John Edwards Sex Tape To Be Destroyed

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The final chapter in one of the stranger parts of one of the strangest sagas in American political history will end with the destruction of a sex tape featuring John Edwards and Reille Hunter. 

WTVD-TV in Raleigh, NC reports:

ABC11 obtained a copy of the settlement in which Andrew Young and his wife admit no liability. It also says the video will be destroyed.

Young is the former aide who briefly posed as the father of Edwards’ child with Reille Hunter, a videographer hired by Edwards’ 2008 presidential campaign after she and the candidate began an affair. As WTVD notes, the end of the tape isn’t the end of the story:
 

While the civil suit involving Hunter and the Young’s is over, Edwards’ legal problems aren’t over. He was indicted last year on felony charges of violating federal campaign finance laws by using more than $1 million provided by donors to help hide his pregnant mistress during his presidential campaign.

That case has been delayed because he is suffering from a medical condition.

Read the rest here.

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