Enter the username on file and we'll send you a code to reset your password. Nobody can spin like a good public relations professional. We will hereby suggest that Kimberly De La Cruz, a spokesperson for "SeekingArrangements" is a good public relations professional on the strength of her quote in the Minnesota Daily's story on University of Minnesota students -- more than of them, apparently -- who have signed on to the service that pays the young people to escort wealthy men.
I would feel hyped after using it. MPR News helps you turn down the noise and build shared understanding. Turn up your support for this public resource and keep trusted journalism accessible to all. Sex is sometimes part of the deal, but not always. Ava said she didn't participate in sexual encounters. SeekingArrangement skirts laws against prostitution by its use of language, the Daily says.
The students, who can use the service free if they use their school email to sign up, aren't exchanging sex for money, but are exchanging companionship for "intimacy," in the organization's parlance. In , a University student, who is not being identified to protect her identity, reached out to The Aurora Center at the University for support while being harassed by a man she met on SeekingArrangement.
According to a Minnesota District Court transcript of her testimony, the student alleged the man sexually assaulted her around the time they met. The two then engaged in an arrangement that lasted four months, and after she tried to end it, she alleges he harassed her through social media. The student was awarded a restraining order, which is effective until June The court did not find sufficient evidence to prove sexual assault. I was comfortable enough with myself that I was fine doing that part of it.
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