In a scandal that rocked the White House, Secret Service officials were accused of hiring prostitutes at a Colombia hotel. Now it’s revealed that they even gave their identities by boasting that they worked for President Obama.
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According to ABC News, eleven members of the President’s advance team allegedly bragged, “we work for Obama” and “we’re here to protect him,” while partying at the “Pley Club” Wednesday night.
The officials spent the night throwing back expensive whiskey and enlisting the services of the club’s prostitutes, according to a bouncer at the club and a police source.
As reported by ABC News:
Several of the men agreed to pay for, and received, services from the “highest category” prostitutes available at the club, who charge upwards of $200.
The men paid for the sexual services in advance but when it came time to settle the bill, there was a dispute over the charges.
The group became belligerent and the police were called. The argument between the officials and the bouncers from the club escalated and ultimately spilled onto the street, according to several eye witness accounts.
The police have since been directed by U.S. authorities not to comment on that night or the scandal surrounding the Secret Service, according to a senior police official in Cartagena.
Prostitution is a legal trade in Colombia and the women who work at the Pley Club live on the premises, located on a dusty street in the industrial Bosque neighborhood, just blocks from the port.
The Pley Club is a well-known brothel in this historic city. Some taxi drivers in the resort-town are paid a commission for recommending the club and its prostitutes to tourists.
The officials were in Cartagena on assignment ahead of the President’s visit for the Summit of the Americas last weekend.
SOURCE: ABC News
