Argentine Papers Identify Sanford's Mistress

By: Brian Montopoli
Topics: State Politics

(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

The Argentine woman with whom South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's has been engaged in an extramarital affair has been identified by South American media outlets as Maria Belen Chapur, a 43-year-old divorcee with two sons. (She has also been identified by the name Mar?a Bel?n Shapur, a slightly different spelling.)

According to various media reports, Chapur is well educated and attractive and speaks multiple languages. Though Argentine media reported that Chapur works for an agriculture company, that appears to have been inaccurate, as The Post and Courier reports.

Media outlets are now staking out the building where Chapur lives, in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, hoping for a glimpse of her. Thus far, however, they've had to make due with photos of the outside of her apartment building, which is near the U.S. Embassy and the city's zoo.

A special correspondent for McClatchy was able to make brief contact with the woman identified as Chapur Wednesday, but the conversation was brief. Reports The State: "The woman at the address answered to the name in the e-mails and, at first, agreed to speak to a visitor, but she declined after the visitor identified herself as a reporter."

(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

The emails referred to, of course, are the now-infamous exchanges between Sanford and the woman identified in them as "Maria" that were obtained by The State, a South Carolina newspaper.

Wrote Sanford: "You have a particular grace and calm that I adore. You have a level of sophistication that so fitting with your beauty. I could digress and say that you have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses, or that I love your tan lines or that I love the curve of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night's light."

The State removed the woman's full name from the emails, as well as her address and children's names, but posted a photo of the outside of the building on its Web site.

Brian Montopoli
Brian Montopoli is the senior political reporter at CBSNews.com.
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by jsilver2th June 26, 2009 2:57 AM EDT: OMG he thinks he's in the Thornbirds!

This is almost as much entertainment value as Sarah Palin...; Reply to this comment


by dennisall77 June 25, 2009 9:25 PM EDT: Funny how the Repugs want to either ignore or DEFEND this CREEP!; Reply to this comment


by dennisall77 June 25, 2009 9:17 PM EDT: THIS is your TYPICAL Republi-con politician... someone who gripes about Clinton getting a bj, professes some sort of holier-than-thou Christianity, and then lies and does ten time worse than Clinton EVER did... in other word HYPOCRITES....; Reply to this comment


by dennisgreen5 June 25, 2009 7:38 PM EDT: Isn't love wonderful!; Reply to this comment


by rushlimpdrug June 25, 2009 5:55 PM EDT: I say keep dragging them thru the mud as they did with
Bill Clinton and Monica.

The gov gets no special "pass". He was f__king a woman
in Argentina and the voters of that state need to know
how their top statesman behaves as their representative.

Keep the heat on the ba_tard.

He should resign.

He was probably taking calls, texts, and such from
the gov's mansion.

Put the heat on the gov.

Let the American voter show some sense of having
balls.; Reply to this comment

by vietnamwar June 25, 2009 5:40 PM EDT

he should use Bill Clinton Line: I have never have sexxx with miss...

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by dennisall77 June 25, 2009 9:28 PM EDT: Specifically Clinton said he never had "sexual relations" meaning intercourse... and he did not. This guy apparently hid the meatloaf many times. I wonder if she will turn up pregnant... LOL


by skeetchamp June 25, 2009 5:33 PM EDT: They should put Sanford in prison with all the other crooks, and Sanford should do what he always called on others to do and resign.; Reply to this comment


by justsane-2009 June 25, 2009 5:31 PM EDT: for pity's sake--leave her alone...; Reply to this comment

by gitreal June 25, 2009 5:24 PM EDT

dios mio,

ellos hacen el "Tangle" in argentina.

give me a f***ing break you f***ot liberals.

clinton had a novel way to "wet his cigar", JFK had a revolving backdoor for all his women and barney franks never gets so much as a byline, yet they remain your darlings. but, you never miss an opportunity to blast a conservative for "crossing the line".

go back to your kiddy porn realtychec6
.

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by not_fooled_by_Righties June 25, 2009 7:56 PM EDT: None of those people you cited CONDEMED others like Sanford and other Cons do.

It's like their ***** don't stink! Do as I say not as I do!

That is why it's a big deal!