part of their cases. but in this case john france s attorney denies that he was or ever married to two women and in a statement to nbc news his lawyer tells us while it appears john and lynda france were both under the impression once upon a time, that they were married, the fact of the matter is that their marriage was never legally proper. it was a clerical error. what do you do now? we re not here on television to prove our case. i think, rather, it s up to mr. france to come forward and explain why it is that they are not married. was this some sort of joke he was perpetrating on a woman that he held out as his wife? i think that s a very unusual thing to do to get married and have this magnificent wedding on the coast and come to the united states and raise your fmally amd take on tax returns and saying that this is your wife and then when it s convenient and you find another woman and you engage in this other marriage
guilty. a fun page to check just to see what she looks like. now to the ethics trouble facing maxine waters reports in the boston globe suggest that barney frank urged waters to avoid any dealings with the boston-based bank because her husband owned stock in it. representative waters plans to defend herself before a public trial and says she has done nothing wrong. nbc s luke russert covers capitol hill for us and he s here in new york for us today. so, why is barney frank s involvement in this so significant going forward? very interesting, peter. you have here a case where quite high-ranking democrat, barney frank said to maxine waters, you know what, it s not a good idea for you to be involved in these negotiations, trying to get funds for this bank from the bailout that your husband s involved in. fellow member of congress saying, you know, it s not a good idea. barney frank said, why don t i take care of this and we ll use my staff to pursue this so there is no conflict of i
odds for acquittal but they re taking bets on what his new career would be. 13 to 1 odds were for a motivational speaker, used car salesman and even money. it s money that got him in the trouble in the first place. i m going to hold off on that one. thanks, john. that s going to do it for me. contessa brewer picking up thing s. i can see him as a karaoke king. it would have to be the karaoke queen. think it s brushwear. brilliant. coming up, outrage foreign line. we re watching for reaction. expect a live news conference from new york may re michael bloomberg. agriculture secretary tom
in 2008, as you describe it, that you found evidence that your husband been cheating. you showed up at a hotel and found him with another woman. was there any warning signs and did you have any sense that he was leading this sort of double life? as far as our relationship, there was no arguing or any talk of splitting or anything like that. in fact we had a 4-month-old baby at the time and a 22-month-old. just increase in business trips and i got suspicious because he had said he was going to china but left the passport at home. he said he was going to china and said he was there and the passport was still at the home. you later went online and you ultimately found pictures of him with another woman having another marriage, another mafai tale, not too dissimilar from your own. can you explain your gut reaction when you finally saw those? initially i was just shocked and hurt and a mared edmarred i
another headline right now. an ohio woman says her husband was leading a double life and she found out about this on facebook. you got to hear this one. lynn france married her husband, john, in 2005. it was a fairy tale wedding by all accounts. it was on italy s coast. you could see some of the pictures. they had two young sons. but in 2008, lynn suspected john was cheating and then discovered these pictures on facebook. her husband at another fairy tale wedding and, once again, he was the groom. he was even dressed as prince charming in the pictures. lynn filed for divorce, that was in 2009. he convinced her to stay and then in may john fled to florida to be with his new wife and took the kids with him. lynn was stuck watching it all unfold online. i m joined now by lynn france and her attorney, andrew who is an expert in family law. thanks for joining us, lynn. you two were married in 2005 and