Mister Madam
Ivan Lavrusik, age not given, and his wife, Luba, 27, were having "financial difficulties" and decided to do something about it.
According to a criminal complaint, Ivan took pictures of his wife and offered her as "Katerina from Shakopee" -- allowing "clients" to come to their home in Shakopee, Minn., to have sex with her while he waited in another room ...with their 3-year-old daughter.
Authorities say the couple charged up to $400 per hour, and estimate they "possibly" earned "more than $180,000" -- because police found "more than $181,000" in cash when they raided the house, perhaps tipped off by Ivan's web site offering his wife's "escort services".
They were arrested and charged with prostitution and child endangerment, the latter for allegedly having a gun within the young girl's reach.
If they needed money so bad, why didn't he get a job?
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Posted by Kerri, Perth WA on June 22, 2010:
Do they have different laws in the US? I thought that somewhere in the marriage vows there was something about "forsaking all others..." - that isn't religeous claptrap, it's part of a legally binding statement! What were these two thinking?
Ok, now for the maths. At $400/hr it would take 452 "sessions" to "earn" $181000. That must have taken some time? What kind of difficulty were they in that they couldn't have stopped at the exact point of real debt - I think it just went on and on out of sheer greed because it was working for them. Shame, as parents, shame.
And yes - totally agree, if they were short of money why didn't this total loser of a husband get a real job?
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I don't think there are any states which require marrieds, by law, to "forsake others". There may or may not be "religeous claptrap" involved, but I don't think it can be claimed to be legally binding. -rc
Posted by Stephen! - Montana on June 23, 2010:
"Do they have different laws in the US? I thought that somewhere in the marriage vows there was something about 'forsaking all others...'"
There was no such clause in my wedding vows.
Posted by Mike from Dallas on June 24, 2010:
I'm shocked and saddened to discover that there are still some states in which Adultery can be prosecuted in criminal court. Shocked and saddened because, out of 50 states, 23 of them have such laws on the books.
Granted, such laws are outdated and rarely prosecuted today. And Supreme Court rulings concerning Privacy have made it even more difficult to prosecute. But, while rare, such prosecutions are still continuing. NYC has just recently charged a woman with criminal Adultery in 2010, the 21st century. In any case, depending upon the state, the penalty for Adultery can range from a $10 fine to Life in prison.
In the mid-1990's, a female Air Force officer was ordered to desist in an affair with a married male officer. She continued the liaison, and was subsequently charged under military law for Adultery. Interestingly, the male officer was NOT charged. And there is part of the problem:
Adultery is defined under the law as having sex with a married person who is not your spouse. So the woman was guilty, since the man was married but not her husband, while the man was not guilty since the woman was not married.
It's also interesting that, in most of the states which criminalize Adultery, Fornication is also criminalized. Fornication, as legally defined, is having sex with anyone to whom you're not married. (Under the UCMJ, adultery is a crime while fornication is not.) So, in those states, a one-night stand as a single with a pickup at the bar is just as criminal as having a fling during the weekend that your spouse is out of town.
Jonathan Turley writes an interesting article about old Puritannical attitudes from the 1600's still pervading the 21st century in
USA Today.