http://blog.nola.com/updates/2007/07/former_prostitute_confirms_vit.htmlYow characterized the senator as a good man but said she was perturbed that he portrayed himself as a politician who would bring moral authority to his office when he was using her services on the side.
Her former boyfriend Tait Cortez, contacted by The Times-Picayune, said he has seen several photos of Wendy Cortez and Vitter together.
Tait Cortez, who works in construction and often travels to compete in weekend rodeos, said he dated Wendy Cortez for several years in the late 1990s and lived with her for more than a year. The couple never married. Her relationship with Vitter, which Tait Cortez claimed went beyond the brothel business, contributed to their breakup, he said.
''She said she gave exotic massages,'' Cortez, 40, said. ''That's when the trouble (between us) started.''
Towards the end of a waning relationship in the summer of 1998, Wendy told him she was an ''exotic masseause,'' Cortez said.
''She told me she had clients lined up; high-dollar people, lawyers, politicians, golfers,'' he said.
While unpacking boxes following the couple's move to Alabama in 1998, Tait Cortez said he found photos of a smiling Wendy at a formal affair, wearing an evening gown, alongside a man he described as a ''city slicker'' wearing a suit. In another photo, that same dark-haired man appeared with Wendy at a waterfront party, he said. The man was wearing shorts and a t-shirt next to Wendy in a bikini, Cortez said. ''She had his hand on his crotch,'' Cortez said. ''They were smiling.''
Cortez said the photo stung him. It was ''more sexual'' than any others, and he felt that Wendy and the man exhibited more than a business relationship, he said.
''She said it was a client of hers,'' Cortez said. ''She said it was David Vitter, a politician.''