Ex-senator admits to affair
2008-08-08 21:42
Washington - Former US Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards admitted on Friday to an extramarital affair but denied fathering the woman's daughter.
Edwards told ABC News on Friday that he lied repeatedly about the affair with a 42-year-old woman but says that he did not love her. He says he has not taken a paternity test but knows he is not the father because of the timing of the affair and the birth.
ABC says a former Edwards' campaign staffer claims he is the father, not Edwards.
Edwards was a top contender for the Democratic nomination for president. He came second in the Iowa caucuses last January but dropped out of the race a few weeks later.
Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina, was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004.
- AP