The series of office romances was a perfect storm for infidelity.
Blackmail. Revenge. Office romance. Infidelity. The Dave Letterman story has it all. A few allegations have been floating about suggesting that the genial comic hosted more than one late show at the Ed Sullivan Theater. We'll probably never know the full extent of what went on because Letterman is such a private dude, but we can likely assume that a few of these allegations are factual and actual. And guess what? I'm really having a hard time seeing the overwhelming wrong in this perfect storm.
Scotsman gets community service for setting up fake dating profiles for former friend.
There are few rules in this world that you just don't break after a certain age. In addition to not taking a french fry without asking, you do not set up fake online dating profiles for supposed friends of yours. That's identity theft, brother. Dating site hoaxes are taken very seriously, as a Scotsman named Allan Troup just learned. And now he owes his community 240 of community service for that mistake.
Nevada Senator John Ensign admits to affair, vacates leadership position.
Nevada Senator John Ensign has admitted to infidelity. The second-term Republican Senator, whom many thought may be grooming himself for bigger things, had an affair with staffer Cynthia Hampton. While the affair ended nearly a year ago, there is much speculation as to why John Ensign made the admission. Some sources think blackmail may have been the reasoning and others think it may have been garden-variety guilt. This is another blow to the GOP's hopes of rebounding.
Inexplicably, sometimes gold diggers resort to blackmail.
A poor sugar daddy has been used and abused by his ladies. We can overlook that he was philandering and allegedly had some odd fetishes, OK. Let's just concentrate on the fact that gold diggers stooped to extortion and blackmail like common gigolos in this case.
Martina Navratilova is undergoing a wicked breakup from girlfriend Toni Layton. The two dated for eight years and when they split Navratilova offered a settlement of $200,000. Layton felt she deserved more and is threatening suit (and blackmail). We suppose that it's not a divorce because Florida doesn't recognized gay marriage but it feels a lot like a divorce.
Swiss Gigolo Helg Sgarbi bilked European women for millions.
Times are tough all over. A man in Europe was just sent to jail for swindling a measly $12 million from women in Europe. That's chump change to Bernie Madoff but the Helf Sgarbi didn't use complex financial tools for his fraud. The Swiss Gigolo used old-fashioned sex appeal. And when that failed sex tapes and blackmail. He's going to jail now.
An Indian man has given his wife the ultimate 'thank you.' He secretly taped them having sex and then threatened to release the tape unless her dowry was increased 20-fold. Nothing says 'I love you' like extortion.
