It's a shame I deleted the pictures of Don Sherwood and his mistress from my files after November's election. I didn't think I'd be needing them again, assuming we'd never hear from this asshole again. Sherwood was the Republican Congressman from the 10th CD who lost to Chris Carney after getting caught having a mistress in Washington, D.C. and trying to strangle her.
When she sued him for $5.5 million he settled rather quietly and stipulated that she couldn't discuss the deal publicly until after the election. Of course, neither could he. She didn't but the information got out anyway and you read about it here among other sources. Now Don Sherwood is screwing her out of the second part of the settlement.
I sure hope this woman enjoys getting screwed by Sherwood because he sure does like doing it to her. He's claiming she didn't live up to her part of the money in return for his hush money so he doesn't have to pony up. Now Cynthia Ore, the mistress, is threatening to sue Sherwood for violating the confidentiality agreement. For the ex-Congressman's sake I hope he has ironclad proof she's the one who spilled the beans about the settlement. I didn't see anything at the time to indicate she was the source.
It does appear though that Don Sherwood is determined to keep his dirty name and all the dirty details of this sordid affair in the public eye. I'll have to go back to Google Images and dig up those pics again. That's what I get for updating my computers after an election cycle...
Hat tip to Ghost of Tom Joad for pointing me toward this story. I was in Harrisburg all morning so I'm just catching up.
Oh what fun! Sex, money and politics. Like you I thought this story was dead. It's like the gift that keeps on giving to bloggers. I hope it drags on.
Posted by: Gort | January 24, 2007 at 08:01 PM
Should we send Sherwood a note of thanks Gort? Between us he's provided a lot of site traffic, not to mention material.
Posted by: John Morgan | January 25, 2007 at 09:22 PM