Former model adds to Kinder controversies

Thursday, August 11, 2011

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Political trouble has again found Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, after an alternative newspaper’s report on claims by a former Penthouse model who said she encountered Kinder numerous times at a gentleman’s club.

The Republican Kinder is expected to challenge Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon in 2012. But controversies keep dogging Kinder, and experts say this one could hurt his chances.

Tammy Chapman, the former model, told The Associated Press she frequently encountered Kinder at a club in the 1990s. Chapman said Kinder routinely bought lap dances from her, but more than once became aggressive in ways that made her uncomfortable. Her claims were first reported by the Riverfront Times.

In a statement Thursday, Kinder said Chapman’s claims were “bizarre” and false.

Earlier this year, Kinder repaid more than $54,000 to cover hotel expenses he originally billed to the state.

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TraceyT 1 year, 9 months ago

If he didn't use state money, and he didn't do anything illegal, then who cares? What he does on his own time and his own dime shouldn't bother anyone

bluenurse 1 year, 9 months ago

Sweet Pete is having one "h" of a week.

JCLifer 1 year, 9 months ago

Is Kinder really the BEST CANDIDATE the Republicans can run for governor?

JCsleeper 1 year, 9 months ago

Sounds like he might have already found it !

tonto 1 year, 9 months ago

I have a lot of trouble believing this story. It's pretty odd.

Is someone trying to get a book written or sold?

How did this information come to the attention of the "alternative newspaper"?

I've never had a lap dance but I understand it's not much like ballet. They tell me you have to pay the club and tip the dancer or something like that. I also wonder how someone would become "aggressive in ways that made her uncomfortable" while receiving a lap dance? Again, it's not exactly a fine art performance as those words are normally used.

Finally, where has this former Penthouse model been the past twenty years or so?

Did someone go trolling through a trailer park with a hundred dollar bill?

Does Penthouse archive their issues online?

Would her, um, "portfolio" be collectible now?

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