Officer to help retrieve Edwards tape

February 09, 2010|Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. - A North Carolina judge wants a security officer to accompany a former John Edwards aide as he goes to retrieve a sex tape of the two-time presidential candidate, increasing the court’s control of the disputed video.

Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones said in an order released yesterday that the Orange County sheriff has appointed a security firm to help recover the video and other items. The former Edwards aide, Andrew Young, has said he has the original tape and copies stored in an Atlanta safe-deposit box.

Jones declared last week that Young was in contempt for not immediately turning over the tape when deputies initially went to retrieve it from him. Edwards’s mistress, Rielle Hunter, has sued Young for invasion of privacy and sought the return of what she deemed a “very private and personal’’ video.

One copy of the tape has been sent to the FBI, Young has said in an affidavit.

Young has written a tell-all book describing the affair between Edwards and Hunter and the lengths the presidential hopeful went to hide the matter.

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