Rielle Hunter Wants Her Sex Tape With John Edwards Back

Rielle Hunter wants the sex tape she made with John Edwards back. She claims the tape is "very private and personal." Hunter was in court earlier seeking a restraining order demanding personal pictures and the video be returned by Edwards former aid Andrew Young, who is looking to profit from the Edwards scandal with a new book.

Here’s the reality of it. Even if he does give it back, there is no sure way to prove Young didn’t duplicate the sex tap and other possible incriminating images of Edwards and Hunter. The real question is, why, if this tape is so “very private and personal” was it ever placed out of the control of Hunter and Edwards. The carelessness of this entire affair considering Edwards was running for president at the time amazes me.

"In or about September 2006, using my video camera, I authored a personal video recording that depicted matters of a very private and personal nature," Hunter wrote in an affidavit filed Thursday. "In 2006, I was also having an intimate relationship with Edwards."

Hunter says the tapes were left in a box of trash at her old apartment when she moved. How stupid is that! Why wouldn’t she pull the tape from the cassette, cut the tape up, and destroy the tapes plastic housing. Do you think maybe Hunter was keeping the cassette for blackmail purposes? Something tells me you have a motive about why this cassette wasn’t destroyed, like she claims it was supposed to be.

Everyone knows, you don’t leave personal items in trashcans these days. I dated a woman whose sister-in-law works for the IRS. The government pays the woman to go through peoples trash looking for evidence of income that’s not being reported. Did you know the IRS does things like that? They do.

Like I said, I bet there was a blackmail element behind keeping the tape and not ensuring it was destroyed. Given time, you know it’s going to wind up in the Internet.