TROY, Mich. -- The husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow told police he paid
a prostitute $150 for *** at a hotel, according to a police re****t.
Thomas Athans, 46, co-founder of the liberal TalkUSA Radio network, was
stopped by police who were investigating prostitution at the hotel,
according to a police re****t obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press
under the state Freedom of Information Act.
The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News first re****ted on the case.
Stabenow, D-Mich., said in a statement it was "very disturbing and
serious.
Obviously it's a deeply difficult and personal matter."
Troy police had set up a stakeout at the Residence Inn because of
allegations of prostitution at a room in the motel, the police re****t
said.
Officers said they saw Athans enter the room Feb. 26 and leave 15 minutes
later, and they stopped him and informed him of the investigation.
He told the officers he had used the Internet to make a date with a
prostitute and paid her $150 for oral *** at the motel, the re****t said.
Athans was cooperative and didn't ask for preferential treatment, said
police Lt. Gerry Scherlinck.
Police did not file any charges against him stemming from the prostitution
investigation.
Stabenow and Athans married in 2003. He started TalkUSA Radio in 2006
after
leading programming at Air America, the liberal network that declared
bankruptcy that year.
Police said they arrested Alycia Martin, 20, of Westland in the hotel room
on a charge of prostitution. She was arraigned March 12 and freed on $100
bail pending a hearing on April 22. There is no telephone listing for her
in
Westland and she did not have an attorney of record to speak for her
Wednesday.
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Associated Press writers David N. Goodman and Corey Williams in Detroit
and
Ken Thomas in Wa****ngton contributed to this re****t.
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