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HILLSBOROUGH -- A judge has ordered former John Edwards aide Andrew Young to appear in court Monday to explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt of court for failing to turn over videotapes and photographs that Rielle Hunter claims are hers.
According to some published reports the video shows Edwards, who was campaigning for president, and a pregnant woman, believed to be Hunter, engaging in sexual activities.
On Thursday, Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones issued a temporary restraining order and sent Maj. Charles Blackwood of the Orange County Sheriff's Office to the Youngs' rural home to retrieve three video tapes and personal photographs.
Cheri Young was not at home, but Andrew Young was. While Blackwood waited, Young called a Washington, D.C., attorney and asked for advice.
The attorney then told Blackwood that Young would not be turning over any videotapes or personal photographs, which Hunter claims the Youngs downloaded from her computer.
On Friday, the case went back to Jones, and he issued a notice of a hearing to be held at 2 p.m. in Pittsboro, which is about 17 miles south of Chapel Hill.
The judge issued a "show cause" order in which the Youngs must appear to explain why they should not be held in contempt of court for failing to comply with the temporary restraining order Jones issued Thursday.
It was unclear Friday whether both Youngs or just Andrew Young have been ordered to appear in court since Cheri Young was not at home when Blackwood served the temporary restraining order.
