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"Sources directly connected with &lt;strong&gt;Larry King&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Shawn Southwick&lt;/strong&gt; tell TMZ Shawn believes Larry has been having an affair with her sister for 5 years ... and the cover was blown when Shawn checked his Visa statement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img title=\"larry king  and his wife Shawn Southwick\" alt=\"larry king  and his wife Shawn Southwick\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/04/14/0414-laryy-king-shawna-king-ex-tmz-credit.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One source intimately familiar with the situation tells us Larry bought wildly expensive gifts for &lt;strong&gt;Shannon Engemann&lt;/strong&gt;, including a $160,000 car and \"tons of gifts from Cartier.\"&amp;nbsp; We're told Larry used his credit card to purchase many of the gifts. The credit card bills were paid by Larry's business manager.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told Shawn started looking at the statements, saw a Cartier diamond necklace, and then told a friend, \"He never gave me a diamond necklace.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So began 5 years of never-ending drama.&amp;nbsp; Friends tell TMZ there were numerous instances where the couple was fighting, sometimes physically.&amp;nbsp; One friend recalls an incident outside of Nate 'n Al in Beverly Hills a year and a half ago where the couple was \"punching each other.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we first reported, several years ago Larry attempted to save their marriage by transferring 3 homes -- including the one in Beverly Hills -- into Shawn's name alone, to show his commitment to the marriage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friends tell TMZ Shawn went into a \"deep depression\" for a long time and literally wouldn't leave the house.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ironically, in the last two weeks, friends felt things were \"calming down\" between Larry and Shawn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2010/04/14/2645-larry-king-and-shawn-southwick\"&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/04/14/0414-larry-shawn-300-credit.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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