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You are right, and your colleague Hutchinson wrong on this one: Mirthala knew what she was doing, and had a long history of doing it. Besides Padilla and Nunez, as Sandra (below, Hutchinson comments) notes, there was widespread knowledge of her and some Persian Doctor and co-worker, whose marriages/engagements she broke up.
But what concerns me, is if there is truth to Sandra's claim that "everyone" knows about her affair with a Senator, too; that would be another likely case of conflict of interest.
However, since Telemundo knew of the affair when she reported on the Mayor's divorce -- in fact, knew of the conflict for some time -- they are also to blame.
Bridget -
I thought you might find this funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9AH-ufAkCU