The accusation that John Edwards used the services of "Millionaire Madam" Anna Gristina raised eyebrows. Edwards is the first john publicly linked to the alleged prostitution ring run on the Upper East Side.
We full well know now that John Edwards played with two women's hearts: his late wife and his mistress's during his controversial 2008 Presidential race. He's certainly paying for it now as day three of court has begun at his criminal trial in Greensboro, N.C., in which he's pleaded innocent to the accusation of using campaign contributions to cover up his affair with Rielle Hunter.
Local New York City news blog DNA Info reported today that former presidential candidate and North Carolina Senator John Edwards was patronizing prostitutes in 2007 — namely a call girl working for the so-called "Soccer Mom Madam" or "Millionaire Madam" on NYC's Upper East Side.
In this country, we've seen enough political scandals to make Jenna Jameson look like a saint. From oral in the oval office to nude photos on Twitter, politicians have been making headlines for their marital problems, infidelity and momentary lapses in judgment. But, who's the worst offender who could benefit from a professional's services?
Regardless of what side of the political spectrum they fall on, it seems that men in powerful positions just can't keep it in their pants. The latest politician to fall under scrutiny is businessman-turned-Republican presidential hopeful, Herman Cain.
At last, some good news for the Edwards family: Cate Edwards will marry her college boyfriend, Trevor Upham, on Saturday.
If you're like most of us, you're having a hard time making sense of the relationship between John Edwards and Rielle Hunter. And, more importantly, you're not sure if you want to understand it. If the latest buzz can be believed, Rielle has finally given up on her love...if there was even anything left to give up on.
Despite initially trying to keep everything hush-hush and politically correct, the real reason why Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver split after a quarter of a century together finally came out this week. Turns out, the former governor had fathered a love child more than a decade ago with a former member of their household staff (she retired after 20 years in January). Although the Australian actor's behavior is appalling, especially since so many saw the Schwarzennegger-Schriver marriage as iconic, the bodybuilder is certainly not alone in his actions. In fact, he's not even the first politican to be in this situation. In honor of Arnold's recent secret baby daddy confession, here are a few other famous love children who were minus one (publicly acknolwedged) parent at birth. You may not recognize them, but you probably know who their missing father is.
Honestly, we didn’t think there was any way the John Edwards-Rielle Hunter-Elizabeth Edwards saga could have gotten more twisted, but it turns out we were too quick to judge. Now it’s so convoluted we’re losing grasp on all the pieces, another of which dropped today. And it’s a possible bombshell. Reports are surfacing that John Edwards has proposed to his mistress Rielle Hunter--just weeks after his wife Elizabeth passed away from cancer.
The will of Elizabeth Edwards, the recently deceased estranged wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards, was released this week and it revealed she bequeathed everything she had to their three children — and nothing to John. It stated: "All of my furniture, furnishings, household goods, jewelry, china, silverware and personal effects and any automobiles owned by me at the time of my death I give and bequeath to my children.”
It's been said that during her final days, Elizabeth Edwards was too busy living to think much about dying. Instead of planning her funeral or fielding the media, she chose to bask peacefully and quietly in the love of her closest friends and family—including estranged husband John Edwards—determined to maintain what CBS News called "a very warm and nurturing home" for her children. If her last days were spent with Mr. Edwards at her side, the disgraced former-Senator and presidential candidate who had lied to everyone—including his own wife—about his notorious extramarital affair, it begs the question of how, in her final days, did Elizabeth Edwards manage to concentrate on living with gratitude instead of dying with bitterness? Rather than spend her end shunning her husband, she gracefully forgave him, died at peace and in doing so, taught the rest of us some exemplary life-lessons in forgiveness and getting back in touch with what matters most. Though Elizabeth Edward's clarity of thought and strength to forgive might have come from knowing how close she was to death, all of us can learn from her example—after all, you never know what challenges may lie around the corner. Our YourTango Experts took a look at how this amazing woman so resiliently saw through the despair of her cancer, and the personal shortcomings of her estranged husband, all the way to the bright side:
