Top 10 Infidelity News Stories of 2004

(PRWEB) December 27, 2004

“Infidelity is one of those topics that’s always in the news,” says author and infidelity expert and author Ruth Houston. “especially when a celebrity or prominent person is involved. It’s also a recurring theme for soap operas, movies and top-rated TV shows. Infidelity was a particularly hot topic for the year 2004. “

Here are Ruth Houston’s picks for the top 10 infidelity news stories of 2004.

Newsweek’s Expose on Cheating Wives

Newsweek’s cover story on “The New Infidelity” turned the spotlight on the increase in female infidelity, revealing that the rate of female infidelity is fast approaching that of men. With more women working outside the home, workplace infidelity poses the biggest threat.

Genes and Female Infidelity

A United Kingdom study headed by Professor Tim Spector, director of the Twin Research Unit at St Thomas' Hospital in London suggests that genetic factors may influence female infidelity and the number of sex partners women have.

The Scott Peterson Trial

Sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murder of his pregnant wife, Laci, and Connor, their unborn child, Peterson was carrying on an affair with a massage therapist at the time his wife turned up missing. This case graced more People magazine covers than any murder investigation in the publication's history.

Kobe Bryant Case Dismissed

Basketball star Kobe Bryant’s high profile rape case was dismissed by the judge after his accuser decided not to testify. Bryant, denied the rape charges all along, maintaining that the “only” thing he was guilty of was adultery. Only three stories in the history of the Lycos 50 have triggered more Internet searches than the Kobe Bryant indictment.

Governor McGreevey’s Gay Infidelity

New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey announced his resignation, admitting that he was gay and that he’d had an extramarital affair with a male employee who reportedly was threatening to sue the governor for sexual harassment.

Desperate Housewives

ABC's prime time soap quickly became the second most popular show on TV, averaging 22.8 million viewers a week. Even men are watching it . Hollywood is convinced that infidelity is the reason for the show's success. (A key plotline is the extramarital affair between one wife and her young landscaper.) Similar shows are expected to follow.

Bernard Kerik’s Simultaneous Extramarital Affairs

The former NYC Police Commissioner was nominated by President Bush for the Secretary of Homeland Security. However, Kerik abruptly withdrew his name amid a rash of scandals, including allegations that he conducted simultaneous extramarital affairs with publisher of his memoir and a city corrections officer.

Bill Clinton – “Because I Could”

In an exclusive interview with Dan Rather of 60 Minutes about his newly published, memoir, "My Life," former President Bill Clinton told America why he had the affair with Monica Lewinsky – “Just because I could.”

Clara Harris and “Suburban Madness”

This CBS made-for-TV movie depicted the true story of Clara Harris, the Texas dentist convicted of murdering her cheating husband by running over him three times. The executive producer called it “a real comment on American society, American marriage and morality.”

Infidelity at the Movies

The year 2004 closes with two blockbuster movies that underscore the popularity of infidelity as a form of entertainment: “Closer” – a tangled web of infidelity where a wife betrays a husband by having an affair with a man who is simultaneously cheating on his longtime girlfriend, and “Kinsey”, the biography of the famous sex researcher who had a homosexual affair with a male member of his research team.

This list of Top 10 Infidelity News Stories was compiled by Ruth Houston, infidelity expert and author of Is He Cheating on You – 829 Telltale Signs. Houston’s user- friendly website http://www.InfidelityAdvice.com provides a wealth of practical advice for victims of infidelity.

About Ruth Houston

Ruth Houston is the author of Is He Cheating on You? – 829 Telltale Signs. A writer/editor/ columnist and member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, Ruth’s lifestyle and relationship articles and columns have appeared regularly in publications in the US and abroad for the past 20 years. Her 10 years of in-depth research on infidelity has made her the nations leading authority on signs of infidelity.

Ruth has been featured in, interviewed by, or quoted in the New York Times, The New York Post, the Toronto Sun, First magazine, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, the Spokesman-Review, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the New York Observer, Sante and other print media here and abroad. She has been a guest on Good Day New York, TalkAmerica, the Mike Gallagher Show, 1010 WINS and well over 100 other radio and TV talk shows nationwide.

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