John Edwards won't have to answer questions in a lawsuit involving a purported sex tape with his former mistress until criminal charges against the former senator are resolved, a North Carolina judge ruled Thursday.
Judge Carl Fox said he didn't want to add delays to a case that has already gone on for a year and a half, but the risk of violating Edwards' Constitutional protection from self-incrimination was too high.
"It's absolutely necessary in the interest of justice," the judge said.
Edwards filed a motion earlier this month asking to indefinitely postpone a deposition he was scheduled to give next week in a lawsuit filed by Rielle Hunter, the former campaign videographer with whom he had an affair that produced a child. Hunter is arguing that Andrew Young, a former Edwards campaign aide, has personal property of hers, including a purported sex tape depicting Edwards. Hunter is suing to have the items returned.
