Well, they say, "Truth is stranger than fiction." Well, this story surely falls under that quotation category. LOL!
Paul Ryan's ex-lover spent five months in prison for defrauding her employer out of $77,000 (but did he know this when he went to her wedding in May 2012?)
- Deneeta Pope, 40, dated Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan after they met at college
- Admitted defrauding Ernst & Young out of $77,000 for fake training
- Convicted in 2001 and spent five months in federal prison
- Pope, now an Obama supporter, was thrust into the spotlight by the re-emergence of Ryan's remarks that his 'college sweetheart was black'
- Ryan said he suffered 'ugly comments' over the relationship
- At Miami University, Pope was a cheerleader and he was in a fraternity
- She donated $2,000 to his campaign to become a Congressman in 1997
- But she also donated cash to Barack Obama's campaign in 2008
- Ryan apparently attended her wedding to Michael Thompson in May this year
Paul Ryan's African-American college sweetheart has spent time in prison for wire fraud, it emerged today.
Deneeta Pope hit headlines after MailOnline revealed that she was the Republican vice-presidential candidate's ex-girlfriend who opened his eyes to the evils of racism.
She served five months in prison after defrauding her employer Ernst & Young out of $77,000 in 1999, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons.
Ms Pope admitted claiming funds from work to attend an educational course which did not exist.
Mr Ryan has stayed in touch with his ex over the two decades since they broke up - he even attended Ms Pope's wedding in May this year.
'Ex-con': Deneeta Pope, left, apparently spent five month in prison after confessing to wire fraud; she married Michael Thompson earlier this year
Paul Ryan and Deneeta Pope first fell for each other at Miami University of Ohio in the early 1990s. She was a stunning cheerleader and he, pictured here in his yearbook, a good-looking 6ft2in Irish Catholic
The former cheerleader was indicted by a grand jury in November 1999, and two years later pleaded guilty to faking receipts and expense claims in order to steal tens of thousands of dollars.
She would apparently transfer the fraudulently obtained funds to a secret bank account in Chicago, where she currently lives.
Following her conviction, Ms Pope was sentenced to five months in federal prison, and was released in May 2002.