Complex sentence: The affair began after Scott met a woman, Shawn Sibley, on October 24,2002 at a trade convention where he represented his company, TradeCorp, and told her he was single and "looking".
Split into simpler sentences: The affair began after Scott met a woman, Shawn Sibley, on October 24,2002 at a trade convention where he represented his company, TradeCorp. Peterson told her he was single and "looking".