Wow, become friends with Edwards and get paid. Its almost like a reverse pyramid scheme.
All of this, if true, seems to indicate that Edwards still has an interest in running for office in the future.

So, I'm confused... did John Edwards do "it" with the blond lady or not?

No escoBam, it was immaculate conception.

The moneyman was Celtics player Eric Montross who also has been paying $8500 a month to ex-Edwards campaign manager Andrew Young, who coincidentally acknowleged untested paternity of female baby Frances Quinn Hunter-Edwards on her birth certificate.

All told, Edwards is paying $23,500 a month ($282k per year) payments to keep this baby quiet.

Stick a fork in John, he's done.

Sorry, Edwards is paying Andrew Young $18,500 a month, not $8,500 a month, making his total outlay $33,500 a month, or $402k per year.

By the time the baby turns 18, that will be more than SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS!

@Rielle Hunter: email me! nshah@radaronline.com

let me get this straight. You can make allegations about someone, never produce an iota of evidence, other than one statement from an UNNAMED security guard, who can not be identified.Yet an actual named manager of said hotel makes a statement that she had no knowledge of John Edwards having been at their hotel. An incident report filed by NE that does not once mention John Edwards. So I quess anyone can acuse anybody of anything without visible concrete evidence, what a chilling thought. I am becoem increasingly convinced that all this has done has conveniently happened at the time Obama was picking his VP with all the hubbub Obama wont touch Edwards as he is tainted by elaborate but unsubstantiated rumors, have you noticed since the MSM hasn't picked up on this the allegations keep growing they want this to stick..so their missionis accomplished. Then after Obama announces his VP pick(not Edwards) I would put money on the fact this story will die a very quick death and no pictures or true evidence will ever be shown, because they don't exist! this horse and pony show has always been about politics and who the 'powers that be' want in the WH. Mark my words and the NE is correct 'follow the money" whos paying the Enquirer?

You will feel very foolish next week Jeanz.

Hint: Rielle should've named the baby "New Hampshire".

Wow I have attempted to post 3 time a rebuttal to all this and it has kicked me off. Censor much?

Actually I do not think any of the allegations as they stand right now would hold up in any court of law. Everything cited so far is circumstantial.

Why would you not believe the NE could be payed off? Are you aware that they are on the verge of Bankruptcy?

If you are so naive that you would doubt power brokers using media to spread untruths, well I am sorry for you. As an avid political junkie I have watched in abject horror over the years, how media outlets are increasingly used as mouthpieces for various special interest groups. The MSmedia is no longer an unbiased information source. The public is at their mercy. The general public better wake up soon and start holding them accountable. They do their corporate masters bidding. Smoke and Mirrors? just ask Karl Rove he is a master of it! Just remember my words from my earlier post. You will NEVER see legitimate pictures released or any actual true supporting documents, they will continue to titillate everyone with supposed new revelations released daily just to keep it on everyones radar until Obamas VP is announced. They are just buying time... after the VP announcement it will all conveniently go away, along with the Enquirer w/cash in hand after their mission has been successfull, having been richly rewarded they can now avoid bankruptcy.

FYI:

Battered magazine publisher American Media is inching closer to a deal that would turn over a substantial amount of the company to creditors and deal another blow to its private-equity owners, according to sources familiar with the deal.

While talks are at a sensitive stage and could still fall apart, American Media's owners, THL Partners and Evercore Partners, are working on firming up a deal that would reduce the publisher's debt by around $200 million and hand a sizable minority equity stake in the company to its lenders, sources said.

The publisher of Star Magazine and The National Enquirer faces an insurmountable cash crunch next February unless it renegotiates $415 million worth of junk bonds.

As part of the deal being contemplated, the company would extend the due date on the bonds by five years, sources said.

The South Florida-based company has seen its revenue and cash flow increase so far this year mostly from cost cuts, but a slowdown in the advertising market and general economic malaise could easily reverse those gains.

Indeed, THL recently valued its 58 percent stake in American Media at a mere $73 million - half of what it said the investment was worth at the end of 2007, according to the firm's first-quarter report to investors.

The stake is a far cry from THL's original $293 million investment made in 2003. What's more, a deal with creditors would likely cut the value of THL's stake in half again.

THL has ascribed an enterprise value to American Media of about $1.14 billion, including debt, according to the report.

"They would be hard pressed to sell the company for that amount," said one analyst.