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| The former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford admitted on Wednesday to trespassing on his ex-wife's property, but avoided punishment for contempt as part of a court agreement reached a day after the Republican secured re-election to Congress. | The former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford admitted on Wednesday to trespassing on his ex-wife's property, but avoided punishment for contempt as part of a court agreement reached a day after the Republican secured re-election to Congress. |
| Sanford, whose win on Tuesday in a special election for a US House seat revived a political career that had been wrecked by an affair while he was governor, also agreed to pay his ex-wife Jenny Sanford's $5,000 in attorney's fees and costs. Mark Sanford and Jenny Sanford had been due to appear in court on Thursday for a hearing about the trespassing allegation. | Sanford, whose win on Tuesday in a special election for a US House seat revived a political career that had been wrecked by an affair while he was governor, also agreed to pay his ex-wife Jenny Sanford's $5,000 in attorney's fees and costs. Mark Sanford and Jenny Sanford had been due to appear in court on Thursday for a hearing about the trespassing allegation. |
| Jenny Sanford said she found her former husband leaving her home through a back door on 3 February, using his phone as a flashlight. Mark Sanford said he went there to watch the Super Bowl with one of the couple's four sons. The accusation came to light in April, as Sanford's bid for the open first congressional district seat he previously held for three terms heated up. It spurred the National Republican Congressional Committee to drop its support for a candidate who was already dogged by personal indiscretions. | Jenny Sanford said she found her former husband leaving her home through a back door on 3 February, using his phone as a flashlight. Mark Sanford said he went there to watch the Super Bowl with one of the couple's four sons. The accusation came to light in April, as Sanford's bid for the open first congressional district seat he previously held for three terms heated up. It spurred the National Republican Congressional Committee to drop its support for a candidate who was already dogged by personal indiscretions. |
| In 2009, during his second term as governor, Sanford tried to cover up a visit to his mistress in Argentina by saying he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. Jenny Sanford divorced him, and he is now engaged to María Belén Chapur, who attended his victory party Tuesday night. | In 2009, during his second term as governor, Sanford tried to cover up a visit to his mistress in Argentina by saying he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. Jenny Sanford divorced him, and he is now engaged to María Belén Chapur, who attended his victory party Tuesday night. |
| In the settlement on Wednesday, Mark Sanford admitted to trespassing more than once, in violation of the couple's 2010 divorce agreement that says neither can enter the other's home without specific permission. The judge withheld issuing a sentence on the condition that Mark Sanford abide by the divorce decree going forward. Sanford's attorney, Ralph E Tupper, could not be reached for comment. | In the settlement on Wednesday, Mark Sanford admitted to trespassing more than once, in violation of the couple's 2010 divorce agreement that says neither can enter the other's home without specific permission. The judge withheld issuing a sentence on the condition that Mark Sanford abide by the divorce decree going forward. Sanford's attorney, Ralph E Tupper, could not be reached for comment. |
| "No one will have any comment beyond the order that we filed," said Jenny Sanford's lawyer, Deena Smith McRackan. | "No one will have any comment beyond the order that we filed," said Jenny Sanford's lawyer, Deena Smith McRackan. |
| Mark Sanford defeated the Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in Tuesday's election to fill the seat that was vacated by Republican Tim Scott when he was appointed to the US Senate in December. Colbert Busch is a sister of comedian Stephen Colbert, the host of cable television channel Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a popular satirical news show in which he caricatures a conservative political commentator. | Mark Sanford defeated the Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in Tuesday's election to fill the seat that was vacated by Republican Tim Scott when he was appointed to the US Senate in December. Colbert Busch is a sister of comedian Stephen Colbert, the host of cable television channel Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a popular satirical news show in which he caricatures a conservative political commentator. |
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