The disgraced presidential wannabe asked mistress Rielle Hunter to marry him — and he’s moving her into a $3.5 million North Carolina beachfront manse, according to the National Enquirer.
“John has proposed to Rielle, and she said yes,” a source said.
A flack for the truth-challenged Edwards yesterday dismissed the report as “absolutely untrue.” But Edwards once denied his affair with Hunter, and also denied he fathered little Frances Quinn, who is 2 years old. Edwards, now separated from cancer-stricken wife Elizabeth, copped to being the child’s daddy last month, just ahead of a searing tell-all about the affair.
Meanwhile, Star magazine reports that Edwards was not the only man in Hunter’s life. She had an affair withactor Jeff Goldblum — and even “led him on” to believe he might be Quinn’s father. Goldblum, who “was in love” with Hunter, assumed the child was his, Star quotes a source. “He asked her. She would only say, ‘Maybe.’ She kept him guessing.” Goldblum eventually wised up and dumped Hunter.
A former aide to two-time presidential candidate John Edwards said he’s received and rejected offers of “gigantic amounts of money” to sell what he says is a sex tape showing Edwards with his former mistress.
Andrew Young claimed in a book released last week that he found the tape in a box left in a home he and his wife had shared with Edward’s mistress, videographer Rielle Hunter.
“I could not have told this story without including this sex tape,” Young said in interview that aired Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “We’ve been offered gigantic amounts of money and we’ve said no.”
Young has said he kept the tape along with phone messages from Edwards to back up his account of what he saw as he helped Edwards cover up the affair and a resulting child. Edwards’ lawyers have accused Young of writing “The Politician” for financial gain, which Young denies.
Hunter last week won a temporary restraining order in a North Carolina court demanding Young return a 2006 video “of a very private and personal nature.” She also has filed a lawsuit against Young and his wife, seeking a jury trial and damages for invasion of privacy.
Edwards only last month admitted paternity of Hunter’s daughter, who is nearly 2. He and wife, Elizabeth, are now separated.
Deputies said in court documents filed Friday that they went to Young’s home to try and recover the tapes and personal photographs of Hunter. After some discussion, Young’s attorney told authorities that he could not immediately turn over the tape.
Young was asked Monday whether he planned to relinquish the videotape as Hunter demanded.
“I’m going to let my lawyers handle that,” he said.
John Edwards’ wife, Elizabeth, has finally left her cheating husband – but not before lavishing his love child with gifts.
According to a source close to Elizabeth, the disgraced politician and his missus have at last legally separated, and Edwards no longer lives at their North Carolina home. Edwards calls the separation “an extraordinarily sad moment,” but the marriage isn’t finished yet: Under state law, they can’t file for divorce until they’ve been separated a year.
We’re guessing that’ll seem like a long time for cancer-stricken Elizabeth, who’s already endured more than two years of embarrassment since reports of her husband’s infidelity began leaking in October 2007. Elizabeth, now 60, stood by Edwards, 56, when rumors of his fling with a videographer spread – along with whispers of a love child.
Edwards, finally admitted last week to fathering Frances Quinn, now almost 2 – and a juicy book on his affair with the baby mama, Rielle Hunter, is about to hit the shelves. So how much more can one woman take? Not much, according to Elizabeth’s sister.
“She said, ‘I’ve had it. I can’t do this. I want my life back,’” Nancy Anania reveals to People magazine. “She’s got cancer and has young children and totally believes in marriage, but she can only do so much.”
But apparently Elizabeth hasn’t let exasperation or anger get the best of her. Last month, she showered the child, known as Quinn, with Christmas gifts in a North Carolina hotel room. She even snapped pictures of the tot with Edwards.
“She gave it a lot of thought, wrapped up a bunch of Christmas presents, took them to the baby and was so pleased when Quinn made a beeline to the toy carriage and doll,” Anania says. “She even said to Quinn, ‘Go stand next to Daddy.’ And she took a picture. I don’t know how she could do that. She just has a big heart.”
Elizabeth has reportedly had divorce papers ready for a year now. So why did the legal separation come now?
Edwards confidante Michael Cucchiara says the couple is – not surprisingly – struggling with trust issues.
“John feels like, ‘I can’t live with you checking my cell phone, asking who I was with, where I went. That’s not how I want to live the rest of my life,’” Cucchiara dishes. “I think they realized she still doesn’t trust him and, therefore, they shouldn’t live together until she can.”
“The wedding band is missing,” the Washington Post reported yesterday after covering a speech the cancer-stricken mother of two gave in DC on Monday night. Edwards, the former North Carolina senator who ran for president twice, finally acknowledged three months ago that he had an affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter. He denies he’s the father of Hunter’s baby girl, although he has been spotted visiting mother and child. A source said Edwards is no longer living with Elizabeth and that the couple have separated. But reps for Elizabeth Edwards did not return calls and e-mails.
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