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LI Woman Pleads Guilty To Prostitution While Selling Hot Dogs, But Insists She Just Sells Cleavage
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Jen Chung
Published May 9, 2012
Modified May 9, 2012
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So, the alleged Long Island "Hot Dog Hooker" was in court yesterday and she pleaded guilty to... prostitution. Catherine Scalia admitted that she agreed to serve up some pleasure after an undercover cop paid $50 for a hot dog, but then outside the courthouse, she told reporters, "Prostitution is sex. I’m not selling sex, I’m selling my cleavage." Confused? Yes, we are, too.
Scalia sells hot dogs out of a Winnebago in Nassau County and last week, she was arrested for prostitution. (FWIW, in 2004, she was also arrested for prostitution while selling hot dogs.) According to Newsday, "Scalia, 45, of East Rockaway, told Judge Anthony Paradiso in First District Court in Hempstead that she was 'stripping' Thursday when she was arrested. When he asked again if she had engaged in an act of prostitution, she said 'yes,' and giggled. She pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor prostitution." The judge will sentence her to 7 days in jail next month "provided she agrees to get a psychiatric evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations."
The self-assured businesswoman said, "I'm sexy and I know it," "I’ll be back out there with my bikini top on, selling my hot dogs. I’m right in front of Pep Boys on Baldwin in Freeport. I have loads of customers, everybody loves me, nobody has a problem," and “If a man can walk out down the street without a shirt, so can I! I just give my business cards out, and guys who want a strip show call me, and I’ll do it at my house. What’s wrong with that?" Scalia also tempted gourmands with, "Come taste my onions!"
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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