Thomas Athans, the husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow and cofounder of a liberal talk radio network, told Troy police detectives that he paid a prostitute $150 for sex at a Troy hotel in late February, according to a police report obtained Wednesday by the Free Press under the Freedom of Information Act. AdvertisementAll jokes aside about him being "south of Big Beaver"... what's going on with politicians and their spouses frequenting prostitutes?
Athans, 46, was not arrested or charged, but agreed to fully cooperate with police in their investigation of Internet-based prostitution at hotels in the city, according to the report. Athans was pulled over by police on I-75 minutes after leaving the Residence Inn on Livernois, just east of I-75 and south of Big Beaver, the evening of Feb. 26. He was driving a Cadillac DeVille registered jointly to him and Stabenow at their address in Lansing.
He was ticketed for driving on a suspended license. When questioned during the stop, he acknowledged he had been at the hotel with a woman he met on the Internet. On further questioning, he acknowledged he had paid the woman $150 for sex.
“This is very disturbing and serious. Obviously it’s a deeply difficult and personal matter,” Sen. Debbie Stabenow said in an official statement issued late this morning, in response to the Free Press story.
I suppose since the last couple of politicians have been liberals I suppose they were just raising awareness???
Seriously, what's missing from the DFP piece and a similar piece in the Detroit news?
Well, they do mention that Tommy Boy is "The co-founder and former CEO of the liberal-progressive Democracy Radio", but come on - couldn't they have dropped the obligatory (D-MI) after Little Debbie's name?
FWIW, I think Alycia is a whole lot cuter (even in her mug shot) than what's his name's young lady of negotiable virtue. And she's evidently much more reasonably priced, too! Smart shopper, that Tommy Boy!
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