Rep Sherwood Paid Mistress $500K Incentive To Keep Quiet Until After Election

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Rep. Paying Ex-Mistress About $500K

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM
Associated Press Writer

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A Republican congressman accused of abusing his ex-mistress agreed to pay her about $500,000 in a settlement last year that contained a powerful incentive for her to keep quiet until after Election Day, a person familiar with the terms of the deal told The Associated Press.

Rep. Don Sherwood is locked in a tight re-election race against a Democratic opponent who has seized on the four-term congressman's relationship with the woman. While Sherwood acknowledged the woman was his mistress, he denied abusing her and said that he had settled her $5.5 million lawsuit on confidential terms.

The settlement, reached in November 2005, called for Cynthia Ore to be paid in installments, according to a person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal is confidential. She has received less than half the money so far, and will not get the rest until after the Nov. 7 election, the person said Thursday.

A confidentiality clause requires Ore to forfeit some of the money if she talks publicly about the case, according to this person and two other people familiar with elements of the case.

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[SammyWinstonJack]

1. !

:wow:

[Kagemusha]

2. Perfectly legal I'm sure. But perfectly scummy

And that's not good.

[Botany]

3. "Shhhhhhhh, be vewy vewy quiet; I'm hunting votes aahhhahahaha

the women in question