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The Eliot Spitzer Sex Scandal
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, (Client 9) was forced to resign when it came out that he regularly patronized high-class call girls from the Emperors Club in Washington, DC, paying one young prostitute over $4000 for the night. Spitzer’s resignation was followed by incoming New York Governor David Paterson’s public confession that he and his wife both had extramarital affairs.
John Edwards Cheats on His Cancer-Stricken Wife
In an ABC News' "Nightline interview, former presidential candidate John Edwards admitted lying about his extramarital affair when the National Enquirer first reported he was cheating with his campaign videographer Rielle Hunter. His wife, Elizabeth Edwards has terminal cancer.
A-Rod’s and Madonna’s Affair of the Heart
Alex Rodriguez’s emotional affair with Madonna was the final indignity for Cynthia Rodriguez, who had long tolerated her husband’s cheating ways. C-Rod said A-Rod left her no choice but to divorce the philandering baseball star.
New York Times Article on the Changing Landscape of Infidelity
Tara Parker-Pope’s article, Love, Sex and the Changing Landscape of Infidelity sparked widespread media coverage of the latest research on infidelity among different age groups, and the difficulty in obtaining accurate infidelity statistics.
Wildly Exaggerated Reports of a Cheating Gene
Hasse Walum, a behavioral geneticist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm led a study of a genetic variant in men that was immediately (and erroneously ) dubbed by the media as “the cheating gene,” despite Walum’s protests that the study had nothing to do with infidelity.
The Truth About Cheating
The hot new infidelity book by Gary Neuman in which he claims that most men cheat because of emotional dissatisfaction. Neuman’s Oprah interviews caused a nationwide uproar because, he implied that wives are to blame when their husbands cheat.
3 Infidelity Studies Reveal That Happy Husbands Cheat Too
Infidelity studies published by 3 different researchers in 3 separate medical journals confirm that good marriages are not immune to extramarital affairs, and that even happy husbands cheat on their wives.
Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook Divorce Trial
The supermodel’s highly publicized divorce trial and custody battle revealed details about Cook’s affair with his teenage mistress, and exposed his $3000 a month internet porn habit.
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Lies Under Oath
Kilpatrick, now in jail, was repeatedly hauled into court, and continued to lie about his affair with his former Chief of Staff until dozens of their X-rated text messages, leaked to the Detroit Free Press, finally revealed the truth.
USA Today Reports Almost Everybody Knows a Cheat
USA Today unveiled the results of a Gallup Poll which underscored the pervasiveness of infidelity. 54% know a married person who’s cheating on his or her mate.
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March 27th, 2009UncategorizedThe Eliot Spitzer Sex Scandal