Live by the sword... : Chris Hansen, the Dateline NBC "To Catch a Predator" newshound and former Channel 4 reporter who has trapped countless perverts and scam artists through the use of hidden cameras, may have fallen victim to his own video trickery.

Numerous media outlets are reporting that Hansen, 51 and the married father of two, was caught on tape in a sting arranged by the National Enquirer having an illicit affair with a Florida TV reporter named Kristyn Caddell, 20 years his junior. Hansen, who was ostensibly in south Florida to research an investigative story, was captured by secret cameras having a romantic dinner with Caddell at a Ritz-Carlton hotel, stopping at a liquor store, then accompanying her back to her Palm Beach apartment.

Oh, the irony! There are more layers of this tale to be peeled away, for sure, but here's hoping Hansen's wife, Mary, isn't ready to borrow his signature "Predator" tagline: You're free to go.

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