Jason Brad Berry, an investigative journalist from New Orleans, has released a series of interviews he conducted with Wendy Ellis, a woman who claims to be U.S. Senator David Vitter’s former escort. Berry said that when he met Ellis she had an advanced form of lupus, and she wished to set the record straight before her time was up.
Ellis said that she and Senator Vitter had been canoodling for several years, even during his campaign to be governor of Louisiana, and for three years during the early stages of his congressional career. During this time, Ellis was working for an escort service in New Orleans. She began seeing Vitter shortly after she began working there, and he went to great lengths to keep their affairs a secret. Vitter told her she was not allowed to wear any perfume and she had to take a shower because he didn’t want her scent to be on him. She also stated that he would take his condom with him rather than leave it in the trash. In other words: he was doing his best to cover his tracks…
Well into their affair, Ellis became pregnant, and she claims that Vitter was not exactly understanding when she delivered the news. Ellis said she was 16 weeks pregnant when she told Vitter, and he initially tried to deny that he was the father. But he was the only person she was having sexual relations with at the time. After telling him about her pregnancy, Ellis says Vitter told her she needed to have an abortion, but she didn’t believe that was the right thing to do…
Instead, Ellis decided to give the baby up for adoption and agreed to never speak of it again, which what she did… until now. According to Berry, Ellis passed a lie detector test as she recounted the statement. This isn’t the first time Vitter has been involved in a scandal, either. In 2007, his phone number was found in a published client list from Pamela Martin and Associates – a prostitution service that was later shut down when the owner was convicted. After the incident, Vitter issued a public apology and confessed to what he called a “serious sin.” … Though, he has not yet commented on Ellis’ claims.