Wasn't that Jerry Springer who paid with a check when he was the mayor of Cincinnati?
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/hooker-democrat-big-extortion-plot
Meet Maryam Massihi. The 21-year-old hooker recently stole political consultant Bob Beckel’s heart—at least for a few hours, at $300 per. Then Massihi (who used the names Tiffany and Cindy professionally) and her cohorts allegedly tried to extort $50,000 in hush money from the Democratic heavyweight (he ran Walter Mondale’s 1984 presidential campaign). Beckel’s recent run-in with Massihi & Co. is detailed in this search warrant affidavit filed August 23 in Alexandria, Virginia’s Circuit Court. Beckel discovered his young consort via the Internet (Massihi’s electronic come-on is below) and paid her by check, which proved helpful when cops began probing who was trying to shake down the 53-year-old Beckel. With Massihi currently imprisoned and facing extortion and conspiracy charges, her D.C. answering machine message needs an update: “Hi. I’ll be back around September. Thank you.” (6 pages)
Here's the FR thread from back on 8/3/2002 about the incident of Beckel and 'Tiffany'.
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A former host of CNN's ``Crossfire Sunday" and regular contributor to CBS ``This Morning" paid a Fairfax County woman to perform sex acts on him at his Maryland home and was then threatened that the incident would be made public unless he paid $50,000, according to Virginia court records.
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Complete article and comments at the linked thread above.