Mike Jones, the Denver escort whose exploits with Ted Haggard fueled the evangelical leader’s fall from grace, is back.
The Idaho Statesman is reporting that Jones also knew Craig-you know, the toe-tapping Idaho Republican with the wide stance in a Minneapolis airport bathroom-in the biblical sense. Jones is one of eight men who claim they had sex with Craig or were propositioned by him.
From the AP:
One of the men identified in the report, Mike Jones, 50, described as a former male escort, was the focus of the sex scandal involving Haggard, the disgraced leader of Colorado’s New Life Church.
Jones said Craig paid him $200 for sex in late 2004 or early 2005. The encounter took place at a studio apartment in downtown Denver, Jones said.
Jones told the Statesman that he did not recognize Craig until his arrest made the news. The newspaper reported that Jones went on the record after Craig appeared in a television news report in August to address the arrest and his future in politics.
Jones has written a book about his experience with Haggard and acknowledged to the Statesman that his allegation about Craig might help sales. A message left for Jones by The Associated Press through his publisher Sunday evening was not immediately returned.