In first speech since quitting ex-CIA chief apologises for affair

March 28, 2013 12:23

Disgraced former CIA director David Petraeus has apologised for his extra-marital affair that ensnared his career in an emotional speech at the University of Southern California event honoring the military.

Nearly five months after his sex scandal came to limelight and tanked his career, Petraeus has broken his silence to seek forgiveness.

According to the New York Daily News, giving his first public speech since resigning last November, the former four-star general apologised for his extra-marital affair with biographer Paula Broadwell and said he hopes to make amends.

Petraeus, 60, suffered a stunning fall from his career shortly after President Barack Obama's second election when news broke that he and Broadwell, a married army veteran and mother of two, got involved in an affair shortly after she finished writing her book the ex-CIA head.

Broadwell, 40, was later investigated for harassing Tampa socialite Jill Kelley -- whom she reportedly considered a romantic rival -- online.

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