Sooo…Are you ready to read the craziest sports story of 2012?!
According to a new report by TheSmoking Gun, former Olympic track star Suzy Favor-Hamilton spent the last year of her life (get this!) working as an escort in Las Vegas. Although she's married with one child—and although she runs a real estate brokerage in Madison, Wis. and does a lot of community work—Hamilton has been collecting $600-an-hour as an escort in Sin City for the last 12 months or so under the name "Kelly Lundy."
As a result of being exposed by The Smoking Gun, she recently quit her, er, night job. And, earlier today, she took to Twitter with a lengthy apology.
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.
I have been seeking the help of a psychologist for the past few weeks and will continue to do so after I have put things together.
I cannot emphasize enough how sorry I am to anyone I have hurt as a result of my actions and greatly appreciate the support from family
and those closest to me. I fully intend to make amends and get back to being a good mother, wife, daughter, and friend.
Pretty effing crazy, right? Wow. Peep some photos of Hamilton in the thumbs gallery above.
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[via The Smoking Gun]
