Times: Belen’s “Other” Lover Leaked Emails
The private, racy emails that have S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford fighting for his marriage and his political life came not from the jilted ex-husband of Sanford’s lover, Maria Belen Chapur, but rather from an unidentified young Argentine man who allegedly had a brief affair with the Buenos Aires woman at the same time she was seeing Sanford, the New York Times is reporting.
Speculation originally centered on Sanford’s enemies in South Carolina as the source of the leaks, although sources told FITS Thursday that it was Chapur’s ex-husband in Argentina who sent them to The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper.
The State’s governance editor, Leroy Chapman, said yesterday that he did not know who sent the emails.
Here’s an excerpt from the Times story, which quotes an anonymous “executive” in Argentina:
… (Chapur’s young lover) happened to see the e-mail messages being exchanged between the governor and Ms. Chapur, said the executive — who said he had direct knowledge of the situation — and hacked into her e-mail account to see the rest.
Infuriated, the man sent the messages to The State, the newspaper in South Carolina’s capital, Columbia.
When she found out, the executive said, Ms. Chapur immediately ended the relationship with the man, whose identity has not been disclosed.
Assuming the information is accurate and this young Argentinian man did send the emails, we still have no idea who tipped off The State to Sanford’s arrival at Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta on Wednesday morning.
That’s when the myth that he was “hiking along the Appalachian Trail” officially exploded.
Could it be that the same individual was continuing to monitor Chapur’s email exchanges with Sanford?
Comments
By Ronald on June 27th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
What’s the big deal…Bill Clinton had intercourse with someones head in the oval office and everyone came to his aid…I could list a dozen names of political folks who have screwed up!! I notice none of them are women!!! How about Polisie…Hillary…The babe from LA., come on…lets see some heat on these wicked babes in high places…or is that off limits for some reason??? How do we as a nation condone promiscuisness and act shocked when it is revealed…Hypocrates….!!!!!!!!!!!
By Ronald on June 27th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
What do you mean…moderation???..Do you mean censorship!!!!
By PandaChris on June 27th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
No…No…No! What lies!
Didnt you know it was Bobby Harrell or Jake Knotts that gave this emails to the State?
That is what Sanford’s supporters and numerous posts and/or comments on THIS SITE want you to believe!
Why arent you people drinking the Kool-Aid that Sanford’s people are serving you?
The reform movement in SC will die and it will be the result of the ENABLERS of the Governor who are working overtime to keep him in office.
By PandaChris on June 27th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Of course, his supported may not be alleging it was Knotts or Harrell that is behind this but they want you to think it was his political opponents.
Also, if you still question whether or not the press conference was a truthful confession, read Jenny Sanford’s side of the story as she recounted it to the Associated Press yesterday.
I wonder why FITSNews hasnt put THAT story on this site.
By Sal on June 27th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
It would have been easy for the State Newspaper to figure out he was :
1. Coming from Argentina, as they had the emails concerning the affair,
2. Flying to Hartsfield, as his cell phone had been in Atlanta on the outbound flight,
3. Would be on a flight that morning, as he said he was coming back that day.
So this is straight forward. No mystery here.
By jeannine on June 29th, 2009 at 2:22 am
Why! Why! does it have to be exposed, that is no body’s business, that’s their private life, so what! Leave it alone.
Poor Clinton was tortured to death!
All the men having affairs good for you. just don’t get caught.
By MIke in NC on June 29th, 2009 at 8:50 am
This is as much a “news” medium as the 700 Club or Rush Limbaugh or Sesame Street for that matter. Just remember that when commenting.
By Marcelle Cole on June 29th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Once you agree to take PUBLIC Office you no longer have a Private Life. A man who betrays his spouse betrays his children and his parents, if they are not tainted by the same abhorrent behaviour. Once you bring children into the equation then the vulgarity of the action is pronounced. For the other woman to feel that she is entitled to “privacy” for the betrayal she assisted in perpetrating against the wife & children she must yhave a heightened sense of entitlement. Don’t lay down in dirt and expect to get up clean.
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