# Suzy Favor-Hamilton **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 20, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662 "2012-12-20T20:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/1 "2012-12-20T20:38:58Z")
Three time US Olympian and one of the greatest athletes in Big Ten history just got exposed by The Smoking Gun as being a $600/hr escort in Las Vegas. She has a real estate business in Madison, WI, and all kinds of endorsements (including with Disney) and a motivational speaking business. Well, did. I played baseball with her husband at UW and knew her pretty well. Unbelievable! > **[U.S. Olympian's Secret Life As Las Vegas Escort](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/suzy-favor-hamilton-136952)** > > DECEMBER 20---A three-time U.S. Olympian whose illustrious running career has included a Nike TV commercial, a swimsuit calendar, and ongoing promotional work for Disney has spent the last year doubl ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/2 "2012-12-20T20:48:53Z")
Unless there’s some huge debts that are not in the article, seems like she was doing it purely for the thrill of it. ETA: If she was only doing it in Vegas, isn’t it legal there? If so then it’s nobody’s business but her and her husband. If it’s cool with them, more power to them. ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/3 "2012-12-20T20:54:37Z")
Further reading shows it’s actually illegal in Vegas. So, not the smartest way to go about it. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/4 "2012-12-20T20:57:12Z")
That isn’t even a top-of-the-line price, is it? ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/5 "2012-12-20T21:00:29Z")
I wouldn’t think so. Even I could pay $600 an hour a few times a year and I’m not wealthy. Maybe the the recession hit escorts hard? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/6 "2012-12-20T21:03:12Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > That isn’t even a top-of-the-line price, is it? It probably is for a 44 year old woman. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/7 "2012-12-20T22:05:57Z")
I went to school with her at Wisconsin (I think I had one class with her). Rather shocking story. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/8 "2012-12-20T22:42:51Z")
I’m having trouble getting my brain around this. Married, with a kid, Madison WI/Las Vegas, claims to have no money problems, famous but not an actress. It’s one thing to be promiscuous for kicks, it’s another thing to work as a prostitute. Just when you think you’ve heard it all . . . Well, I guess if you are going to go a bit crazy it’s better to do that than shoot up a grade school. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/9 "2012-12-20T23:11:39Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > That isn’t even a top-of-the-line price, is it? It’s not top of the line but it’s not cheap. It’s a legal thing in Vegas, I believe, so I don’t mean to compare it to crime, but it’s interesting, I think, to compare this sort of thing with rich celebrities who shoplift. Sometimes people do naughty things just because… well, because they seem compelled to. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/10 "2012-12-20T23:22:01Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It’s not top of the line but it’s not cheap. > > It’s a legal thing in Vegas, I believe, so I don’t mean to compare it to crime, but it’s interesting, I think, to compare this sort of thing with rich celebrities who shoplift. Sometimes people do naughty things just because… well, because they seem compelled to. It’s legal in a lot of Nevada but not in the county that includes Las Vegas. I’ve had cab drivers in Vegas offer to take me to one of the legal brothels and it would have taken an hour to get there. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/11 "2012-12-21T00:22:28Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It’s legal in a lot of Nevada but not in the county that includes Las Vegas. I’ve had cab drivers in Vegas offer to take me to one of the legal brothels and it would have taken an hour to get there. Yes, I think you are right. It’s not technically legal in Las Vegas even though they have the highest number per capita prostitutes in the country. The Bunny Ranch and the like are outside Las Vegas. Disclaimer: I state this from media reports that I can’t cite, not from personal experience. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/12 "2012-12-21T00:36:43Z")
> [@R.P.McMurphy](#): > > Yes, I think you are right. It’s not technically legal in Las Vegas even though they have the highest number per capita prostitutes in the country. The Bunny Ranch and the like are outside Las Vegas. > > Disclaimer: I state this from media reports that I can’t cite, not from personal experience. He’s right. I live in Las Vegas. Prostitution is illegal here Clark County and in Washoe County and a handful of cities in other counties. It’s legal elsewhere in the state. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/13 "2012-12-21T00:40:11Z")
It really sounds like it was entirely a thrill thing, she just plain enjoyed being a hooker. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/14 "2012-12-21T01:05:33Z")
I’m not seeing a problem with any of this.\* She says her husband knew about it. And although he disapproved, he stuck around (perhaps because he liked banging a famous former Olympian enough that sharing her was preferable to losing her entirely). As long as she wasn’t having unprotected sex with strangers and exposing her main slice to diseases without his knowledge, what’s the problem? - I obviously don’t give a fuck about the legality of prostitution ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/15 "2012-12-21T01:22:59Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > I’m not seeing a problem with any of this.\* She says her husband knew about it. And although he disapproved, he stuck around (perhaps because he liked banging a famous former Olympian enough that sharing her was preferable to losing her entirely). As long as she wasn’t having unprotected sex with strangers and exposing her main slice to diseases without his knowledge, **what’s the problem?** > > - I obviously don’t give a fuck about the legality of prostitution She’s got a seven year old daughter (who she still has pictures of on her Twitter page) who has to live with this. If it was just her and her husband, then it would be different. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/16 "2012-12-21T05:45:56Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > She’s got a seven year old daughter (who she still has pictures of on her Twitter page) who has to live with this. If it was just her and her husband, then it would be different. What does mom’s sexuality have to do with her daughter? How is it any different than being the kid of a gay couple, or poly couple? meh ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/17 "2012-12-21T06:02:26Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > What does mom’s sexuality have to do with her daughter? How is it any different than being the kid of a gay couple, or poly couple? meh Seriously? Maybe you don’t know who Suzy Favor-Hamilton is, but everyone in Madison does, especially those with kids around seven years old. Not to mention that being a prostitute is a lot different from being gay. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/18 "2012-12-21T08:10:25Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Seriously? Maybe you don’t know who Suzy Favor-Hamilton is, but everyone in Madison does, especially those with kids around seven years old. Not to mention that being a prostitute is a lot different from being gay. The similarity being: the problem is with the judgmental assholes, not the choices or actions of the couple in question. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/19 "2012-12-21T08:32:42Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > The similarity being: the problem is with the judgmental assholes, not the choices or actions of the couple in question. The problem is the selfish actions of parents and their refusal to consider how their actions would affect their seven year old daughter. And she was quite the Mom; who was raising her daughter when she was off in Vegas? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662/20 "2012-12-21T13:33:49Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > The problem is the selfish actions of parents and their refusal to consider how their actions would affect their seven year old daughter. And she was quite the Mom; who was raising her daughter when she was off in Vegas? The child’s father. Is that ok with you? She was in Vegas for legitimate business reasons and did the other stuff on the side. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzy-favor-hamilton/644662.md?page=2)