Predicting and manipulating Edwards’ behavior was our only chance. It was beyond a long shot but when your CEO funds an expensive operation and the result is a collective public yawn, let’s just say sometimes fear can be as good a motivator as a sense of injustice.
That’s when I brought in a mental health expert to psychologically profile Edwards and predict his behavior in certain scenarios, a desperate move that I hoped would provide some type of advantage…
“He will keep denying the scandal to America because he is denying the reality of it to himself. He sees himself only as the image he has created.” I was told.
The message from the professional that changed everything was that while it would be nearly impossible to make Edwards confess, he would offer a limited version of the truth if that was the only way he could maintain control of the scandal.
Edwards had stayed away from Hunter in North Carolina. He knew the Enquirer didn’t have photos of them together and that was the root of his confident lie. Now, I understood the most important element — what to do after landing the next big story.
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