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French Prison Official Suspended for Alleged Affair With Inmate
By Hugh Collins - AOL NewsThe governor of a French prison is under investigation for allegedly having a sexual affair with a woman jailed for acting as bait in the kidnap and murder of a Jewish man in 2006. Florent Goncalves, 41, who ran the Versailles women's prison, has admitted that he had "fallen in love" with inmate Emma Arbabzadeh, The Telegraph reported. Goncalves planned to build a life with her once she got out of prison, he told police. Maxppp / ZUMA Press Florent Goncalves, director of the women's prison of Versailles, reportedly told police he had "fallen in love" with an inmate ...
Movie Depicting Hoover Gay Affair Rankles Some in FBI
By Allan Lengel - AOL NewsThe bulldog-like mug of J. Edgar Hoover has long been synonymous with the FBI, a world-renowned law enforcement agency forever hyper-sensitive about its public image. Still, Hoover's legend has taken its lumps over the years. Now comes the latest: an upcoming movie directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Hoover, in which the iconic G-man reportedly has a romantic affair with FBI Associate Director Clyde Tolson, his constant companion and alter ego. AP An upcoming movie directed by Clint Eastwood depicts FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's romantic affair with the ...
Anti-Facebook Pastor Offers to Resign Over Affair
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News
(Nov. 22) -- The New Jersey pastor who called Facebook a "portal to infidelity" and urged congregants to quit the website to save their marriages has offered to resign after admitting he didn't practice what he preached. The Rev. Cedric Miller, head of the Living Word Christian Fellowship Church in Neptune Township, offered to step down Sunday in a sermon to his followers, after a newspaper revealed that he'd had three-way sex with his wife and a male church assistant. The Asbury Park Press published excerpts of court documents from 2003 in which Miller testified to the extramarital ...
Report: Robert Mugabe's Wife Cheated With Top Aide
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Oct. 25) -- He's a brutal despot, known for murdering opponents and starving his country into submission. Yet despite his outrageous cruelty, it seems that Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is still a fool for love. The 86-year-old president is said to be "devastated" after discovering that his wife Grace, 45 -- known locally as Dis Grace, First Shopper and Grasping Grace for her love of lavish foreign shopping sprees -- allegedly conducted a five-year affair with one of his closest friends, 50-year-old central bank boss Gideon Gono, reports South Africa's Sunday Times. Members of ...
Mark Souder On His 'Torrid' Affair: 'How Could I Compartmentalize It So Much?'
By David Gibson - Politics DailyMark Souder, the former GOP congressman and standard-bearer of the Christian right who resigned last month after confessing to a long-running affair with a staffer, says even his faith wasn't strong enough to conquer sin and the "spark" of infatuation that ignited into a "torrid" affair over eight years. In "Lessons from a broken man," the cover story of the next edition of WORLD, a popular evangelical magazine, Souder offers a number of revealing glimpses into his struggles to stay faithful to his wife, and the political pressure cooker that he says can destroy the Beltway marriages of even ...
Top Canadian Commander Sacked in Sex Scandal
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(May 31) -- Canada's top commander in Afghanistan, who was supposed to lead NATO's Kandahar offensive this summer, has been fired for allegedly having an affair with a female soldier on his staff. Brig. Gen. Daniel Menard, who is married with two children, was Canada's top soldier with a decorated 26-year career. He was based in southern Afghanistan and was due to lead what's expected to be one of the largest battles so far of the nine-year Afghan war. NATO's push to oust Taliban fighters from their spiritual stronghold in Kandahar is expected to start within weeks. But Menard, 42, was ...
Nikki Haley, S.C. Governor Hopeful, Calls Affair Allegation a 'Smear'
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyNikki Haley, a state legislator from South Carolina and Republican candidate for governor, is denying allegations by a conservative blogger that the two of them had an affair. The blogger, Will Folks, claimed on his Web site Monday that he had a relationship with Haley, a married mother of two. "Several years ago, prior to my marriage, I had an inappropriate physical relationship with Nikki," Folks wrote on his blog, FitsNews. "That's it." A few hours later, Haley released a statement denying the claim and calling it a "disgraceful smear" designed to derail her campaign. "I have been ...
Edwards' Ex-Mistress Wants 'Private' Tape Returned
By not in system - AOL NewsHILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (Jan. 29) - The ex-mistress of two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a "very private and personal" videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents. Rielle Hunter was granted a temporary restraining order against former Edwards loyalist Andrew Young in a North Carolina court. It seeks the return of photos and videos, including one she says she made in 2006 while working for Edwards. "In or about September 2006, using my video camera, I authored a personal video recording that depicted matters of a very ...
FBI, Justice Department Reportedly Investigating John Ensign Affair
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe FBI and the Justice Department have opened what appears to be a preliminary criminal investigation into events surrounding Sen. John Ensign's affair last year, Politico reports. A Justice Department prosecutor has been assigned to the case, and FBI agents have been contacting former Ensign aides in Washington and Las Vegas. The Republican senator from Nevada admitted in June to an affair with campaign aide Cynthia Hampton, the wife of his best friend and Senate aide, Doug Hampton. News investigations subsequently learned that Ensign may have illegally used his Senate office to find new ...
Rielle Hunter Said to Seek $17,000 a Month From John Edwards in Child Support
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyRielle Hunter wants John Edwards to pay $17,910 a month in child support for her daughter, Frances Quinn Hunter, according to the National Enquirer. Private financial negotiations between Hunter and Edwards reportedly broke down last week when her demands for the 22-month-old child were more than the former senator and presidential candidate was willing to pay. Edwards has never publicly acknowledged that he is the girl's father, but did admit to an affair with Hunter at a time when his wife, Elizabeth, was battling cancer. Now, legal documents obtained by Radaronline.com appear to show ...
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