During cross examination, Holloway admitted to the prosecution that she sold her story about an alleged affair with George Holloway for $4,000 to the National Enquirer, the tabloid not exactly known for its journalistic integrity. “You felt the National Enquirer was the one place that would tell your story in a fair, honest and sensational way?” prosecutor Jeff Ashton asked (per HuffPost). “(They) did,” Holloway replied. Ashton pushed further: “And the story is much, much better if you’re actually having an affair with George, right? It’s much more sensational.” Holloway was undeterred, saying as simply as she could, “I did have an affair with George.”
As for the National Enquirer money, Holloway later said in a television interview (via Mediaite) that she gave George Anthony about $4,000. “He told me he couldn’t get a job and that he couldn’t pay his bills and he couldn’t eat.” Even though her life had been turned upside down — much of it she recognized was her own doing — she said she felt sorry for George Anthony for the loss of his granddaughter, Caylee, and for his daughter’s unwillingness to testify in court. Still, Holloway said in the interview, “I did wrong, I want him to take responsibility, too.”
