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adultery stories: 43 news summaries

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(Newser) - This must be the week for reports of legendary singers' marriage trouble. A day after BruceSpringsteen is accused of infidelity, Billy Joel is in the spotlight. The National Enquirer has set gossip blogs buzzing with word that the singer's 27-year-old wife has struck up a suspicious relationship with Israeli fashion... More »

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adultery • Bruce Springsteen • singer • Billy Joel • Katie Lee Joel • Yigal Azrouel

 Boss Cheatin' With Another 
 Jersey Girl: Jilted Hubby
 

Divorce papers allege Springsteen is the other man

Apr 9, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bruce Springsteen needs a little of that human touch, according to divorce papers filed in New Jersey last month, the Star Ledger reports. A businessman claims his wife of 17 years “committed adultery with one Bruce Springsteen, who resides in Rumson, NJ, and Colts Neck, NJ, at various times... More »

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divorce • celebrity • affair • adultery • Bruce Springsteen • cheating

Upcoming Novel Portrays
JFK as Sex Maniac

Book paints prez as sex fiend

Jan 2, 09 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - John F. Kennedy: beloved president, tragic hero, and…sex fiend? That’s how he’ll be painted when American Adulterer is published in July, the New York Post reports. The novel by British writer Jed Mercurio portrays JFK as a “compulsive philanderer” with an “uncontrollable and unrelenting appetite... More »

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John F. Kennedy • sex • president • Marilyn Monroe • adultery

 Radio Spots 
 Put the 'Ad' 
 in Adultery 

Campaign for online dating service for marrieds makes ripples in Boston

Nov 14, 08 3:51 PM CST
(Newser) - The Ashley Madison Agency, a Web site matching would-be adulterers and home of the catchphrase “Life is short, have an affair,” has launched an ad blitz on Boston radio stations, reports the Herald. “The era of the scarlet letter is long over,” the company’s CEO... More »

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social networking • Boston • Boston Herald • adultery • dating • online dating • radio advertising

 Infidelity's Up, 
 as Women 
 Lead Charge 

Older men, younger women appear to stray outside of marriage more often

Oct 28, 08 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Studies show infidelity rates rising across the board, the New York Times reports, with women closing the cheating gap on men. Lifetime infidelity rates for men over 60 jumped from 20% to 28% between 1991 and 2006, while women leaped from 5% to 15%. The trend affects young and old—... More »

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women • marriage • sex • infidelity • adultery • cheating

OPINION

Is Pornography Adultery? Time to Sharpen the Debate

Smut may be losing its stigma, but at what price to marriage and our own decency?

Sep 14, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Does looking at pornography constitute cheating? If so, a lot of men are in trouble in today's age of instant access. Ross Douthat explores the issue in the Atlantic and finds the extremes of the argument unhelpful. No, digital smut won't bring about the end of civilization, but don't be... More »

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Internet • prostitution • women • men • marriage • pornography • infidelity • adultery

Edwards Told Rielle They'd Be Together After Wife Died: Tab

Enquirer offers details of affair, financial deal

Aug 20, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The National Enquirer is on the John Edwards case again this week, with a story offering salacious details of the affair with Rielle Hunter (offered by "friends") and a photo of the baby the tab says is his. Edwards not only promised Hunter they’d be together after... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • affair • adultery • Rielle Hunter

ANALYSIS

 Affair Could
 Topple Edwards

Strategists differ on affect affair will have on career

Aug 10, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Although opinions are mixed on the future of John Edwards' political career, most analyists take a dim view, CNN reports. Clintonite James Carville believes that "his political career is in shambles," and Gloria Borger thinks his "lies are "going to put an end, probably, to his... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • affair • adultery • Rielle Hunter

 Edwards Backer
 Paid Mistress to Move

Prominent donor said he acted on his own to banish Hunter

Aug 9, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A former Democratic Party official said yesterday that he paid John Edwards' ex-mistress to leave North Carolina, the Dallas Morning News reports. Fred Baron, a Dallas lawyer who led the party finance committee for 4 years, said he was trying to keep Rielle Hunter from tabloid reporters. “I... More »

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John Edwards • affair • adultery • Rielle Hunter • Fred Baron

Rielle Hunter: High Profile,
Then Out of Sight

Former John Edwards mistress led varied, mysterious life

Aug 9, 08 12:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards' former mistress has been a part of high-profile social circles in New York, and Los Angeles, but finding old friends willing to talk about the Rielle Hunter they knew is a tough task, the News & Observer reports. Hunter started out partying with a literary crowd in New... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • affair • National Enquirer • adultery • Rielle Hunter

 What Edwards Was Trying to Tell Us—and Not Tell Us

Jack Flack reads between the lines of scandal-speak

Aug 9, 08 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards employed classic damage control methods in finally confessing his affair yesterday—ie, announcing it late on a Friday so it would fade over the weekend, and giving an exclusive interview to ensure a sympathetic questioner and avoid a feeding frenzy. Jack Flack, writing in Portfolio, parses Edwards’ statement... More »

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John Edwards • affair • adultery • confession • Rielle Hunter

 Elizabeth Edwards:
 John Confessed 2 Years Ago

But cancer made coping easier, she writes

Aug 9, 08 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards says her husband “made a terrible mistake” in having an affair, but he confessed to her 2 years ago, she writes in a Daily Kos post, months before her breast cancer returned, and "we began a long and painful process in 2006, a process oddly made... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • affair • adultery • Rielle Hunter

UPDATED

 'I Made a Serious Error
 in Judgment' 


Aug 8, 08 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards released a statement late today acknowledging that he had an extramarital affair and inviting "people who believed in me" to beat him up, saying, "You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself." The ex-senator said he "started to believe... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • affair • infidelity • adultery • Rielle Hunter

 Jerry to Mick's Kids: 
 Don't Date Men Like Dad 

Jagger girls have more confidence than to date womanizers

Jun 17, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mick Jagger’s ex stomached his philandering for 20 years but Jerry Hall insists their daughters—Elizabeth, 21, and Georgia May, 15—will never date a wild womanizer like their Rolling Stones dad, the Daily Mail reports. “No, never. But I don't think they would. They have far more... More »

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parenting • children • celebrity • adultery • Mick Jagger • cheating • dating tips • Jerry Hall • celebrity divorces • celebrity parents

 Nev. Guv Texted
 'Other Woman'... 867 Times

Gibbons sent 867 messages in 6 weeks, denies affair

Jun 11, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons swears he’s just friends with Kathy Karrasch. Very friendly: during one six-week span last year, Gibbons and Karrasch exchanged 867 texts from his state-owned cell phone, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. Gibbons is mired in a messy divorce, and his soon-to-be-ex-wife says it’... More »

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divorce • adultery • Nevada • Gov. Jim Gibbons • political scandal • celebrity divorces

Governor's Messy Divorce Enthralls Nev.

Gossip flies while
GOP worries about November fallout

Jun 10, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - For a state that boasts Sin City as its main attraction, Nevada is utterly transfixed with Gov. Jim Gibbon’s marital woes. Ever since he filed for divorce last month, Gibbons has been followed around like a starlet, with pictures of him with various alleged “other women” routinely cropping... More »

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divorce • adultery • Nevada • governor • Gov. Jim Gibbons • political scandal • celebrity divorces

Clemens:
I'm Sorry for Mistakes I Made

Scandal-plagued pitcher still denies drug use, 'improper' affair

May 5, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roger Clemens broke his silence on the allegations that he has had numerous affairs, apologizing for his "mistakes" in a statement to the Houston Chronicle. The Rocket stressed that his "personal life has nothing to do with the accusations of steroid and HGH use," and denied beginning... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • adultery • performance-enhancing drugs • Mindy McCready

Wright Is a Wife-Snatcher: Ex-Parishioner

Rev. got hitched
to woman after giving her marital counsel

May 4, 08 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright was making passes at a parishioner's wife when he was supposed to be giving the couple marriage counseling, the New York Post reports. "People were telling me that my extremely attractive wife was seen with the pastor," said Delmer Reed, who says... More »

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Barack Obama • adultery • Jeremiah Wright • Trinity United Church of Christ • Rev. Jeremiah Wright

Clemens Had More Women, Source Says

'Family man' flew several in private jet; gave gifts of jewelry

Apr 30, 08 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - It wasn't just country singer Mindy McCready that Roger Clemens carried on with, a source tells the New York Daily News. The former Major League pitcher apparently had several lovely lady friends whom he jetted across the country in his plane and presented with expensive jewelry. One of them... More »

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Roger Clemens • perjury • adultery • defamation • Brian McNamee • performance-enhancing drugs • Mindy McCready

OPINION

She Shouldn't Stand by Him

Spitzer takes backlash for taking wife along; reactions run along gender lines

Mar 12, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer is going up in flames, but Americans are wondering why his wife has to go with him:
  • The Los Angeles Times talks to angry people on the street, including one divorcee who insists, “She should’ve said, ‘This is your fight. ... You stand there and
... More »

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Hillary Clinton • prostitution • Bill O'Reilly • James McGreevy • Bill Clinton • Alan Dershowitz • Meredith Vieira • Eliot Spitzer • adultery • James Carville • Monica Lewinsky • Tucker Carlson • Kwame Kilpatrick • Silda Wall Spitzer • Linda R. Hirshman • Dr. Laura Schlessinger • Dina Matos McGreevey • Hendrik Hertzberg • Joe Scarborough • Mike Barnicle • William Bennett

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