John Edwards’ Sobbing Daughter Flees Court After Testimony Of Fight With Late Mother
Posted on May 02, 2012 @ 06:30PM - 5 comments
By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Entertainment Editor
Cate Edwards is standing by her disgraced father John Edwards’ side during his trial for campaign violations, but the testimony on Wednesday was so painful for her to hear that she left the courtroom crying and wiping away her tears.
The 30-year-old was overcome with emotion after a former aide to her father spoke about a fight between John and Cate’s mother, Elizabeth Edwards, who passed away in December 2010 after a six year battle with breast cancer.
John Edward’s Ex-Aide ‘Took Ambien And Drank A Lot’ Because Of Stress Of Hiding Senator’s Affair
Posted on May 01, 2012 @ 01:30PM - 2 comments
By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter
The trauma of covering up John Edwards’ extra-marital affair and love child led his former aide Andrew Young to drink heavily, his wife Cheri Young revealed to the jury in the shamed senator’s campaign finance violation trial on Tuesday.
When asked by Edwards' attorney Alan Duncan if Young’s drinking ever concerned her, Cheri told the Greensboro, North Carolina courtroom, “He drank a lot in 2006 and 2007. I don't believe after that,” reported ABCNews.com.
Cheri Young Breaks Down Telling Court About The Stress Of Hiding John Edwards’ Affair
Posted on Apr 30, 2012 @ 06:30PM - 6 comments
By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter
After her husband Andrew Young took the stand for a week of grueling testimony in the John Edwards campaign finance violation trial, it was the turn of Cheri Young to testify on Monday and the emotional experience brought her to tears.
The wife of the shamed senator’s former aide told the Greensboro, North Carolina courtroom the extent of the stress endured by her family while they struggled to cover up Edwards' affair and love child with Rielle Hunter, reported MSNBC.com.
John Edwards’ Ex-Aide Was Scared He Was Going To Have Him Killed
Posted on Apr 27, 2012 @ 05:25PM - 7 comments
By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter
It has been a long week for John Edwards’ former aide, Andrew Young, who was back on the stand on Friday testifying in the shamed senator’s campaign finance violation trial, where he revealed he once feared for his life.
During a grueling cross examination by Edwards’ defense team in the Greensboro, North Carolina courtroom, the man who was ordered to cover up Edwards' affair with mistress Rielle Hunter and hide her pregnancy, described his final car ride with the defendant on August 18, 2008 through a remote wooded area.
John Edwards Ex-Aide Portrayed As A Money-Hungry Secret-Seller By Defense
Posted on Apr 26, 2012 @ 04:00PM - 2 comments
By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter
The campaign finance violation trial of shamed senator John Edwards took an even sleazier turn on Thursday as the defense team alleged that former aide Andrew Young manipulated mistress Rielle Hunter’s pregnancy for his own monetary gain.
In his cross examination of Young in the Greensboro, North Carolina courtroom, defense lawyer Abbe Lowell demanded, “In the spring of 2007 you learned of Rielle Hunter's pregnancy and used it for yourself as a way to get money,” reported to ABCNews.com, to which the berated witness, enduring his fourth day on the stand, replied: “No, sir, absolutely not true.”
John Edwards Trial: Hiding Mistress Was ‘Most Important Job Of Campaign,’ Claims Ex-Aide
Posted on Apr 25, 2012 @ 07:00PM - Add a comment
By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter
John Edwards’ former aide, right-hand man and secret-keeper spilled more damning allegations during his testimony Wednesday at the former Presidential candidate's campaign finance violation trial.
Andrew Young told the Greensboro, North Carolina courtroom how even after the shamed senator lost his presidential campaign, hiding his mistress was still "the most important job on the campaign," because Edwards had political aspirations, reported ABCNews.com.
John Edwards Doubted Rielle Hunter's Baby Was His, 'Only 1 In 3 Chance' Former Aide Claims
Posted on Apr 24, 2012 @ 07:00PM - 4 comments
By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter
Embarrassing details of shamed senator John Edwards’ personal life came pouring out in court on Tuesday when his former aide took the stand to testify on behalf of the prosecution in his campaign finance violation trial.
After helping Edwards cover up his mistress’ illegitimate pregnancy during his 2008 presidential bid, Andrew Young has switched sides and testified Tuesday that Edwards called Rielle Hunter a “crazy s**t,” and said there was only “a 1-in-3 chance” that the baby was his, reported Charlotte.cbslocal.com.
John Edwards ‘Denied, Deceived And Manipulated’ During Presidential Campaign, Argue Prosecutors
Posted on Apr 23, 2012 @ 03:05PM - 2 comments
By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter
During the first day of the John Edwards campaign finance violation trial, jurors heard how the former senator went to extremes to cover up his extra-marital affair and political indiscretions.
In his opening statement, prosecutor David Harbach told the Chapel Hill, North Carolina courtroom that Edwards "denied, deceived and manipulated" those around him, reported the Greensboro News And Record.
"You name it, he said it... Anything to preserve his chance to be president," he said.
From Coverup to Payoff: John Edwards' Former Aide Signs With Agent
Posted on Mar 17, 2010 @ 07:45AM - 2 comments
John Edwards cheated and lied when he ran for president. His loyal friend and aide Andrew Young simply lied, helping Edwards execute one of the most outrageous cover up in American political history.
And now Young is cashing in for his part in deceiving the American public – he’s signed with a Hollywood superagent to help make a movie from his book The Politician.
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Ex-Aide On John Edwards' Many Lies "We were fooled. America was fooled."
Posted on Feb 24, 2010 @ 08:39PM - 13 comments
Andrew Young, the former aide to disgraced Presidential hopeful John Edwards and author of an explosive tell all book about his ex-boss, appeared on Oprah, along with his wife, Cheri, on Wednesday.
Oprah left no stone unturned when it came to her hour long questioning of Young, grilling him about Edwards' shocking extra marital affair, the love child Edwards fathered with his mistress, Rielle Hunter, the sex tape Edwards made and Young's own involvement in the whole scandal.
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Oprah voiced her disgust at Edwards' behavior several times throughout the interview and quizzed Young on how he could of so blatantly lied on Edwards' behalf, even going so far as to claim parentage of Edwards' love child.
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Young explained his involvement in the scandal as being, in retrospect, stupid, ridiculous and absurd, before going on to explain that he had worked closely with Edwards for 8 to 9 nine years and that Edwards had become more than a hero to him, he was like a brother, and that he was "inspired" by him.
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Young explained that Edwards really hooked him into lying on his behalf when he insisted that his wife, Elizabeth, who had been diagnosed with cancer, was dying, insisting that she had a very short time to live and pleading with Young to "not let his wife die in disgrace".
He went on to say, "We were fooled. America was fooled."
Young also gave away that a strong part of his motivation for covering for Edwards sprang from the fact that his own father, an ordained minister, had destroyed his career because of an affair that he had, and he didn't want the same thing to happen to Edwards.
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According to Young, Edwards, who he described as one of the most charismatic and powerful people in the world, wanted to spin an even deeper web of lies, going so far as to ask Young to steal a diaper so he could fake DNA tests, and if that failed, to find a doctor that would be willing to fake the test results.
Young's wife Cheri seconded her husband's sentiments when it came to Edwards, telling Oprah the couple did everything for the politician and his wife during the time they worked for them, and that her husband had never been able to say no to Edwards.
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Young said that watching Edwards' televised denial that he was the father of Rielle's baby, sent "shivers up my spine" going on to say that "it's just spooky, you know that every word coming out of his mouth is a lie, yet you believe him."
Young went on to tell of his discovery of the Edwards sex tape that was made with Rielle, stating, "It's not an alleged sex tape. It shows him. It doesn't show Rielle.
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"He's having sex with a visibly pregnant woman while his wife is dying of cancer."
Young and his wife insisted to Oprah that even though they have been offered substantial amounts of money for the tape they will never sell it.
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Young said that the one person he really feels sorry for is Edwards' duped wife, telling Oprah, "Elizabeth's the biggest victim in all of this. It's broken my heart that somebody who I considered my best friend lied to and then ran over me with a dump truck backward and forward. I can't fathom what Elizabeth has gone through."
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Finally, Young insisted he has learned a lesson from the whole ordeal, telling Oprah, "When I started working for John Edwards, I had this viable world leader drop into my lap. I got seduced by the politics, the power, the money, the whole thing," he says. "If there's a lesson I've learned, [it's that] most of us already have what we want. Money doesn't help anything."
