Young, wife ordered jail over Edwards tape

PITTSBORO, N.C., March 9 (UPI) -- A North Carolina judge ordered Andrew Young and his wife jailed for allegedly not turning over all copies of a sex tape made by John Edwards and his mistress.

Chatham County Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones held Young and his wife, Cheri, in contempt Tuesday and ordered them jailed up to 75 days, the Raleigh News & Observer reported.

Jones said they had lied about the number of copies of the tape and how many people have seen it.

"There were things told to the court, under oath, in affidavits, in testimony that turned out to be inaccurate," the judge said.

Claiming invasion of privacy, Edwards' mistress, Rielle Hunter, has sued for return of the tape, which allegedly shows her and the one-time presidential candidate having sex, as well as other documents and images.

Young and his wife have said they found the video in a house he rented for Hunter.

Young's lawyers say he had heeded the judge's orders to surrender all copies of the tape except one given to the FBI as part of an investigation into his campaign finances, ABC News reported.

The tape surfaced after the February release of Young's book, "The Politician," in which he wrote of hiding Edwards' affair.