Paula Broadwell 'devastated' by David Petraeus affair fallout A group of friends and neighbours welcomed Mrs Broadwell, her husband, Scott, and their young sons back to their home in Charlotte, North Carolina, after Mrs Broadwell spent more than a week being hounded by media while staying at her brother's home in Washington. The FBI stumbled onto their relationship after tracking anonymous emails Broadwell allegedly sent to Tampa socialite Jill Kelley, warning Mrs Kelley to stay away from Petraeus and Afghanistan war commander Gen. John Allen. Mrs Kelley served as sort of an unpaid social liaison for Central Command, hosting parties at her and her husband's home, where senior officers would mingle with Tampa's elite. Officials say Kelley kept in near constant contact with Allen, and Petraeus before him, apparently trading on her friendship with the four-star commanders to advance her social status in the military conscious community of Tampa. The scandal widened when the Pentagon announced it was looking into that copious correspondence between Kelley and Allen, searching for possible evidence of an inappropriate relationship between the two married people. Allen's nomination to lead the US European Command has been put on hold, pending results of the investigation, though officials now concede only a handful of the emails between Mrs Kelley and Gen Allen are of flirtatious or questionable nature. The FBI found no reason to further investigate Petraeus, but the CIA is now investigating whether the former director behaved inappropriately, such as possibly using agency resources to further the affair.