"I'm coming Elizabeth, It's the big one!"
Posted on 12/30/2011 10:55:05 AM PST by maggief
“HELP ME, I’M DYING!” Bent over in agony, JOHN EDWARDS cried out for assistance during a terrifying heart attack drama – only days after the one-year anniversary of his wife ELIZABETH’s death.
That’s the shocking untold story behind the disgraced politician’s sudden request to postpone his upcoming criminal trial, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.
“John fell apart in front of a pal after returning from a jog and was afraid he’d die,” revealed a close source.
“His heart began pounding and he was having labored breathing. He had many symptoms of a major heart attack, so he asked his friend to rush him to his doctor.”
In documents filed Dec. 22 in a North Carolina federal court and obtained by The ENQUIRER, lawyers claimed the former presidential candidate had “unexpectedly encountered a medical issue” that will make it “extraordinarily difficult” for him to appear in court for his trial, slated to begin Jan. 30.
While the details of his medical situation were filed under seal and cannot be reported to the public, a close friend revealed that Edwards was telling pals he was suffering from “sleep apnea” and “migraine headaches.”
BUT while sources confirm he does have the potentially deadly sleeping disorder, the sudden chest pains and shortness of breath are what spurred a frightened Edwards – who claims a family history of heart disease – to request the delay, say sources.
“John has been very depressed with theupcoming trial and particularly down in the dumps with the holiday season and his young children having to deal with the first anniversary of his wife’s death on Dec. 7,” said the close source.
Under tremendous stress from the impending trial on charges he misused campaign funds to cover up an illicit affair and love child, Edwards had “also been drinking too much,” said the close source.
It all came to a head when he recently went for a short jog near his palatial North Carolina estate and collapsed with chest pains, divulged the insider.
An ambulance-chasing trial attorney has a heart? Who knew?
I anyone knows how to play the system it sure is Edwards.
Shyster tort lawyers are as good at acting on their own behalf as they are for their clients—maybe even more so.
A common response among accused criminals who know that they are guilty and likely to be convicted.
"I can't sleep and I have a headache" is generally not a sufficient basis for a criminal defendant to get a trial continuance.
He just asked for a postponement of his trial for medical reasons that he said were too personal to disclose.
He has a blood pump, but no heart.
A heart attack? That’s rich! Everyone knows he hasn’t got one!
He can’t get to hell soon enough to suit me !!
Of course he’s probably already filed a lawsuit against his Dr. for malpractice. Rot in Hell Johhny Boy !!
I agree.
Oh, poor BAYBEE.....
That dripping sound is my heart bleeding for him.
"I'm coming Elizabeth, It's the big one!"
As long as he doesn’t call you a big dummy.......
But he made sure his hair was combed before making his dramatic appearance in the emergency room.
Sounds like an hysterical anxiety attack from a drama queen.
Rumor is he is trying to postpone so his trial coincides with the election in his area. That way he could say his trial is just political. Heard that on Rush’s show.
Save the acting for the jury, you prison bound punk.
“I’m coming, Elizabeth, honey...I’m coming.”
(In my best Fred Sanford voice.)
Darn! You beat me to it.
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