tape is visibly pregnant , the Youngs say . That means the video might not be the one specified in the restraining order , because Rielle Hunter , Edwards ' former mistress , said that tape was created in September 2006 , the Youngs say . `` This means that , as a matter of human biology , Ms. Hunter would have given birth no later than June 2007 , '' the Youngs say . Hunter was pregnant in 2007 and gave birth to Edwards ' daughter Frances Quinn on February 27 , 2008 . In the court documents , the Youngs suggest that Hunter might have mistaken when the video was made . Even if that is the case , they say , Hunter abandoned the videotape in the trash at their home and made no effort to recover it until almost two years after she had left their home . Friday 's court proceeding is the latest development in a saga involving one-time Democratic presidential hopeful Edwards . In January , he admitted that he had fathered a child with Hunter , a videographer who worked on his campaign . Edwards , 56 , had publicly denied paternity
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A judge ordered an ex-aide to former Sen. John Edwards on Friday to turn over a sex tape said to depict Edwards and his former mistress , an official in a North Carolina court said . Judge Abraham Penn Jones found former Edwards aide Andrew Young and his wife , Cheri , in civil contempt of court , said Tammy Keshler , a judicial assistant in Chatham County Superior Court . He ordered them to give the court the tape and other materials they may have by 2 p.m. Wednesday , she said . The judge said he could jail the Youngs if they do not comply , she said . The Youngs appeared in court in Pittsboro , about 35 miles west of Raleigh , North Carolina , to contest a temporary restraining order forbidding them from disseminating the videotape . The couple has said they possess `` a video recording showing Senator Edwards engaged in sexual activities with a woman who , from all indications , is not his wife and who the Youngs believe to be Ms. Hunter , based upon her appearance , '' court documents say . The woman on the