Page listing for the category: Infidelity
After news broke that Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered sons with both his housekeeper, Mildred Baena, AND his wife, Maria Shriver, thirteen years ago, many folks may be wondering how the scandal leaked after so many years. It was good old-fashioned investigative journalism that kicked off from a lead that the L.A. Times had, very similar to the work a private investigator would do. read on..
Over the weekend I caught a segment on the Today show on how social networking has enabled more and more people to have affairs with their exes. It was interesting to hear statistics for what I’ve witnessed firsthand in many of the infidelity cases I investigate.
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If I had a nickel for every time I’ve debated with clients the crime at the center of this story, I could retire from the private investigation business. The gist is that a gentleman, Leon Walker, was arrested for reading his now ex-wife’s email. He’s being prosecuted based on a law that’s historically been used for identity theft and corporate espionage. If Walker is convicted, a huge can of worms could be opened for both the court system and citizens in general.
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Ladies, if your fiancé reminds you of Mel Gibson, you may want to call off the wedding. But unfortunately, since people are usually on their best behavior during the courtship period, unless you’re a soothsayer, you may at some point find yourself telling your best friend, therapist, and/or private investigator, “I never saw that side of him/her before”. People do sometimes change over time, and in that case the previously unseen side may in fact be new. But often times that side was always there, as were the warning signs; they were simply ignored. There is hope though, because like taking a test drive or reviewing a Carfax report before buying a used car, women can take steps to help ensure they don’t marry a “Mad Max” (I don’t mean to pick on guys, but unfortunately the theme of this post pertains mostly to men).
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Just as it seems to have permeated every other aspect of life, social networking is now fully entrenched in the world of divorce. The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers said that over the last 5 years, 81% of its members have either used or had used against them evidence gathered from social networking sites, including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. It’s not hard to believe since a LOT of people post some of the most intimate details of their life on it. And it’s those comments, photos, status updates and insults posted for the world to see that are being used against them in divorce court.
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With the recent rash of male celebrities caught cheating on their wives, you might think that men cheat more frequently than women. Not so, according to statistics. While it’s difficult to gather accurate information on infidelity, most surveys indicate that women cheat as often as men. But if that’s the case, why do the infidelity scandals that hit the news every week always seem to involve a male celebrity cheating?
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Spouses of adulterers, beware! Two iPhone and BlackBerry apps just made having an affair even easier.
AshleyMadison.com, a personals website with the telling slogan “Life is short, have an affair”, has iPhone and Blackberry applications designed to help married people find partners without leaving a trace of the affair on work or home computers.
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If you suspect your husband is having an affair, the day before Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to find out for sure. February 13th is commonly referred to as Mistress Day, the day when cheating husbands see “the other woman”. Since a cheating husband would be spending Valentine’s Day with his wife, he’ll be spending the day before with his lover.
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From early 2006 to August 2008, former presidential candidate John Edwards was able to keep secret an intense affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter. Although the scandal eventually became public, Edwards used some key tricks and techniques to hide his affair, detailed in former aide Paul Young’s new book, The Politician.
Have an accomplice. Paul Young helped facilitate and hide the affair in a number of ways. From booking hotel rooms under his name to falsely claiming paternity of Edwards’ and Hunter’s love child, he was the perfect accomplice (until he wrote his tell-all book, that is).
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With the rise in popularity of text messaging, it’s no surprise that increasingly more adulterers are being outed by their cell phones.
The most prominent recent example is Tiger Woods: After allegedly carrying on secret affairs with numerous women over several years, he was finally undone by text messages sent to Rachel Uchitel, the first mistress to be unveiled. A friend of hers told the National Enquirer about the affair, claiming she had seen incriminating text messages. The published rumors likely led to Tiger’s fight with his wife, Elin Nordegren, and subsequent car accident. For further embarrassment, another one of Tiger’s mistresses, Jaimee Grubbs, then gave illicit text messages incriminating Tiger to US Weekly, which then published them.
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