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[Judi Lynn]

'I fell deeply in love': Mark Sanford says he 'caused incalculable pain' in handling of extramarital affair with Argentinian María Belén Chapur
John L. Dorman 3 hours ago

In 2009, then-Republican Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina was nearing the end of his second term in office and by all public accounts, had a successful political career and family life.

However, despite being married to his wife, Jenny, Sanford had fallen "deeply in love" with María Belén Chapur, an Argentinian journalist he had known for several years. Once Jenny discovered a file of letters between her husband and Chapur in December 2008, things became increasingly difficult for the married couple, as Sanford detailed in his newly released book, "Two Roads Diverged."

"Jenny's discovery eventually led us to marriage counseling, and amid ... the responsibilities of raising four sons, we did the best we could to sort through what was tough at a private level and what at any given moment might morph into an even more difficult public drama," he wrote. "By May 2009, Jenny had asked for a trial separation."

He emphasized: "One month later, I chose a path that caused incalculable pain for all of us."

Sanford went on to describe how in June 2009, he took a flight to Buenos Aires to see Chapur, while instructing his staff to tell his wife that he was "hiking on the Appalachian Trail" if she tried to reach him.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-sanford-extramarital-affair-chapur-argentina-hiking-appalachian-trail-2021-8



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