January 30, 2010

Edwards' Money Lady

“When he sat down in a chair, Bunny told him, ‘That was one of President Kennedy’s favorite chairs to sit in!’ I know he had to have been smitten with that fact, too.” Huffman adds with a chuckle, “The very next week, the Edwards people called and they asked her for a million dollars.” 

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she came to despise Young, who persisted in shaking her down, even after she told him the well was dry because she was having “liquidity issues.” According to the confidante, Young cheekily suggested that she take out a mortgage or perhaps sell some of her priceless paintings, to meet the "need." It was at this point that Bunny Mellon had enough."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-01-29/john-edwards-sugar-mama/

John Edwards' Sugar Mama

Daily Beast
by Lloyd Grove
January 29, 2010

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