The Walt Disney Co. said it has canceled Olympic runner Suzy Favor Hamilton‘s appearances at its marathons after she was outed as a Las Vegas prostitute.

The family-friendly company said Hamilton was not under contract to speak at runDisney marathon events, but was an invited guest, The Sporting News reported Friday.

She appeared at this year’s Disneyland Half Marathon and at the Prince Half Marathon at Florida‘s Walt Disney World in February, The Hollywood Reporter said.

Gossip website thesmokinggun.com outed the three-time Olympian’s double life as a prostitute Thursday. 

The New York Times reported Hamilton, working under the fake name Kelly Lundy, was getting paid as much as $600 per hour.

Hamilton competed in the Olympics as a distance runner in 1992, 1996 and 2000.

The Times said Hamilton also runs a real estate brokerage firm in Wisconsin with her husband and has a 7-year-old old daughter.

The former athlete took to Twitter to explain why she led the double life.

“I was drawn to escorting in large part because it provided many coping mechanisms for me when I was going through a very challenging time with my marriage and my life,” Hamilton said. “It provided an escape from a life that I was struggling in. It was a double life.” (UPI)



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육상선수의 숨겨진 과거.. 퇴출까지?

월트디즈니사가 올림픽 육상선수였던 수지 페이버 해밀튼(Suzy Favor Hamilton)의 자사 마라톤 참가를 취소했다. 그녀가 라스베가스(Las Vegas)에서 창녀로 일했던 전적 때문이었다.

아이들을 대표하는 월트디즈니사는 페이버 해밀튼이 디즈니 마라톤의 초대손님이었다고 스포팅뉴스(The Sporting News)가 금요일 자로 보도했다.

그녀는 올해의 디즈니랜드 하프마라톤 그리고 지난 2월에는 플로리다의 월트디즈니월드의 프린스 하프마라톤에 등장했다.

가십 웹사이트 더스모킹건(thesmokinggun.com)는 올림픽 선수였던 수지 페이버 해밀튼이 이전에 창녀였다고 지난 목요일 보도했다.

페이버 해밀튼은 자신의 트위터에 결혼생활 등으로 개인적으로 매우 힘들었던 시절 그것에서 벗어나기 위해 했던 이중생활이라고 밝혔다. (코리아헤럴드)