Fossella Admits to Extramarital Affair, Says He Is Father of Woman's Daughter

• May 8, 2008, 11:07 a.m.

Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.), wracked by controversy since his drunken-driving arrest last week, has just issued a statement in which he confessed that he has had an extramarital relationship with the woman who bailed him out of jail following the arrest — and that he is the father of her young daughter.