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Shamwow hawker Vince Shlomi involved in violent altercation with hooker
SMExaminer ^ | 3-28-2009

Posted on 03/28/2009 12:02:27 PM PDT by lainie

Vince Shlomi, an infomercial salesman with a penchant for slanging in the vain of Ginsu, The Clapper, Life Alert and other such time and money (or life) saving multi-purpose device slicksters was involved in an incident involving a hooker he courted at a nightclub in Florida, February 7th.

The Smoking Gun was first to report this story March 27th.

Best known for his sales pitch for the Shamwow, the product which claims to be able extract large quantities of liquid spills created by common accidents around the home (or wherever accidental spills occur), Shlomi has created a dubious reputation promoting with his break-neck speed style of infomercial selling. The Shamwow, if nothing else, had created public interest in various medias. From the catchy Youtube videos (see link) to the blogosphere and their many entertaining comment threads, the Shamwow has been called a sham by many consumers, created by speculation about the authenticity of the claims made by Shlomi.

The full police report indicates Shlomi, 44, offered $1,000 to the woman after she "propositioned him for straight sex" while in his room at a South Beach, Florida hotel. The affidavit reports that the woman then bit his tongue "and would not let go" resulting in his reaction to punch her multiple times in the face, causing fractures and lacerations.

In the end, neither party was prosecuted in the case, according to TMZ.


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: sham; shamwow; shlomi
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To: RushingWater

Indian proverb:

“These can never be true friends: Hope, dice, a prostitute, a robber, a cheat, a goldsmith, a monkey, a doctor, a distiller.”


21 posted on 03/28/2009 12:18:31 PM PDT by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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To: lainie

A “...hooker he courted...?” You do not court hookers, slick. You court the girl next door. Whores are simply paid. If this clown had stuck to courting a girl, he might not have wound up in the slam!


22 posted on 03/28/2009 12:18:45 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: lainie

What’s up with the headset commo, anyway? I always wondered that.


23 posted on 03/28/2009 12:21:01 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Riley

Do not question Sham Wow Guy! I dunno. He’s just SO BUSY I guess.


24 posted on 03/28/2009 12:23:30 PM PDT by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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To: lainie

Has it been confirmed that the hooker was in fact of the female gender?


25 posted on 03/28/2009 12:34:41 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: lainie

The jokes will write themselves.


26 posted on 03/28/2009 12:34:57 PM PDT by mkjessup (You're either with our Constitution, or you are with TKU ("The Kenyan Usurper"). CHOOSE!!!)
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To: lainie

“She was made in Germany and you know they only make good stuff there!”


27 posted on 03/28/2009 12:37:22 PM PDT by manic4organic (We Are S0 Screwed)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
Yeah. TSG has a couple of mug shots of Sasha Harris, from 2005 and 2008. Heh.. she's a keeper, too.


28 posted on 03/28/2009 12:47:23 PM PDT by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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To: lainie

Wow, it costs $1000 to play hide the Shlomi?


29 posted on 03/28/2009 12:50:01 PM PDT by Sapper26 (Political Refugee From the Obamanation)
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To: lainie

from the looks of things, i think the article got it backwards. it looks like he must have bit her tongue and wouldn’t let go, and she went apesh!t on his face...
p>The pics of her (couldnt have been taken at the same time) don’t show a mark at all.


30 posted on 03/28/2009 12:53:05 PM PDT by jdub (A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.)
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To: lainie

I thought that Sasha was a guy’s name in most of the places in the world where the name is common.

Uhh...oh. Nevermind.


31 posted on 03/28/2009 1:01:22 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: lainie
Shamwow guy is feeling sham...oww!
32 posted on 03/28/2009 1:03:29 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (The ground at Arlington is moving & shaking.)
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To: lainie

Luckily it was just his tongue. Could have been a Bobbitt moment.

BTW I like him, waaaaay better than Billy Mays.


33 posted on 03/28/2009 1:12:13 PM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: Riley

In the US it’s certainly more often a girl’s name. For example, one of the young residents of the White House. I had a female college classmate named Sasha as well.


34 posted on 03/28/2009 1:15:49 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: lainie

She’s happy thinking about the book she is going to write. “How I soaked the sham-wow guy.”


35 posted on 03/28/2009 1:25:42 PM PDT by posterchild (Endowed by my Creator with certain unalienable rights.)
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To: lainie

“You’re gonna spend $1000 on dinner and drinks each month anyway.”


36 posted on 03/28/2009 1:27:00 PM PDT by posterchild (Endowed by my Creator with certain unalienable rights.)
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To: jdub
The pics of her (couldnt have been taken at the same time)

Probably because they were taken 3 years apart.

37 posted on 03/28/2009 1:58:40 PM PDT by SlapHappyPappy
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To: indcons

38 posted on 03/28/2009 2:03:32 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (E.J. Dionne: "Make the World Safe for Tax Increases")
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To: jdub

Those pics are from 2008 and 2005 as stated. Not recent.


39 posted on 03/28/2009 4:48:58 PM PDT by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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To: Riley
What’s up with the headset commo, anyway? I always wondered that.


I had heard that he has a stuttering problem, and the mic helps with that.


40 posted on 03/28/2009 7:47:10 PM PDT by Horkster (Are you following me, camera guy?)
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