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Mich. Senator's Husband Caught in Hooker Bust

Posted Apr 2, 08 2:16 PM CDT in Politics,  Crime & Courts 

(Newser) – A Michigan police sting has netted another notable john: Sen. Debbie Stabenow's husband was caught in February paying a 20-year-old prostitute $150 for oral sex. Police observed Thomas Athans enter a Troy hotel room and leave 15 minutes later, reports the Detroit News. Officers arrested a woman inside the room, and detained Athans in his car; he later admitted he met her through an online ad.

Athans was not arrested, but could be called as a witness if the prostitute goes to trial. Athans hasn't returned reporters' calls, but Stabenow, a Democrat, released a statement saying, "This is very disturbing and serious. Obviously it's a deeply difficult and personal matter." Athans was executive VP of Air America, which went bankrupt in 2006.

Source Detroit News

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Senator Debbie Stabenow on election night.   (KRT Photos)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and her husband Thomas Athans. Athans told police he used the Internet to make a date with a prostitute and paid her $150 for sex at a hotel in Troy, Mich.   (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Senator Debbie Stabenow.   (Getty Images)
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