The phrase "affair was mentioned" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a situation or topic that has been brought up or discussed, particularly in a formal or serious context.
Example: "During the meeting, the affair was mentioned, prompting a lengthy discussion among the participants."
Alternatives: "incident was referenced" or "matter was brought up".
Whenever details of the affair were mentioned, and they were at length, many in the courtroom would glance at his eldest daughter, Cate, 30, gauging, perhaps, how it must feel to hear about your father's mistress getting caught in a luxury hotel room after your father had left.
The Stewart affair is mentioned around the 51-minute mark.
You can click a name for more details, or an author to view where the affairs are mentioned.
Some of Anderson's affairs are mentioned, along with some unrequited crushes that made him miserable (including an adoration of John Ford, of all people, about whose films he wrote a valuable book, "About John Ford").
Two marriages and multiple affairs are mentioned mostly in passing, as is his conflicted relationship with his father, John, a noted collector of cowboy ballads who introduced Alan to folklore but disliked the political conclusions his son drew from it.
When he was director of the Central Intelligence Agency, however, before the world found out about his extramarital affair with his biographer, he was mentioned as a possible president of Princeton, not as a professor at CUNY or U.S.C.
For a while Mr. Matt was mentioned as a candidate for councilor for cultural affairs in the new city administration.
And on the Internet, where several bloggers were scrutinizing the Aitken papers, the new affair was sure to be mentioned.
When they left, to his surprise he found his daughter talking about her affair, which had never been mentioned before.
If the affair was ever mentioned in a divorce proceeding, you could be named as a co-respondent.
