Suzy Favor Hamilton, Olympian call girl: her secret double life as a Las Vegas escort

A three-time U.S. Olympian runner spent the last year living a double life as a $600-an-hour call girl, according to TheSmokingGun.com .

Suzy Favor Hamilton, 44, started working at one of Las Vegas' premier escort services last December, meeting clients for private "dates" in Vegas and other cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston.

Favor Hamilton used an alias "Kelly Lundy" when working as an escort, but for some reason felt comfortable enough with certain clients to share her true identity.

Her somewhat-secret second job was exposed earlier this month when a reporter approached her in the lobby of a Las Vegas hotel earlier this month.

The married mother of a 7-year-old girl eventually acknowledged her work as an escort with Haley Heston's Private Collection.

“I take full responsibility for my mistakes. I’m not the victim and I’m not going that route,” Favor Hamilton said. “I’m owning up to what I did. I would not blame anybody except myself.” She added, “Everybody in this world makes mistakes. I made a huge mistake. Huge.”

Favor Hamilton considered the escort business an "exciting" diversion from her everyday life where she operates a successful real estate brokerage with her husband in Madison, Wisconsin, according to TheSmokingGun.com.

In a July 2012 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel profile , she spoke about her life including running her realty firm, doing appearances for Disney and the Rock n' Roll Marathon series, raising her daughter and delivering about 60 motivational speeches annually.

Her husband Mark, 44, was aware of her escort work but wasn't a fan of the idea. “He tried, he tried to get me to stop. He wasn’t supportive of this at all," she said.

Favor Hamilton told The Smoking Gun that she had been planning on quitting the escort business even before learning that TSG was investigating her participation in the illegal Haley Heston organization. She acknowledged that she contacted certain clients to "let them know I'm not doing this anymore and I'm moving on with my life. Because they're gonna try to contact me."

Her profile page on the Haley Heston website (before it was deleted) included her rates, $600 an hour or a full 24-hour session for $6,000.

On Thursday, December 20, Favor Hamilton tweeted a series of statements. See them below.
 

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.

— Suzy Favor Hamilton (@favorhamilton) December 20, 2012

I was drawn to escorting in large part because it provided many coping mechanisms for me when I was going through a very challenging

— Suzy Favor Hamilton (@favorhamilton) December 20, 2012

time with my marriage and my life. It provided an escape from a life that I was struggling in. It was a double life.

— Suzy Favor Hamilton (@favorhamilton) December 20, 2012

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.

— Suzy Favor Hamilton (@favorhamilton) December 20, 2012

As crazy as I know it seems, I never thought I would be exposed, therefore never hurting anybody.

— Suzy Favor Hamilton (@favorhamilton) December 20, 2012

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.

— Suzy Favor Hamilton (@favorhamilton) December 20, 2012

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

— Suzy Favor Hamilton (@favorhamilton) December 20, 2012

and those closest to me. I fully intend to make amends and get back to being a good mother, wife, daughter, and friend.

— Suzy Favor Hamilton (@favorhamilton) December 20, 2012