Filed under: Sex, Scandals, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, David Vitter, Wendy Cortez
While Sen. David Vitter from Louisiana is well-known as a staunch family values conservative who has been a strong supporter of abstinence education programs, many Beltway insiders are just now realizing that his involvement with Deborah Jeane Palfrey’s escort service was not his first romp in the sex scandal sack.
In fact, in 1999 Vitter was accused by a New Orleans prostitute, Wendy Cortez, of having a nearly year-long affair with her. She reportedly met him regularly under the alias “Leah” in a small apartment on the corner of Dumaine and Dauphine Streets in New Orleans.
When confronted by the allegations in 2004, the year he won his Senate seat, Vitter said: “I think you know that that allegation is absolutely and completely untrue…I have said that on numerous occasions…I’ll say that in any forum…Unfortunately, that’s just crass Louisiana politics, now that I am running for the Senate. I have made that clear that it is all completely untrue…And, it’s obviously politically motivated.”
Despite that denial, some liberal bloggers have theorized that Vitter dropped out of the race for Louisiana governor in 2002 because of the allegation.
With the truth out today regarding his use of the “DC Madam’s” escort service, the Cortez affair is sure to be revisited.
[…] Big Head DC has confirmed that Maier served as a madam for Wendy Cortez, a prostitute Vitter knew as “Leah” who in no way was related to the business of “DC Madam,” Deborah Jeane Palfrey. […]
[…] ABOUT ADVERTISE MEDIA TIPS@BIGHEADDC.COM EXCLUSIVE: Big Head DC Interviews GOP Politician Who First Noted Sen. Vitter Visited Prostitutes in 2002 Wednesday July 11th, 2007 3:31 PM by Big Head Rob Filed under: Sex, Scandals,Scoops, Interviews, Politics, BHDC, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Wendy Vitter, David Vitter, Wendy Cortez, Christopher Tidmore For better or for worse, Christopher Tidmore’s life has long been intertwined with that of disgraced GOP Sen. David Vitter. Tidmore, now a politician himself running for a Louisiana state legislature seat at as a Republican, was not too long ago a journalist–a journalist who struck gold when he uncovered Vitter’s extramarital affair with a prostitute named Wendy Cortez (who Vitter knew as “Leah”
in the summer of 2002. While Vitter was able to successfully dodge and deny Tidmore’s hard-hitting reports back then, this week’s revelations about his “DC Madam” entanglements have largely redeemed Tidmore. We sat down with the candidate to talk about the news: […]
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