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Mirthala Salinas
Mirthala Salinas is an anchor and reporter for U.S. Spanish language
television channel KVEA-TV (also known as Telemundo 52) in Los Angeles.
Biography
Salinas was born on October 27, 1970. She was born and raised in the state
of Sonora in northern Mexico. She attended Arizona State University. Before
arrival in Los Angeles, Salinas was a reporter for Univision 33 in Phoenix,
Arizona. [1]
According to Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, they are in a romantic
relationship. The story was broken on July 3, 2007 by the Los Angeles Daily
News. [2]
In early June, Villaraigosa separated from his wife of 20 years, Corina, who
filed for divorce a couple of days later. According to the Los Angeles
Times, the relationship with Mirthala Salinas goes back more than 18 months
- to the beginning of Villaraigosa's term in office. [3] Coincidentally, she
was the anchor who read the report of Villaraigosa's separation from his
wife on the Telemundo 52 news broadcast.
As of July 5, she was placed on paid leave by her employer while it conducts
an internal investigation into whether she breached journalistic ethics. In
late July 2007, some noted that Salinas' parent employer, NBC Universal,
which is conducting the review of her reporting on the mayor in light of the
news of the affair, is also currently campaigning with the city of Los
Angeles for approval of a $3 billion, 20-year development plan for which
they will need Villaraigosa's assistance. Some have called this a conflict
of interest, but Villaraigosa said that he saw nothing wrong with the
situation.[4]
Salinas has also had romantic relationships with other Los Angeles
politicians, including Former City Council President and current state
Senator Alex Padilla in addition to Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuņez (D-Los
Angeles),[5] [6]
Early life
References
1. ^ http://www.telemundo52.com/comunidadt52/2836092/detail.html
2. ^ Barrett, Beth "Revealed: The other woman in Antonio Villaraigosa's
life" Los Angeles Daily News July 3, 2007
3. ^ Helfand, Duke and Hymon, Steve "Mayor reveals romantic link with TV
newscaster" Los Angeles Times July 4, 2007
4. ^ Affair, NBC project cross paths. Los Angeles Times (2006-07-26).
Retrieved on 2005-07-26.
5. ^ Zahniser, David Villaraigosa's Media Affair LA Weekly July 3, 2007
6. ^ Duke Helfand and Steve Hymon Mayor's girlfriend is placed on leave Los
Angeles Times July 6, 2007
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