Feds to Indict John Edwards in Mistress Cover-Up

The mistress talks—a lot

(NEWSER) - Rielle Hunter finally speaks out—a lot—in a 10,000-word GQ interview covering, among other things, her first sexual encounter with one “Johnny” Edwards (on the day they met). More from the unpaid interview:

• On her feelings for Edwards: “I love Johnny and I love my daughter more than anything in the world. We love each other very much. And that hasn't changed, and I believe that will be till death do us part.”
• On the Edwards’ marriage: “Their relationship has been dysfunctional and toxic and awful for many, many years."
• On Andrew Young: The cover-up “was Andrew’s idea”; “Andrew was in love with Johnny.”

Candidate allegedly demanded 'crazy slut' Hunter abort child

(NEWSER) - Andrew Young's new tell-all book about his ex-boss John Edwards piles on the creepy details of the disgraced former candidate's dalliance with Rielle Hunter. Some highlights from the New York Daily News 's peek inside Young's The Politician:

• While terminally ill Elizabeth was away, Edwards had sex with Hunter in his wife's bed, then promised to someday marry her on a Manhattan rooftop.

Andrew Young says boss wanted used diaper; Edwardses have separated

(NEWSER) - Former John Edwards aide and fake babydaddy Andrew Young is dishing on the specifics of the foiled ruse, including a seamy attempt to fake a paternity test. Young’s ABC News interview, set to air next week, is widely seen as the impetus for Edwards’ acknowledgment today that he is the father of Rielle Hunter’s baby, Frances Quinn Hunter. The New York Daily News got its hands on a copy. More»

'I am Quinn's father,' he tells NBC before ex-aide can squeal

(NEWSER) - Beleaguered one-time political star John Edwards admitted today he fathered a love child with mistress Rielle Hunter. “I am Quinn’s father,” he said in a written statement to NBC News , referring to Hunter’s 2-year-old daughter. “It was wrong for me ever to deny she was my daughter.” He goes on to reveal he’s been providing for her financially and will continue to do so. A rep admits that Edwards knowingly lied when he said it was “not possible” he was the father. More»

Ex-senator isn't even hitting on women in bars anymore

(NEWSER) - Without his political career and largely without his family, John Edwards seems unmoored. He spends lots of time with his lawyers and lots of time ducking process servers working for the lawyer of his former right-hand man, Andrew Young—who's being sued by Edwards' former mistress, Rielle Hunter. Edwards isn't even hitting on women in bars anymore, Diane Dimond reports from Raleigh for the Daily Beast . More»