Elizabeth & John Edwards Legally Separate

Two-time presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth Edwards have filed for legal separation.

The separation doesn’t really come as a shock, considering John’s affair with videographer Rielle Hunter made national headlines, as did a controversy involving John’s paternity of Hunter’s daughter. In addition, John’s longtime and now former aide Andrew Young is set to release a book in which he claims John asked him to lie about fathering a child with Hunter, as well as the great lengths John went to to hide the affair.

John publically admitted he was the father of Hunter’s daughter last month.

Despite any negative feelings she might feel towards her husband, Elizabeth says she will not discuss or comment on the affair, and said the contents from the parts of Young’s book that she has seen are false and exaggerated.

John hasn’t made any public statements about his separation from Elizabeth. He recently went to Haiti to assist with earthquake relief efforts.

The Edwards lived together in North Carolina. Unlike California, North Carolina divorce laws state that before a couple can file for divorce they must legally separate for at least 12 months.  It is expected that after twelve months have passed, the Edwards will file for divorce.

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