Meantime, taxpayers paid for hotel rooms where former Rep. Jon Stanard, R-St. George, allegedly met a prostitute twice last year. House GOP leaders are looking into whether how β or if β they can seek reimbursement for the lodging. Thursday, a "young lady" standing there told him, "I'm your date and we have reservations downtown. Vickers said he told her, "No, you're not. I said, 'What room and what name are you looking for?
And she said, 'No, you don't understand. I'm your date. The woman who showed up at his hotel room door was "normal" looking, the senator said, and did not know his name. He said his wife was not in the room at the time. He said he spoke with her a second time near the hotel elevator where they had a similar exchange before he returned to his room. Vickers said he then called another lawmaker waiting for him in the lobby and asked him to meet him in his room.
Vickers said he and the other lawmaker attended a University of Utah basketball game before he alerted hotel security to the situation. Friday morning, Vickers said he told legislative leaders and security officials.
Asked if he was shocked, Vickers said, "Oh, yeah. Stanard exchanged a string of text messages with the prostitute before and after the encounters.
Both of those dates correspond with legislative interim meetings a day later, June 21 and Aug. On those days, lawmakers meet in various committee meetings. Wilson said getting reimbursed for text messages is "tricky" but that lodging might be a simpler issue.
