1 Jul 2009, REUTERS
WASHINGTON: Standing by your man suddenly seems to be going out of fashion for some US women in the public eye. This month, the wives of at least two famous men caught cheating — sexually and financially — very openly declared that their spouses’ behavior was actually quite scandalous.
Ruth Madoff, reacting to her husband Bernard being sentenced to 150 years in prison for bilking investors with a massive Ponzi scheme, said she felt “embarrassed,” “ashamed” and “betrayed” by a man she had known for half a century.
“The man who committed this horrible fraud is not the man whom I have known for all these years,” she said shortly after her husband’s sentencing on Monday.
Last week, after South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford tearfully admitted to an affair with a woman, his wife Jenny — who was not by his side at his public confession — left little doubt about her feelings.
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