Mar 12, 2009 6:49 am US/Eastern
Father Confirms Wedding To Bristol Palin Off
Teenage Daughter Of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Became Mom After Presidential Campaign
WASILLA, Alaska (CBS) ―
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Vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, right, holding son Trig, greets daughter Bristol and her boyfriend Levi Johnston after addressing the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 3, 2008.
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Bristol Palin and her boyfriend Levi Johnston stand on stage during day three of the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center on Sept. 3, 2008, in St. Paul, Minn.
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Bristol Palin, 17, and her sister Willow Palin, 14, carrying their baby brother Trig, get of the Straight Talk Express campaign bus at the airport in St Louis.
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Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's baby, is seen here in this undated photo. Bristol's mother, Alaska. Gov. Sarah Palin, had said the two were to get married.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain greets his running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol and her boyfriend Levi Johnston as he arrives at the airport in Minneapolis on Sept. 3, 2008.
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Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin, the teenage daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, have broken off their engagement, he said Wednesday, about 2 1/2 months after the couple had a baby.
Johnston, 19, told The Associated Press that he and 18-year-old Bristol Palin mutually decided "a while ago" to end their relationship. He declined to elaborate as he stood outside his family's home in Wasilla, about 40 miles north of Anchorage.
Star Magazine quoted Johnston's sister about the news on Wedensday.
He also said some details of the breakup, rumors of which had been swirling on the Internet, were inaccurate.
Bristol Palin said in a statement that she was devastated about a report on Star magazine's Web site that quoted Levi's sister, Mercede, as saying Bristol "makes it nearly impossible" to visit the teenagers' infant son, Tripp. The baby was born Dec. 27.
"Unfortunately, my family has seen many people say and do many things to `cash in' on the Palin name," said the statement, which was issued through the governor's political action committee. "Sometimes that greed clouds good judgment and the truth."
SarahPAC spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton did not immediately respond to calls seeking further information. The governor's spokesman, Bill McAllister, declined comment.
Sarah Palin revealed her daughter's pregnancy just days after being named John McCain's running mate on the Republican presidential ticket. She had said in December that her daughter and Johnston "are committed to accomplish what millions of other young parents have accomplished, to provide a loving and secure environment for their child."
In an interview that aired on Fox News last month, Bristol Palin said her fiance saw the baby every day and described him as a "hands-on" dad.
Johnston and Palin had said they were considering a summer wedding.
"We both love each other," he told the AP in October. "We both want to marry each other. And that's what we are going to do."
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