Andrew Young Threatened By Elizabeth Edwards
February 13, 2010
Andrew Young, the country’s most famous campaign aide turned fall guy turned whistle blower turned absurd sex tape owner, is feeling the heat these days.
Young turned over the John Edwards sex tape to a judge, as ordered, but still faces questions about where the tapes were kept and what he did with them.
The former Edwards confidant struggled to answer why he said last week that the only copies of the sex tape he had access to were in an Atlanta lockbox.
He testified earlier this week that he also had a copy of the tape elsewhere and he recently showed the video to ABC News in preparation for an interview.
On top of potential legal action from Edwards’ mistress Rielle Hunter, whose affair with the presidential candidate Young helped hide, Edwards is pissed too.
So is his wife. Elizabeth Edwards has threatened to sue him for contributing to the downfall of their marriage, according to a report in the Washington Post.
John Edwards whistle-blower Andrew Young with wife Cheri.
Young’s attorneys turned over several items, including a tape marked “special” that purportedly shows John Edwards in a sexual encounter with Rielle Hunter.
Young personally turned over a copy of the sex tape as well. But questions over whether there are more copies – and whether he tried to sell them – linger.
“This is all disturbing to me, and it’s not a comfort to our client,” said Alan Duncan, an attorney for Rielle Hunter, who has said Young invaded her privacy.
Conceding he had made some errors in previous sworn statements, Young maintains he has tried his best to detail the location of items Hunter is seeking.
“I answered as honestly as I could,” he testified.
He said Elizabeth Edwards threatened a lawsuit against him under the North Carolina statute that allows one to sue a third party for contributing to a marriage ending. A jilted spouse typically uses this to seek money from their partner’s lover.
“We have powerful people coming at us,” said Young, who vowed to fight to prove he is not a liar (even if he is a proven liar). “Are we scared? Absolutely.”
A spokeswoman for Elizabeth Edwards declined to comment.
