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 Teen 
 Angelina 
 Slept With 
 Mom's Beau 

Star stole mom's lover at age 16, says new book

Oct 28, 09 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angelina just can’t catch a break: unauthorized biographer extraordinaire Andrew Morton is pushing a new book and dangling the revelation that she slept with her mother’s live-in boyfriend when she was just 16. Angelina apparently confessed the affair to her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, much to the detriment of... More »

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Angelina Jolie • celebrity • affair • rumors


 ESPN to 
 Steve Phillips: 
 You're Out! 

Network fires philandering baseball analyst

Oct 25, 09 9:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Less than a week after the revelation of his affair with a production assistant, ESPN has fired baseball analyst Steve Phillips. "His ability to be an effective representative for ESPN has been significantly and irreparably damaged, and it became evident it was time to part ways," the network... More »

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television • ESPN • New York Mets • affair • infidelity • adultery • baseball • television personality • general manager • marital infidelity • Steve Phillips • Brooke Hundley

espn meltdown

 Steve Phillips 
 Pressured 
 Me Into Sex: 
 Hundley 

Alleged mistress filed for restraining order against Steve Phillips

Oct 23, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - One day after dropping off a letter to Steve Phillips' wife, Brooke Hundley filed for a restraining order against the ESPN analyst—stating, among other things, that he rammed her car the day she left the letter, and accusing him of “cornering” her and pressuring her into sex. TMZ... More »

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entertainment • ESPN • sex scandal • affair • restraining order • Steve Phillips • Brooke Hundley • Brooke Hundley photos • ESPN scandal

 Edwards' New Neighbors: 
 Ex-Mistress and Baby 

John paying for Rielle Hunter's home; Elizabeth finally on board

Oct 23, 09 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a DNA test—a secret one, of course—proved John Edwards is the father of Rielle Hunter’s baby, the two of them moved in just down the street in a $1 million home quaintly called Marsh Grass, the National Enquirer reports. The shamed pol is paying the $6,... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • sex scandal • affair • mistress • love child • Rielle Hunter

Don't be a Steve Phillips

 A Dummy’s Guide to Cheating 

Avoid being like Steve Phillips by avoiding chicks like Brooke Hundley

Oct 22, 09 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steve Phillips had it coming, big time. Here's what happens when you get horizontal with a crazy chick, writes Mandy Stadtmiller for the New York Post: They always blab about the affair. To the would-be Steve Phillips of the world, she advises that you pick a woman who:
... More »

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affair • scandal • Steve Phillips • Brooke Hundley • Brooke Hundley photos • ESPN scandal

Letter Surfaces in Steve Phillips Sex Scandal

Jilted lover wrote diatribe to ESPN analyst's wife

Oct 22, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Post is all over the story of Steve Phillips' affair with 22-year-old production assistant Brooke Hundley, whom they have poetically dubbed "the tubby temptress." In addition to "translating" her letter to Phillips' wife Marni ("I may be 22, but I'm not stupid"... More »

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ESPN • sex scandal • affair • Steve Phillips • Brooke Hundley • Marni Phillips • Brooke Hundley photos • ESPN scandal

ESPN Analyst Has to
Go Public After Affair Sours

He seeks police protection after he breaks it off with assistant

Oct 21, 09 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Another nasty public affair comes to light: ESPN analyst Steve Phillips, 46, had to go to the cops for protection after he broke it off with a 22-year-old production assistant at the network. The jilted woman responded with harassing letters and phone calls to the family and may have friended... More »

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ESPN • sex scandal • affair • Steve Phillips • Brooke Hundley • Brooke Hundley photos • ESPN scandal

 College Ups 
 Supervision of 
 Letterman Interns 

Quinnipiac vows to keep students out of 'harm's way'

Oct 13, 09 2:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Connecticut university supplying interns to the David Letterman show has initiated stepped-up measures to "diligently" oversee the program to "ensure that our interns are out of harm's way." The precautions follow leaks indicating that the randy talk-show host bedded at least one NYU intern among the... More »

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sex • Connecticut • college • affair • David Letterman • Quinnipiac University • college student • intern • workplace • internship • lover • office sex

Maureen Dowd



 C'mon, Dave 
 Letterman Is 
 No Bill Clinton 

And he's no Clarence Thomas, either. He didn't harass—or lie.

Oct 7, 09 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - These days you can't drink and smoke in the office like the ad execs on Mad Men, but when it comes to affairs with young women, working men are still living in the 1960s, writes Maureen Dowd. David Letterman is only the latest boss to fall for the interns and... More »

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entertainment • sex scandal • blackmail • affair • Maureen Dowd • David Letterman • intern • Late Show • Robert Halderman • Stephanie Birkitt

 Galpal Cheated 
 on Halderman With Dave 

Stephanie Birkitt was still seeing Letterman until last fall, sources say

Oct 6, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The story of David Letterman’s twisted love triangle with alleged extortionist Robert Halderman continues to unfold. Former Late Show staffer Stephanie Birkitt was still sleeping with Letterman even after moving in with Halderman—and as late as last fall Birkitt and Letterman went hiking together, sources tell the... More »

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entertainment • sex scandal • celebrity • blackmail • extortion • affair • late night talk show • David Letterman • Late Show • Robert Halderman • Stephanie Birkitt

 Letterman, Crew 
 Steel for Fallout 

Scandal may hurt talk show king with female audience

Oct 5, 09 3:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Staffers of the David Letterman show were girding for fallout today before the first two tapings of the program since the talk show king's shocking revelation that he was being blackmailed over sex with female assistants. "We've seen a lot before with Dave," a source told the Daily ... More »

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sex • blackmail • extortion • affair • talk show • David Letterman • workplace sex

Letterman Paid for Assistant's Degree: Rumor

Host said to keep three to five young women
on staff at all times

Oct 2, 09 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Letterman can be a great boss for certain special employees. In the case of Stephanie Birkitt, who once dated alleged blackmailer Robert Halderman, Letterman paid her way through college, Gawker reports, citing “the scuttlebutt on the set.” Birkitt was Letterman’s top assistant—the host employed at... More »

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blackmail • extortion • affair • late night talk show • late night host • David Letterman • Regina Lasko • Late Show • Robert Halderman • Stephanie Birkitt

LETTERMAN ROUNDUP


 At First 
 Blush, Fans 
 Forgive Dave 

Scandal-tainted David Letterman rules in ratings and with devotees

Oct 2, 09 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Letterman’s fans—at least the handful surveyed by the Daily News—agree: All is forgiven. In fact, his extortionist is the one who should be ashamed of himself. “We love Letterman no matter what he does. He brings us joy,” said a would-be audience member outside... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • blackmail • extortion • affair • late night talk show • David Letterman • TV ratings • Tonight Show • Late Show • Robert Halderman

 Extortionist Dated 
 Letterman Staffer 
 Who Had Affair 

'48 Hours' producer slept around, former father-in-law says

Oct 2, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - When David Letterman shocked last night's audience with his tale of blackmail—or as the New York Post calls it, sextortion—he left out the names of everyone else involved, but details are beginning to emerge. The man arrested in the case was Robert Joel Halderman, 57, an Emmy-winning producer... More »

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entertainment • CBS • extortion • affair • late night talk show • late night host • David Letterman • Regina Lasko • Late Show • Robert Halderman

updated

 Letterman Reveals 
 Extortion Attempt 
 Over Office Sex  

After grand jury testimony, late-night host says con man wanted $2M,

Oct 2, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a highly unusual moment during the taping of last night’s Late Show, David Letterman confessed to his studio audience that he had had sexual flings with female staffers on the show, and that they had become the basis for a $2 million extortion attempt by a CBS news... More »

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entertainment • CBS • extortion • affair • late night host • David Letterman • sting operations • office workers • Regina Lasko • Late Show • Robert Halderman

UK Teacher
Jailed for
Lesbian Affair
With Student 

Had sex with girl, 15,
at parents' home

Sep 21, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A London teacher was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for having a lesbian affair with a 15-year-old student. Music teacher Helen Goddard, 26, was banned for life from working with children and will have to register as a sex offender, but will be allowed to see the girl... More »

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sex • sex offenders • affair • student • teacher • Helen Goddard

 Penis-Gluers to Face Trial 

Victim testifies that he was lured into hotel ambush as revenge for philandering

Sep 11, 09 4:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - A judge has ruled that four Wisconsin women accused of tying up the cheating husband of one of them and leaving him in a motel with his penis glued to his stomach must stand trial, CNN reports. The victim—who was dating two of the women—testified that Therese Ziemann,... More »

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Wisconsin • affair • glue • assault • penis • false imprisonment

 Ellen Pompeo's Hubby 
 Stepping Out: Tab 

19-year-old hostess says they had affair

Sep 10, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pregnant Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo has a cheating husband, Star reports. The tab says Chris Ivery, 41, had an affair with a 19-year-old Boston restaurant  hostess—and she confirms it. "We were intimate several times," Rachel Artz said. The two met up in Boston, Miami, and Martha's... More »

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entertainment • Grey's Anatomy • affair • infidelity • adultery • celebrity baby • Ellen Pompeo • Chris Ivery • marital infidelity • Rachel Artz

OPINION

 Parents' Scandal 
 Darkens Oudin's Run 

Leslie Oudin accused of affair with Melanie's coach

Sep 10, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tennis phenom Melanie Oudin ended her storied run at the US Open last night, and mere hours later the dark clouds of scandal swirled over her moment in the sun, Bill Dwyre writes in the Los Angeles Times, as Sports Illustrated reported that mom Leslie had an affair with her... More »

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divorce • tennis • affair • US Open • coach • Melanie Oudin • Leslie Oudin • John Oudin • Brian de Villiers

 SC House 
 Republicans 
 Tell Sanford 
 to Resign 

Fellow Republicans slam governor in open letter

Sep 9, 09 5:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The majority of South Carolina’s House Republicans told Mark Sanford to resign today, the State reports. At least 60 of the 73 representatives signed a letter hand-delivered to Sanford’s office that slammed the governor’s scandalous actions as “destructive to our state's image on a worldwide stage,... More »

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Republican • South Carolina • House of Representatives • affair • governor • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair

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