requested, agreed to or supported payments of any kind to the woman or to the apparent father of the baby.

It is inadequate to say to the people who believed in me that I am sorry, as it is inadequate to say to the people who love me that I am sorry. In the course of several campaigns, I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic. If you want to beat me up — feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself. I have been stripped bare and will now work with everything I have to help my family and others who need my help.

I have given a complete interview on this matter and having done so, will have nothing more to say."

"You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself" <-----I love that line. Makes me want to get my violin out.

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Edwards Admits Affair

Whit Honea — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:01:00 GMT

John Edwards may have effectively ended any chance he had at being added to Barack Obama's ticket by admitting that the constant rumors surrounding him are true.

Kind of.

According to Cover Awards: John Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff that “he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.”

However, Edwards denies that Hunter's child is his. He has not taken a paternity test.

Edwards' wife Elizabeth is currently battling cancer, and we assume a broken heart.

<sarcasm>Nice going, John.</sarcasm>

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John Edwards & His Love Child - Photo!

Sassy Smith — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:46:00 GMT

Rumors have been swirling that former presidential candidate, John Edwards has a love child with Rielle Hunter - and now a photo has surfaced that is fueling fire to that rumor. It may just be the truth after all!

Photo after the jump!

The pic from the National Enquirer is grainy but it does show Edwards holding baby Frances Quinn at the Beverly Hilton hotel in LA during a visit last month to Rielle.

An insider tells the gossip mag, "These photos are damning proof. He's been caught lying about his affair with Rielle [Hunter] and their love child for many months - and now the proof against him is piling up. His elaborate coverup is unraveling at the seams."

We're not sure if this is 100% true - but if it is, talk about gross. Edwards' wife Elizabeth has been fighting breast cancer since November of 2004 - dealing with chemo and radiotherapy, so nice of her husband to step out on her and make a child. And if it's true, then John needs to grow a pair and step up to the plate and deal with the situation and take care of his daughter.

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Sassy Smith — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:37:00 GMT

John Edwards, I'm guessing, might be in a bit of hot water. It seems the former senator and presidential candidate has been busy - busy cheating on his wife Elizabeth, fathering a love child with his mistress and busy paying her off.

Rielle Hunter is the alleged mistress of Edwards (and she's the former videographer of Edward's presidental campaign) and she's apparently been receiving $15,000 a month from him to keep her from discussing their relationship or their (alleged) child. According to The Enquirer, the money is being funneled to Hunter by a wealthy friend, who had ties with Edwards' campaign.

That's not all though! This man is also paying John's friend and former aide, Andrew Young, to take the heat and claim that he is the father of Hunter's child.

A source told The Enquirer, "A super-rich pal - who was closely involved with the campaign finances - is helping John. It's likely this man doesn't know all the dirty details of John's extramarital affair, but is acting out of loyalty and is not asking a lot of questions - only writing the checks."

As well, the Charlotte Observer is reporting that the 'love child' doesn't have a father listed on the birth certificate. The certificate indicates that Frances Quinn Hunter was born on February 27 to Rielle Hunter, in Santa Barbara, California, two months after John's aide, Andrew Young claimed to be the daddy.

When asked (by the Charlotte Observer), the attorney for Hunter said, "A lot of women do that."

And when it was pointed out that Rielle revealed the identity of the father two months prior, the lawyer said, "That's a personal matter between them."

Ah huh. Does something smell bad to you? That's what I thought.

I'm guessing this means that Edwards (if this is all true) doesn't spend time with his child? I suppose not, since he's covering it up.

John Edwards, thus far, has not made any public comments regarding these allegations.

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Eliot Spitzer: "My Bleeping Wife Doesn't Care..."

Sassy Smith — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:03:00 GMT

Disgraced former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer reportedly says his wife knew - for years - about his indiscretions with hookers (including Ashley Alexandra Dupre).

According to a "reliable source," Spitzers told friends that his wife Silda didn't really care that her husband was getting it on with prostitues. The source told PageSix: "He said something like, 'My [bleep]ing wife doesn't care, so why does anybody else care?"

While we don't know for sure if this "source" truly is "reliable," let's say it is - What is Silda Spitzer teaching her daughters? That it's okay for the man you're married to, to cheat on you, with hookers? To embarrass you? To disrespect you? To dishonor your marriage vows? To disgrace you? To possibly bring home STDs? To possibly get another woman pregnant? Those are some pretty serious (at least in my opinion) things to just turn your back on if indeed Eliot's wife did look the other way. Sure, she was probably thinking that nothing would ever come to light, but as we've seen over the years, normally when a politican unzips his pants for some extramarital activity, we find out.

GOV. Spitzer's rep responded with: "Completely false."

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Sassy Smith — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:05:00 GMT

"The Donald" wants call girl Ashley Dupre!

Donald Trump, mega-millionaire, self inflated ego, husband and father of five has announced his new reality show - My Fair Lady-style MTV. And not just that, but call-girl Ashley Dupre - best known for being involved in the Gov. Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal - has been asked to join the cast. The show is being produced by Trump and not yet named, has been picked up by MTV for eight, one hour long episodes.

The premise of the show is a group of 15 women who love to party will be sent off to a boarding school environment, and there they will learn to become a "lady." Sounds like a hit to me.

A show insider says about Ashley: "She's the perfect candidate." Right.

No word as of yet whether or not Dupre will accept the part. Can't wait to tune into that show.

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Charlie Sheen Had Sex With Ashley Dupre?

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Governors Gone Wild: Dina Matos McGreevey and the Three-Way

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:12:00 GMT

A former aide to ex New Jersey governor James McGreevy is claiming that he had three-way sexual trysts with the politician and his wife, Dina Matos McGreevey.

The aide, Theodore Pedersen, said the encounters took place before McGreevey took office and that the couple even had a nickname for the weekly romps, "Friday Night Specials." According to Pedersen, the evenings would typically begin with dinner at T.G.I. Fridays and end with a threesome at McGreevey's condo. No word on whether they ordered the famous Friday's Three-For-All appetizer special.

James McGreevey resigned as New Jersey's governor in 2004 after his announcement that he was "a gay American" who had an affair with a male staffer.

The new allegations may hurt Matos McGreevey in the couple's ongoing divorce and custody case. She claims her ex-husband duped her into marriage to further his political career and claims she knew nothing about his sexual orientation until just before his resignation, a claim that Pedersrn's story would contradict.

Matos McGreevey is fighting for full custody of daughter Jacqueline, 6. Let's hope the McGreevey's have the sense to never, ever to take her out for chicken nuggets at T.G.I. Friday's.

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Charlie Sheen Had Sex With Ashley Dupre?

Sassy Smith — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:05:00 GMT

Charlie Sheen has two very young daughters and I just wonder how they're going to handle the news about their daddy having sex with hookers - albeit years ago - still, it's going to skeeve them out. They're obviously not old enough yet to read the news or go online, but someday, they will be. Ewww. Now there are reports bubbling up that Sheen had "sessions" with the young woman who brought down New York governor Eliot Spitzer.

Ashley Dupre was just 19 when she allegedly did the nasty with Charlie. He would have been about 39 at the time. Sure, she was "of-age," but at 19, she's just barely leaving childhood and he's very much a man. Would he be thrilled if some 'pushing 40' dude was doing unmentionable things to one of his daugthers while in their teens. I highly doubt it!

Ashley reportedly dressed up as a cheerleader, and another girl joined her and Sheen. Their sessions were at times, costing him $20,000! Jason Itzler, "self-styled King of All Pimps," said he sent Dupre (under a false name - Victoria) and another girl, Cheryl, to "visit" Sheen.

Itzler said: "Sheen got the girls to dress up as cheerleaders and chant his name while performing sex acts.

"They loved Charlie. They said he was a great guy. A great lover.

"One time he had them dressed up like cheerleaders, chanting 'Charlie! Charlie! He's our man. If he can't do it, nobody can!'"

Itzler also said that Charlie liked to pretend to be a porn film director and would get the young women to act out various lesbian scenes for him. File this under: creepy and scummy.

Although the Two and a Half Men star has admitted to using hookers in the past, he denied the Ashley Dupre story when it broke over 2 years ago. Itzler has again insisted it's true.

I know Charlie is supposedly reformed now but still, how's he going to explain all of this to his precious daughters?

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Spitzer Hooker "Kristen"'s Mom Speaks Out

HerBadMother — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:32:00 GMT

The young woman - Ashley Alexandra Dupre - who has been revealed as the young prostitute who dallied with NY Governor Eliot Spitzer says on her MySpace page that she's the product of a broken home and abuse. But her mom says that she's worried about her girl, and that she's 'shocked' that Ashley had gotten herself involved in a life of prostitution.

Ashley's mother, Carolyn Capalbo, told the New York Times that after her daughter finished sophomore year in high school, Ms. Dupré moved to North Carolina. “She was a young kid with typical teenage rebellion issues, but we are extremely close now,” Ms. Capalbo said in a telephone interview Wednesday.

Ashely's mom also told the Times that she was “shell-shocked” when her daughter called in the middle of last week and told her she had been working as an escort and was now in trouble with the law. She said she was not sure that Ms. Dupré realized who Mr. Spitzer was when he was her client.

“She is a very bright girl who can handle someone like the governor,” Ms. Capalbo said. “But she also is a 22-year-old, not a 32-year-old or a 42-year-old, and she obviously got involved in something much larger than her.”

Exactly. 22 YEARS OLD. Barely a couple of years older than Spitzer's own daughters. Which, you know, makes this all the sadder. If I were her mom, I'd be, like, out for Spitzer's blood.

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Spitzer's Musical Hooker: America's Next Idol?

HerBadMother — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:34:00 GMT

Eliot Spitzer's hooker friend, 'Kristen' - revealed last night to be Ashley Alexandra Dupre, and, um, only a couple of years older than his daughters - is an aspiring musician with songs like - wait for it - What You Want and Move Ya Body.

Does being a hooker with a history of servicing the Governor of New York disqualify one from being a contestant on American Idol? Because, you know, having listened to one or two clips of her songs, she's really no less interesting vocally - and only marginally more derivative - than someone like David Hernandez. And wasn't he a lap dancer? She even looks a little like Sanjaya.

I smell MASSIVE ratings.

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"Kristen" is Ashley Alexandra Dupre

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Julianne Moore - Elliot Spitzer "A F*cking Embarrassment"

Sassy Smith — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:05:00 GMT

Fiery redhead Julianne Moore - actress, mom and New Yorker - is pissed!

Moore voiced her opinion of former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal.

"A f*cking embarrassment" is how she termed his involvement. He resigned on Wednesday.

"I'm really pissed," she told PEOPLE. "I honestly don't care where or how people have sex, or with whom, but prostitution is illegal. For someone whose got such a reputation for having a real attitude towards crime, you have to walk the walk. I'm sorry."

I couldn't agree more with the celebrity mom. Others - celebrity comedians and talk show hosts have spoke out on their shows:

Stephen Colbert on his Comedy Central show Colbert Report said: "I sat next to the guy three times and I didn't pick up on any of this, and I usually have excellent whore-dar."

Letterman quipped on Late Show's David Letterman: "and I'm thinking, 'Whoa, a Democrat being impeached for extramarital sex. Well, happy days are here again."

Late Night's Conan O'Brien joked: "Not surprisingly, clients 1 through 8 were Charlie Sheen."

The View's Joy Behar said: "Aren't you sick of men? Viagra is destroying our government."

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"Kristen" is Ashley Alexandra Dupre

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:15:00 GMT

It just keeps getting worse for Eliot Spitzer. After being forced to resign his post as governor earlier today, now it's being revealed that "Kristen," the alleged prostitute who Spitzer reportedly spent thousands of dollars on, is a mere three years older than his eldest daughter.

The woman, identified as Ashley Alexandra Dupre, 22, enthuses about her passion for music on her MySpace page. "I am all about my music, and my music is all about me… It flows from what I’ve been through, what I’ve seen and how I feel." Dupre, whose real name is Ashley Youmans, lists Madonna, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Celine Dion and Mary J. Blige as her "Top 5" MySpace friends.

Dupre, who has been subpoenaed to testify in a grand jury investigation, is a New Jersey native from a broken home who is now worried about her public image. "I just don't want to be thought of as a monster," she tells The New York Times. "This has been a very difficult time. It is complicated."

Complicated? An understatement, especially when you think of what this has done to Spitzer's wife and three teenage daughters.

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Governor Eliot Spitzer Resigns

sweatpantsmom — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:15:00 GMT

As expected, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned on Wednesday after it was revealed that he was involved in a prostitution ring. With his wife Silda by his side, Spitzer made the following statement at a Manhattan news conference:

"I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people's work...Over the course of my public life, I've insisted, I think correctly, that people regardless of their position or power take responsibility for their conduct. I can and will ask no less of myself."

Spitzer, identified as "Client 9" in court papers, reportedly spent thousands of dollars on a call-girl named Kristen who worked for high-end prostitution ring Emperors Club VIP.

Spitzer, 49, is the father of three teenage daughters.

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Dr Laura: It's Eliot Spitzer's WIFE'S Fault That He Frolicked With Whores

HerBadMother — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:15:00 GMT

Dr Laura Schlessinger is an idiot. We all know that. But still, knowing that doesn't make it any less grotesque to hear her blame Eliot Spitzer's wife for his hooker shenanigans.

Dr. Laura sent Today Show viewers into fits of fury when she suggested that Eliot Spitzer's wife Silda was somehow responsible for her husband's transgressions. Sample quote: "These days, women don't spend a lot of time thinking how they can give their men what they need."

Also: “When the wife does not focus in on the needs and the feelings, sexually, personally, to make him feel like a man, to make him feel like a success, to make him feel like her hero, he’s very susceptible to the charm of some other woman making him feel what he needs,”

AND: “The cheating was his decision to repair what’s damaged and to feed himself where he’s starving,” Schlessinger explained. “But, yes, I hold women responsible for tossing out perfectly good men by not treating them with the love and kindness and respect and attention they need.”

That's just awesome, Doctor. I'm sure his daughters will be very comforted by your insistence that maybe this just wouldn't have happened if their Mommy had been more like a $5000-per-hour hooker in bed. And, too, when they grow up, they can be sure to apply your f*cked-up Stepford philosophy to their own lives, and marry nice boys who'll smack them or run to hookers if they don't meet perfect-housewife standards. Then they can stick their heads in their $10,000 Viking ovens and die knowing that at least - unlike Mommy - they tried.

Did I say idiot? I meant toxic, evil, dumb-as-shit idiot.

You can see the video HERE, if you think you can restrain yourself from throwing pots at your screen.

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N.Y. Governor Eliot Spitzer Involved in Prostitution Ring

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:01:00 GMT

The New York Times is reporting that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has admitted to top administrators that he was involved in a prostitution ring. The Times, citing a source with knowledge of the case, says the governor is identified as a client in court papers relating to the arrest of four people connected to a high-end prostitution ring called Emperors Club VIP.

The governor apologized in a public statement this afternoon, but did not directly address the N.Y. Times report. "I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family ... my sense of right and wrong," Spitzer said at a news conference at his Manhattan office. "I must now dedicate some time to rededicate my trust to my family."

Prosecutors say the individuals arrested earlier in connection with the case had arranged connections between wealthy men and prostitutes in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Miami, London and Paris. The highest-priced prostitute in the Emperors Club charged $5,500 per hour.

Spitzer is married and has three daughters, ages 13 to 18. It's becoming commonplace to see politicians involved in scandal, but still difficult to imagine what their children will be forced to endure as details come to light.

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