Hot tub dispute over who was the highest paid escort led to arrest of three men

Deputies with Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office in South Carolina arrested a trio of men enjoying each other's company in a hot tub after two of them began fighting over which one of them was the highest paid escort.



Deputies said they were called to a home in Boiling Springs at approximately 1:30am on Sunday. Austin Adams, 18, and Michael Gordon, 33, had earlier visited a Spartanburg nightclub together, where they met Douglas Tench, 21. Tench told a deputy that he had “come down from Charlotte to go to a gay club in Spartanburg.”

While at the club, deputies said Adams and Gordon invited Tench back to the home where Gordon is dog-sitting for the home's owner. Deputies said both Adams and Tench reportedly worked as escorts. According to the incident report, Adams became violent while in the homeowner's hot tub and began kicking and hitting Tench after an argument over who made more money as an escort.



Tench then ran to a house across the street and called a friend who in turn called 911. Adams was arrested and charged with simple assault. Gordon and Tench were arrested on charges of providing alcohol to a minor. All three defendants “stated that they had been drinking,” according to the report, which consistently refers to the hot tub as a “hot tube.” They were transported to Spartanburg County Detention Center where they were booked on the misdemeanor counts.