John Ensign’s Girlfriend, Cindy Hampton, with her husband have issued a statement.
In Las Vegas on Wednesday, lawyer Daniel Albregts issued a statement that said “Doug and Cindy Hampton can confirm that they are the individuals referenced by Senator Ensign during his press conference.”
Cindy Hampton , Senator John Ensign’s girlfriend also had this to say.
“It is unfortunate the senator chose to air this very personal matter, especially after the Hamptons did everything possible to keep this matter private,” the lawyer said. “It is equally unfortunate that he did so without concern for the effect such an announcement would have on the Hampton family. In time the Hamptons will be ready and willing to tell their side of the story.”
The lawyer declined to answer questions.
Ensign, in his second term, has said he intends to remain in the Senate but he has resgined his leadership roles.
In a statement on Tuesday, Ensign’s office said he had carried out a consensual affair from December 2007 through August 2008 with a “campaign staffer who worked at Ensign for Senate and Battleborn PAC from Dec. 2006 to May 2008. The campaign employee was married to an official Senate staffer who worked for Senator Ensign.
Ensign is a member of the Christian ministry Promise Keepers and has championed causes pushed by the GOP’s conservative religious base while seeking to raise his political profile for a possible presidential campaign.
The revelation is a further blow for Republicans struggling to recover from recent election reversals as well as the political defection of liberal Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.
At his news briefing yesterday, Ensign said the affair was “the worst thing I have ever done in my life. If there was ever anything in my life that I could take back, this would be it.”
Ensign would not name the woman or her husband, but the statement from the Hamptons’ lawyer removed any mystery about her identity.
Federal records show Cynthia Hampton was on the payroll of Ensign’s Battle Born Political Action Committee at $1,385.24 a month until she was appointed treasurer and her salary was doubled to $2,771.50 starting in February 2008.
Her salary also doubled at Ensign’s campaign committee, where she was treasurer, beginning around the time the affair began. It went from $500 a month to $1,000 a month.
Update July 6th 2009
We have been duped!
The photo that many of us posted of Cindy Hampton is not the same Cindy as John’s girlfriend.
A Downey woman set the record straight Thursday night. Her picture was seen around the world on the Internet this week, after Nevada Senator John Ensign admitted to having an affair with a woman who has the same name.
Here she is in her own words….
My sincere appologies to the Hampton family of Downey.
.
Funniest Pictures from OneAngryMan.com or Get the feed-

Related Articles
1 user respond to this post
You have the wrong Cynthia Hampton photo. Please refer to this video on Los Angeles Fox Channel 11 News:
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/Mistaken_Identity_of_Cynthia_Hampton_20090618
And here is a letter from my attorney, Kimberlee Norris:
Sir or Madam:
You are currently publishing a photo on your website or blog which purports to identify a ‘Cynthia Hampton’ who participated in an illicit affair with an elected official.
In fact, you are publishing the photo of another Cynthia Hampton, my client, unrelated to this scandal.
This correspondence constitutes notice to you that you have published the picture of the WRONG Cynthia Hampton.
Remove this photo by 5 pm, Friday, July 10th, or my client will pursue appropriate legal action against you, including causes of action based in libel.
I appreciate your immediate attention to this matter.
Kimberlee D. Norris
Attorney at Law
314 Main Street, Suite 300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
817.335.2800
kdnorris@lovenorris.com
Leave A Reply