Gingrich, Wife Reach Divorce Settlement
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SMYRNA, Ga. — Newt Gingrich worked out a divorce agreement with his wife of 18 years Friday, avoiding a potentially embarrassing public airing of his affair with a 33-year-old congressional aide.
The former House speaker and his wife, Marianne, reached the confidential agreement after a mediation session that lasted 12 hours.
Before the settlement, Callista Bisek, with whom Gingrich admitted having an “intimate relationship” beginning in 1993, had been ordered to answer questions about Gingrich and their affair.
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