Rielle Hunter and the Paternity Test

UPDATE, August 13, 2008: "SEX, MORE LIES & VIDEOTAPE"

The ENQUIRER has uncovered that Edwards' political operatives are still paying his mistress Rielle Hunter - and she was whisked away on a private jet two days before he confessed their extramarital affair on national TV!

The ENQUIRER has also confirmed that Edwards secretly visited Rielle and their love child three separate times at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles this year - a fact that proves he is still lying to America and his wife.

...After Edwards confessed the affair to his wife, he restarted it, and was sexually involved with Rielle when she became pregnant.

Despite his denials, Edwards WAS aware that his former finance committee chairman, Fred Baron, was funneling money to Rielle.

Experts are now calling for a federal investigation into Edwards' use of campaign funds.

...In denying he fathered Rielle's baby, Edwards told ABC that he would "be happy" to take a paternity test to prove he's telling the truth. (He has refused numerous previous requests by The ENQUIRER to take a paternity test.)

Edwards claimed he ended the affair in 2006, but sources say he restarted the illicit romance after confessing to his wife.

Rielle soon became pregnant after the affair was rekindled, say sources.

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I guess Rielle Hunter won't be a guest on Maury Povich's show anytime soon.

John Edwards' ex-lover/lover doesn't want the world to know who's her baby's daddy.

From FOX News:

The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter.

Rielle Hunter's lawyer, Robert Gordon, says his client is a private individual who is not running for public office and that she wishes to maintain the privacy of her and her daughter.

"Rielle is therefore making no statement now or in the future," Gordon said in a statement. "Furthermore, Rielle will not participate in DNA testing or any other invasion of her or her daughter's privacy now or in the future."

Hunter's decision means that the issue of who the father is remains an open question, leaving one more question unanswered.

The strange behavior of Edwards and those around him, coupled with the backlog of other tabloid allegations had already raised many questions.

Three weeks ago, for instance, the National Enquirer confronted John Edwards at 2:40 a.m. leaving his mistress' hotel room in Beverly Hills, allegedly after visiting their so-called love child. Shortly afterward, FOXNews.com confirmed Edwards indeed had been escorted from a hotel bathroom by security guards who witnessed his sprint from reporters.

In the days that followed, Edwards dismissed all related questions, consistently saying he wouldn't respond to "tabloid lies."

Now, he has answered the biggest question surrounding the reports by admitting to an extra-marital affair with Hunter, in 2006.

He still, however, denies claims that he fathered her child and all knowledge of his supporters' financial support of her and the former staff member who has claimed to be the father.

No wonder Edwards was so quick to agree to a paternity test. Not just agree to one, he was eager to volunteer.

Gee, he must be so disappointed to learn that Hunter would consider it an invasion of her privacy and her daughter's privacy to determine the father.

In his initial statement about the affair, Edwards said:

I am and have been willing to take any test necessary to establish the fact that I am not the father of any baby, and I am truly hopeful that a test will be done so this fact can be definitively established.

It's awfully easy for Edwards to act like he desperately wants to "take any test necessary" to prove that he's not the father of Hunter's baby.

He put out that statement on Friday and then yesterday Hunter released her statement that she refuses to participate in any DNA testing.

Hunter will have no part in any testing to establish the identity of the baby's father.

What a shocker!

There really is no need to have a DNA test.

I think Edwards and Hunter have already made that very clear.