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Ah, yes. Family values.

Rep. paying ex-mistress about $500K

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press Writer

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A Republican congressman accused of abusing his ex-mistress agreed to pay her about $500,000 in a settlement last year that contained a powerful incentive for her to keep quiet until after Election Day, a person familiar with the terms of the deal told The Associated Press.

Rep. Don Sherwood... four-term congressman's relationship with the woman. While Sherwood acknowledged the woman was his mistress, he denied abusing her and said that he had settled her $5.5 million lawsuit on confidential terms.

The settlement, reached in November 2005, called for Cynthia Ore to be paid in installments, according to a person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal is confidential. She has received less than half the money so far, and will not get the rest until after the Nov. 7 election, the person said Thursday.

Sherwood, a 65-year-old married father of three who is considered a family-values conservative...

According to a police report, Ore called 911 on her cell phone from the bathroom of Sherwood's Capitol Hill apartment in 2004...

Even before Ore settled, the congressman tried to keep a tight lid on the case. ...asked a judge to prohibit disclosure of materials from the case... was especially adamant that any videotaped deposition of Sherwood not be released...

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