Taxpayers paid for two hotel stays that former Rep. Jon Stanard, R-St. George, allegedly used for a tryst with a prostitute.
Greg Hartley, chief of staff for the Utah House, said Friday that records show the state paid for hotel rooms at the Fairfield Inn in Salt Lake City on exact dates that a call girl told the Daily Mail of London that Stanard paid her $250 for two one-hour sessions of sex.
“We still have no actual proof that what was reported and the dates are factual,” Hartley said. But he added that the state has hotel receipts for the days in June and August when the newspaper said the prostitute visits occurred, which were during Legislative interim meeting days.