Spouse of Ensign’s mistress sought help in letter to Fox News

[sabra]

Source: Las Vegas Sun

Husband’s account of how wife’s affair with Ensign ‘ruined our lives and careers’ comes to light

In a letter dated five days before Sen. John Ensign’s public confession of an extramarital affair, Doug Hampton pleaded to a national Fox News anchorwoman for help in exposing the senator’s “heinous conduct and pursuit” of Hampton’s wife.

Hours before the Sun obtained an unsigned copy of the letter, Ensign’s spokesman said the senator disclosed the affair with Cynthia Hampton because her husband had approached “a major television news channel before Tuesday,” the day Ensign admitted the affair. “We learned of this fact before the news conference,” the spokesman noted in an e-mail.

In his letter, Hampton, a former top administrative aide in Ensign’s Capitol Hill office, said: “The actions of Senator Ensign have ruined our lives and careers and left my family in shambles. We have lost significant income, suffered indescribable pain and emotional suffering. We find ourselves today with an overwhelming loss of relationships, career opportunities and hope for recovery. Our pursuit of justice continues to place me and my family in harm’s way as we fear for our well being.”

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In the letter, Hampton states that he wanted “to establish the framework for discussion and provide enough information to warrant a meeting with you (Kelly) and Fox News.” He said he had “great respect” for Fox News and was contacting Kelly because she is a lawyer and the story had several legal elements to it.

Near the end of the two-page, single-spaced document, he noted: “I could have sought the most liberal, Republican hating media to expose this story, but there are people’s lives at stake and justice is about proper process as well as outcome. Senator Ensign has no business serving in the US Senate anymore!”



Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jun/19/we-have-suffered-indescribable-pain/

[get the red out]

1. His trust was misplaced

When he was up against a powerful Republican he might as well have been a Democrat as far as Fox was concerned. It is what happens when people allow themselves to be brainwashed.

[Faygo Kid]

2. Exactly. No chance Fox News was going to go after a Republican.

He completely wasted his time. Hard to believe. Brainwashed fool.

[Cha]

31. That letter went in the

shedder..immediately if not sooner..Sucka.

[roguevalley]

42. what a tool. I would think that he should be addressing his wife

first. she put them at risk with her behavior, he did with his closed eyes and all the rest. sad idiots.

[mtnester]

3. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

that is exactly how it reads...as in "I want $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"

[YOY]

21. His first complaint is that "I have lost significant income."

Cry me a fucking river.

Money first.

[redqueen]

27. Well... he *is* a Republican.

His reaction really isn't surprising when you consider it.

[madaboutharry]

4. Mr. Hampton seems to be forgiving his wife for her choice

to have an affair with Mr. Ensign. He seems to need to make her a victim, which frankly seems a bit weird to me. It isn't like she was hypnotized into schtuping another man.

[get the red out]

8. They believe women are brainless

After all we all know in Republican thought all women are so stupid that they can't be trusted to consult a doctor and make reproductive health care decisions without government intervention. So it is reasonable to conclude that they would feel a woman would be too brainless to refuse the advances of a man she didn't want to have sex with.

[Tansy_Gold]

10. Flip side of that coin --

"a woman would be too brainless to refuse the advances of a man she didn't want to have sex with."

And she would also be too brainless to refuse the advances of a man she didn't want to have sex with if they are that man and they want to have sex with her because the goddess knows all of them are irresistable and therefore no one would/could resist them and therefore it wasn't rape.


As disgusted as I am by Ensign and all the pukes like him, this Hampton comes across as a whining loser. Why would any woman want to stay with him anyway? Did it ever occur to him to wonder why his wife was looking for something different/better?


assholes.




TG

[JDPriestly]

38. We don't know whether the affair was really consensual or

whether she was put under a lot of pressure. She was certainly rewarded with jobs for herself and her son for something. And Ensign made such a point of emphasizing that the affair was consensual -- as if he was worried about an accusation of sexual harassment.

In my view, sexual harassment is about the abuse of power by one who is in a position of authority or of greater prestige. Who has more authority or greater prestige than someone who is both your boss and a senator? Whether Ensign abused that authority is now coming into question. At this point, we shouldn't jump to conclusions one way or the other.

[madaboutharry]

40. It would be something if she comes forward and says that

he harassed her into the affair and she went along with it out of fear of financial ruin.

You are correct in saying we need to wait and see how this all unfolds and who is to be believed.

[Doctor_J]

43. Hampton probably thinks sharing his wife with a Repuke big shot is "for the party"

might even be a badge of honor for him

[Kookaburra]

5. I'm finding it hard to come up with any sympathy for this guy

As my grandmother used to say, "you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas."

[CTyankee]

7. Love that quote! I, too, have little sympathy for any of them.

In fact, none at all. Let 'em lose their fat paychecks. As for self respect, if they had any they wouldn't be in the bag for the Republicans.

Let 'em all get screwed. They deserve it...

[Doctor_J]

45. Or, in the camp classic The Oscar,

"Lie down with dogs, wake up smelling like garbage"

:wtf:

[Faygo Kid]

6. Question: Ensign went public because he learned of this letter. Who told him of it?

Answer: Undoubtedly, Fox News. Instead of pursuing a story, they moved to protect the Republican.

[rocktivity]

18. I could believe that if the Hamptons didn't have an attorney involved.

Believe it or not, it's perfectly legal to sell your silence IF YOU USE AN ATTORNEY. What I think happened is that after attempts to reach a legal "deal" fell through, Ensign spilled the beans originally floating an extortion story. But that raised the question of why he didn't call the cops (Answer: because if the Hamptons approached Ensign with an attorney, he WASN'T being extorted). Conveniently, an unsigned letter to Fox News then materializes. I wouldn't be surprised if Fox wrote it themselves to protect Ensign. At the very least, that would certainly explain this very odd statement that the Hamptons' attorney made.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Stuckinthebush]

9. As the victim of a family-destroying affair

I feel for this spouse. His wife and employer were selfish jerks.

I may not agree with the GOP on much of anything, but no person should have to go through that. I say destroy the bastard Ensign's reputation. Damn hypocrite.

[Tansy_Gold]

11. When one partner "strays," there's a reason.

Mr. Hampton ought to be examining his own relationship with his wife and wondering what went wrong.

[Stuckinthebush]

14. Sure there's a reason

Sometimes it is power. Sometimes it is boredom at home.

In this case, you had an employer in a powerful position that took advantage of that position. The two of them willfully destroyed a family. What makes it really terrible is that in public life Ensign was a crusader for the "sanctity" of marriage.

Bastard.

[Tansy_Gold]

17. Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm not excusing Ensign at all

I'm just saying that before I feel too sorry for Mr. Hampton, I'd want to know a bit more about his own contribution to his wife's willingness to stray.

[Stuckinthebush]

32. Fair enough

And I admit to being a tad bit hostile toward adulterers due to my situation.

[dbonds]

22. No reason is worth breaking a commitment.

And the reason can be because the one who strays is just a lousy person. Most times I have seen cheaters, it is the cheaters fault, not the trusting mate. A cheater is hard to reform, it is a mind set. If there are other problems in the relationship then those problems should be address directly and that relationship ended before anything new is started.

[Doremus]

36. +1

[pattmarty]

23. That is a personal thing between his wife and him. That in no way.................

...................excuses the hypocritical behavior of douchebag Ensign. The "one partner strays" excuse? is NOT an excuse for Ensign's "poor me" bullshit for no other reason to save his shitbag ass.

[David__77]

25. Ugh that's an irritating statement.

I've been there - cheated on, that is. And it was nothing of my doing, as he well admitted. In some cases, people are just sluts.

[rocktivity]

12. I beg your pardon, Hampton family--your "services" to Ensign were rewarded

quite richly.

Unless, of course, Mrs. Hampton was forced into the affair, and the family were forced to take Ensign's raises.

Buy I do agree with the last line of the letter. As with Gannongate, this is no longer a "mere" sex scandal--a full corruption investigation is in order.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[mrs_p]

13. did his wife have no say in this affair

as she was doing the deed, shouldn't he be placing some of the blame on her - or did he "give her up" to ensign? i don't understand what legal course he has except a divorce.

:shrug:

[kestrel91316]

15. As for Ensign, in spite of his endless railing against gay marriage as

the greatest threat known to "traditional" marriage, it is clear to me that the biggest threat to the Ensigns' marriage was......


drumroll......


John Ensign.

[Cha]

35. Yes, it's the freakin' hypocrisy,

stupid(ensign).

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Fox would investigate a republican?

Wow, that guy is really screwed up, if the story is true.

[pacalo]

19. Silly man. Fixed News isn't in the investigation business -- unless it involves stalking

one's residence because they dared to call out Fixed News.

Their business is strictly to protect the Repukes from scandals like this.

How naive can this idiot be?

[Mr. Sparkle]

20. Foxnews probably tipped Ensign off and thats why Ensign held a news conference

what an idiot :rofl:

[jaysunb]

24. " It's hard out here for a pimp."

:evilfrown:

[cosmicone]

26. LOL - Ensign is also a member of the "Promise Keepers" n/t

[olegramps]

28. This guy is a complete idiot.

He doesn't trust those evil media liberals and puts his trust in FOX News. Didn't this brainless twit realize that FOX, even if it is nothing more than a Republican fascist propaganda mill, is going to attempt to verify the story. So what do they do? They notify Ensign and of course he attempts to save his rotten ass by his public disclosure of his sins and how sorry he is for his momentary indiscretion that has caused so much pain. Rotten pack of hypocrites. Ensign is a born again member of an evangelical church and Promise Keepers. These people are ridiculous charades.

[robinlynne]

29. This guy wants money. i think he forgot it takes two to tango.

[redqueen]

30. I wonder if Mr. Hampton finally realizes how unfair and unbalanced Fox "News" is.

Somehow, I doubt it. No amount of facts or reason seems to make even the slightest difference with that station's viewers.

[rasputin1952]

33. Why didn't Hampton just come out publicly and expose the

story?

this is all about a cash payoff...I have zero sympathy for anyone involved in this, and Hampton should be ashamed, he sounds like he's pimping his wife.

[Hulk]

34. Ooops...sent your message to the enemy I'm afraid.

Good example of the shills and their right wing, repuke allegiance.

.....moron right wingers!

[rhett o rick]

37. I missed something. Who sent the letter to the newspaper? nm

[orleans]

39. so this is the reason he "confessed"

knew there had to be a reason, not that he just did it to clear his conscience.

and this dumbass husband going to fox news? what did he want? them to break the story? guess it didn't work out that way did it. they sided with ensign. naturally.

[dave29]

41. This man may not be as stupid as he looks at the moment

If his intention was to get the senator caught in a cover up, he most certainly sent his letter to the correct organization.

[Doctor_J]

44. It's probably Ensign's first and last affair

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Just like Newt's 30 years ago

[Raine]

46. "lost significant income" ???

it seems (anyway from what I've heard) they did so much better financially due to the affair.