A REALLY slow leak.
From March, 2004:
On WSMB radio last Saturday, a caller who identified himself as Elwood asked Vitter about charges, made by a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee in the Weekly that the then-State Representative, had had an affair with a known prosition in the French Quarter. Elwood continued, “Would you be willing to sign an affidavit that you have ever known, met or had relations with one Wendy Cortez.”
Vitter responded, “I think you know that that alligation is abosultely and completely untrue...I have said that on numerous occassions...I’ll say that in any forum...Unfortuanately, that’s just crass Louisiana politics, now that I am running for the Senate. I have made that clear that it is alll completely untrue...And, it’s obviously politically motivated.”
Nothing worse than cheating on your wife with a whore. What a scumbag loser.
Oh Know. A jerk and a denier.
September 9th, 2002:
“On June 3, 2002, The Louisiana Weekly published allegations that Congressman David Vitter had engaged in an extramarital affair as a state representative with a known prostitute.
They were made by GOP operative Vincent Bruno. In what became a high stakes political battle between some of the most prominent members of the Louisiana Republican Party, Bruno charged that a prostitute, who stated her name to be Wendy Cortez, allegedly confessed to him to having a paid sexual relationship with the Congressman. Three separate and independent sources also confirmed to the Weekly that Cortez told them of the details of her alleged affair with Vitter.
However, despite written testimony from the sources, The Weekly could not find Cortez to receive her own confirmation of the allegations. This newspaper began a two-month search for the former stripper and escort. Investigators for The Weekly managed to find someone claiming to have knowledge of Wendy Cortez, but the results are at best mixed.
The individual in question, a madam named Nicole of a prominent New Orleans escort company, said that Cortez lived regularly in Atlanta, but would be in the Crescent City on the evening of Tuesday, August 17th. She said that she could arrange a meeting. (She also insisted that The Weekly would not use her full name or the name of her escort company.)
Originally, Nicole agreed that Ms. Cortez would speak to reporters from The Weekly on camera. After midnight, when the meeting was to occur, Weekly Investigators contacted Nicole. At that point, she had a woman with her that she alleged was the Wendy Cortez in question. However, she said that Cortez had decided not to testify.
What the woman claiming to be Cortez told Weekly investigators when asked if she would talk was, “I stand by my story I have nothing more to say on the matter.”
Supporters of Vitter continue to deny the charges. Jim St. Raymond, political consultant to David Vitter, has stood by his views at the time, “I know it’s not true. I don’t give it any credence,”
So has Vitter’s official spokesperson, Tonya Newman, who said Bruno’s motivation was revenge because Vitter defeated his friend Dave Treen in the First District Congressional election to replace Bob Livingston two years ago.
Bruno, who supplied the original documentation of his meetings with Cortez, along with specific testimony that she provided against the Congressman, continues to maintain that he only came forward with the prostitute’s name and personal information when pressed as a means to protect his integrity after attacks were leveled against him on statewide radio.
“All these rumors are obviously untrue. They are coming from his [Vitter’s] enemies, and they have not been successful politically, so they are going after him personally-and his family. I think it’s significant to know that these people have had a vendetta against Vitter since he was in the Legislature,” says Newman.
Rep. Vitter has refused to comment on the record. “
http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20020909g