(Portland, OR) -- The fiancee of Governor John Kitzhaber says she kept an illegal marriage secret from the governor until this week. Oregon first lady Cylvia Hayes told reporters yesterday she was paid five-thousand dollars to marry an Ethiopian man in order to help him secure residency in the U.S. The marriage lasted from 1997 to 2002. Hayes says she will accept the consequences for a serious mistake that Kitzhaber had no knowledge of.