The John Edwards Scandal has somehow managed to get even worse.
A new report featured in the Feb. 15 edition of The National Enquirer claims the former North Carolina senator and presidential candidate John Edwards violently punched his cancer-stricken wife Elizabeth in the ribs during an argument over his philandering last December.
A source close to Elizabeth claims John socked his wife of more than 30 year after the couple argued over his alleged continued involvement with videographer-turned-baby mama Rielle Hunter.
Elizabeth suspected John slept with Hunter — the mother of his two-year-old daughter Frances Quinn — over the holidays. The long-suffering wife unleashed the gates of Hell on her sleazy hubby, branding him “disgusting,” a “disgrace,” and “dead in her eyes.”
That’s when John assaulted her, The Enquirer claims.
The Edwards announced their separation last week. Insiders say Elizabeth plans to file domestic violence charges if John refuses to give her what she wants in the divorce settlement.