Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'affair'
May 10, 2008
After his DWI arrest led to admitting an affair and a 3-year-old love child in Virginia, Representative Vito Fossella returned to Staten Island to rampant speculation of his imminent resignation. Not only has the media predicted a resignation could come soon, the Advance reports House GOP leader Rep. John Boehner and Republican National Campaign Committee head Rep. Tom Cole have contacted Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan to see if he's interested in the seat.......
Continue Reading "More Details About Fossella's Affair as GOP Looks for Other Options"April 29, 2008
Country singer Mindy McCready tearfully admitted to the Daily News that their story about her alleged 10-year affair with pitcher Roger Clemens was true. She said, "I cannot refute anything in the story." Although it's not exactly clear when they started their affair--yesterday's article suggested McCready could have been as young as 15 when they started dating--today's article says they didn't start an "intimate" relationship until McCready was a star (and presumably of age). McCready......
Continue Reading "Mindy McCready: Yes, I Had Affair with Roger Clemens"April 28, 2008
Could this year get any worse for Debbie Clemens? Not only has the wife of embattled pitching ace Roger Clemens been accused of taking HGH with her husband, now sources says she knew about her husband's alleged 10-year affair with country star Mindy McCready, who was 15 (that's Miley Cyrus's age!) when it started! Sources tell the Daily News that Clemens met McCready when she "was a 15-year-old aspiring singer performing in a karaoke bar......
Continue Reading "Daily News Says Roger Clemens Had 10-Year Affair With Mindy McCready"March 20, 2008
The Saga of Love Gov, Part 2 continues with Governor Paterson's admission he may have used a campaign credit card to pay for a hotel room, but charged it as "constituent services." Say it all together now: "That's some 'constituent services'!" Paterson told the Daily News, "I do remember that there was a time I might have had to use the [campaign] card because my other [personal] card didn't work," but the News found "a......
Continue Reading "Paterson Maybe Used Campaign $ For Days Inn Tryst"March 19, 2008
Governor David Paterson hoped his and his wife's admission that they had extramarital affairs meant that everyone could move on. Other politicians certainly want to move on and constituents generally don't think it's a big deal (Hookergate fatigue?), but now that the tabloids have license to run with it, it means details (and long cover headlines) galore! One of the women Paterson had an affair with worked for under Governor Spitzer, when Spitzer was......
Continue Reading "Paterson's Turn in the Soap Opera-ish Spotlight"March 18, 2008
During his first full day as Governor, David Paterson and his wife Michelle held a press conference discussing their infidelities, with Paterson explaining, "I didn't want it hanging over my head. I didn't want to be compromised." Honest? Yes. Bizarre? that too! Following up on their joint interview in today's Daily News, Paterson admitted to having many affairs, but apparently only after learning wife Michelle had been unfaithful. Paterson said, "The fact is for my......
Continue Reading "Paterson, Wife Tell Press "No Marriage is Perfect""March 18, 2008
Photograph of Paterson, with wife Michelle, stepdaughter Ashley and son Alexander, by Mary Altaffer/AP Just hours after becoming the 55th Governor of NY State, David Paterson and his wife Michelle have admitted to both have extramarital affairs during a rough patch in their marriage. Their joint interview appears in the Daily News, in an article written by columnist Juan Gonzalez. Apparently the Patersons wanted to preempt any further rumors and speculation about affairs. From......
Continue Reading "Paterson, Wife Each Admit Extramarital Affairs"December 8, 2007
It appears that Judith Nathan, the current Mrs. Giuliani, may have been enjoying taxpayer-funded car service provided by the police while her affair with former Mayor Giuliani was unknown. Giuliani's admitted that he gave his girlfriend a security detail once their relationship became public because of possible threats against her, but it appears that Nathan was enjoying New York's Finest as a taxi service months before anyone even knew the two were involved with each......
Continue Reading ""Security" vs. "Chauffeur" for Mistress and Rudy's Selective Hearing"
