RALEIGH, N.C. — A former aide to two-time presidential candidate John Edwards said he has received and rejected offers of “gigantic amounts of money” to sell what he says is a sex tape showing Edwards with his former mistress.
Andrew Young claimed in a book released last week that he found the tape in a box left in a home he and his wife had shared with Edwards’ mistress, videographer Rielle Hunter.
“I could not have told this story without including this sex tape,” Young said in an interview that aired Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “We’ve been offered gigantic amounts of money, and we’ve said no.”
Young has said he kept the tape along with phone messages from Edwards to back up his account of what he saw as he helped Edwards cover up the affair and a resulting child. Edwards’ lawyers have accused Young of writing “The Politician” for financial gain, which Young denies. The Associated Press
