A three-time U.S. Olympic track star had a duel life as a runner and a prostitute. Blonde wife and mommy Suzy Favor Hamilton confessed Thursday to being a high-flying $600-an-hour call girl after she was outed by TheSmokingGun.com. She had johns in Las Vegas, where the escort service she worked for was based. But also flew off to L.A., Chicago and Houston. Beginning in December 2011, she was billed as “Kelly Lundy.”
In addition to the $600 hourly rate, she offered a 24-hour charge of $6,000 for a more intimate “girlfriend experience.” Interesting considering she did a Nike television ad and promoted Disney (the family brand of all family brands), so she’s an interesting dichotomy to say the least.
(UPDATE: Disney nixes Favor Hamilton speaking appearance)
(UPDATE: Favor Hamilton loses another endorsement)
Hamilton was a middle-distance runner who never medaled but won seven U.S. national titles and ran in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics. The native of Stevens, Point Wisconsin currently lives in Madison with her husband and daughter. She’s a legend among Badgers and Big Ten women’s track and field. However, I don’t think they’ll be making a “Big Ten Icons” episode of her on the BTN any time soon. For numerous reasons.
“Kelly Lundy” often told her clients about her real identity; somehow thinking they would keep it safe. She also had a profile for the escort service that featured hot photos of Hamilton posing in heels and lingerie, her face turned away from the camera or digitally obscured. When the news of this story broke today, everyone picked it up. It was all over the web, prompting a series of tweets from Hamilton on the situation, here they are in chronological order:
I realize I have made highly irrational choices and I take full responsibility for them. I am not a victim here and knew what I was doing
I was drawn to escorting in large part because it provided many coping mechanisms for me when I was going through a very challenging
time with my marriage and my life. It provided an escape from a life that I was struggling in. It was a double life
I do not expect people to understand, but the reasons for doing this made sense to me at the time and were very much related to depression.
As crazy as I know it seems, I never thought I would be exposed, therefore never hurting anybody.
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