DA: No sex tape perjury charge for ex-Edwards aide

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: Associated Press

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. -- A former aide to John Edwards won't face perjury charges over his testimony about a video tape purported to show the former presidential candidate having sex with his lover.

District Attorney Jim Woodall says he decided against charging Andrew Young for a series of conflicting statements he made last winter about where copies of the tape were kept. Woodall said he could change his mind if new evidence surfaced.

Woodall's decision was first reported by The Herald-Sun newspaper in Durham.

Edwards' mistress Rielle Hunter has sued Young, claiming invasion of privacy, to recover the tape.

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