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.
post; post/pic BUMP!
Edwards is one (and one of the worst) POS poster-child of the progressives.
It’s called a panic attack and if I were him I’d be panicking, too.
Hopefully the Judge will see through this sham and order him to appear to be tried right on schedule.
Or perhaps the judge could move the trial sooner,
just in case he doesn’t make it...
He needs a better defense attorney. All he needs to do to avoid trial is to plead guilty.
Anxiety attack (and who cares about that?).
He can’t die; he needs to spend many years in prison as Bubba’s bitch.
That’s an interesting development. Was he chasing his own ambulance?
I was at the restaurant last saturday and he walked in with some friends of his. He was laughing it up and talking with people just like you’d expect a politician to do.
Maybe Edwards should start walking around in public in a bathrobe and act loony like that Mob guy who also tried to get out of his trial.
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