Another Republican "Unfunded Mandate"

[brooklynite]

Ex-Rep. Sherwood Challenging Settlement to Ex-Mistress

Pennsylvania Republican Don Sherwood, who lost his House seat last fall, is now refusing to pay his ex-mistress more than half of a $500,000 settlement he promised her to keep quiet about their affair, according to two people familiar with the situation.

Sherwood contends he's no longer bound by the settlement because, he charges, the ex-mistress violated its confidentiality clause, said the sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were concerned about breaching the confidentiality agreement themselves.

The settlement ended a $5.5 million federal lawsuit in which the ex-mistress accused the married father of three of attacking her violently and repeatedly during a five-year relationship.

The ex-mistress isn't inclined to let Sherwood quietly fade into retirement, one of the sources said. Unless he pays up, she's likely to bring further legal action against her former beau, who had cast himself as a family-values conservative during four terms representing a heavily Republican district in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0107/2442.html