John Edwards Sex Tape: Court Halts Retrieval

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina court has temporarily stopped the security rules that a judge issued for the retrieval of the John Edwards sex tape.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a stay on Tuesday without giving a reason. The court, however, did not halt an initial order that requires former Edwards aide Andrew Young to turn over the tape by Wednesday afternoon.

Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones last week ordered that Young's copies of the tape be turned over so they can be placed under seal. Jones has threatened Young with penalties if he doesn't hand them over.

Jones later ordered that a security official accompany Young to collect the video from a safety deposit box in Atlanta, a requirement that Young's attorneys protested.

Comments

[ShhhNow]

12:46 PM on 02/11/2010

And yet they allow "Valentine's Day" to open wide. What's happened to us?!!!

[noneofthismatters]

05:59 PM on 02/09/2010

Headline doesn't match the story. The judge just ordered that the security measures be canceled, not the retrieval.

[Norak]

06:58 PM on 02/09/2010

What IS the story? That when whoever the court ordered goes with Young to pick up the tape, a security detail can't go, too? I guess it is locking the barn door after the horse has trotted off, at that.

[cybersense]

04:46 PM on 02/09/2010

Young has this sex tape and should turn it over. No one should have it. Let's just say that if Young wants to profit from Edward's messiness, he already has. The sex tape shouldn't be given or allowed to be used by anyone.

[Chris202]

05:20 PM on 02/09/2010

Give it to the only person who has any reasonable use for it . . . Elizabeth Edwards. If she wants to use it in her divorce or in suits against Hunter or the Youngs, it should be all hers. Otherwise, and most likely, let her destroy it to protect her children as they've suffered enough because of John.