APNewsBreak: Judge wants security officers to help retrieve Edwards sex tape from Atlanta safe

APNewsBreak: Officers to retrieve Edwards sex tape

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina judge wants security officers to accompany a former John Edwards aide as he goes to retrieve a sex tape of his former boss.

Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones said in an order released Monday that the Orange County sheriff has appointed a security firm to help recover the video and other items. Former Edwards loyalist Andrew Young has said he has the original tape and copies stored in an Atlanta safety deposit box. Jones wants the security officer to accompany Young into the vault.

Jones has declared Young was in contempt for not immediately turning over the tape. Edwards’ mistress, Rielle (ree-EHL’) Hunter, has sued Young for invasion of privacy. Young says the tape shows Edwards in a sexual encounter with a woman he assumes to be Hunter.