Maria Belen Chapur

Dumb and Dumber South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford is the latest member of the ever-growing club of politicians who have strayed from their wives, as well as the latest in the ever-growing list of politicians who were indignant over President Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky and demanded he either resign or be impeached. In 1998, Sanford was a Republican congressman from South Carolina when he demanded "moral clarity" from Clinton and called on him to resign. "Very damaging stuff. This one's pretty cut and dried," Sanford said in September 1998. "I think it would be much better for the country and for him ... Read Full Story

As an infidelity expert frequently called on by the media to comment on high profile infidelity and popular infidelity issues in the news, I’d like to comment on a few points from Jenny Sanford’s interview in Vogue magazine about her husband, Mark Sanford’s infidelity. My comments and observations are based on my 16 years of ongoing infidelity research, which include thousands of consultations and interviews with male and female victims of infidelity, cheaters of both sexes, as well as other professionals in the field. Below are excerpts from my comments and observations on Jenny Sanford’s Vogue interview. For my complete analysis of Jenny Sanford’s ... Read Full Story

Jenny Sanford, the estranged wife of disgraced South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, opened up to Vogue about the impact her husband’s affair with Argentine journalist Maria Belen Chapur has had on her. The resulting portrait is one of a religious, family-oriented woman who is smart, hurt and dedicated to moving on (as much as one can move on while discussing one’s husband’s affair in a magazine). One of the first things one notes from the interview is that Sanford’s interviewer, Rebecca Johnson, seems genuinely flabbergasted that a conservative woman can keep Gabriel García Márquez on her bookshelf, have liberal friends, and is able to ... Read Full Story

Lover of Latins and Appalachian trail-hiker Mark Sanford is still holding tightly onto his position as governor of South Carolina, despite mounting evidence of his mismanaging taxpayer money. It’s now been discovered that Sanford spent something around $5,000 in cellphone bills. Investigators are now combing through his records in order to see whether any of these calls happened to be of a personal nature, particularly if they were to his Argentine lover, Maria Belen Chapur. “Luv Gov” Phone Logs Could Reveal Clues [FITS] Read Full Story

María Belén Chapur has been identified as Mark Sanford’s alleged mistress. Some outlets ID her as Maria Belen Shapur with an “S.” Politico links to an Argentinian outlet that identifies the mother-of-two.The media has been camped out by her apartment building near the Buenos Aires zoo. Maria Belen Chapur is 43 and has the two sons from a previous marriage. Maria is described by a neighbor as a beautiful brunette who plays tennis, goes jogging, and has large eyes. It was previously, erroneously reported that she worked for an agriculture company.In a candid interview with Vogue.com, talking with Rebecca Johnson, Jenny Sanford has this ... Read Full Story