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Escort says Menendez prostitution claims were made up

An escort who appeared on a video claiming Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) paid her for sex has told Dominican Republic police that she was instead paid to make up the claims and has never met or seen the senator before, according to court documents and two people briefed on her claim. Menendez has repeatedly denied the prostitution claims and called them entirely false "smears" used by enemies to try to defeat him in his recent re-election campaign and his selection as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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