Is it ever possible to repair trust once it has been betrayed, especially so publicly? It is hard to say, I do know that couples can work through betrayal and infidelity when both realise that there has been a mistake and are committed to making sure it never happens again.
They need to be prepared to put themself in a position of scrutiny and questioning until the betrayed partner has managed to gain a new level of trust, unfortunately many people are unwilling to do the work they need to do to make the repair fully.
Taking someone who is in the public domain, a young couple who have more than the usual number of temptations being handed to them on a plate minute by minute, and I wonder how hard it would be for the trust to be restored. Perhaps the stakes are too high for them both.
All I can offer is the following piece of advice, if you both are able to be completely honest about what and how it happened, no hidden pieces or lies to cover up the event, if you are both willing to take the pain of building trust no matter what the betrayed person needs to do to make that happen and if you are both willing together and separately to get some professional help them maybe, just maybe your marriage will have an opportunity to flourish and be successful and happiness and peace will be restored.
Are they up for that, well who knows.
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