There just so many things one can call him on based on his own representations of it. He has given several different accounts of his time in Thailand which should ring more than a few alarm bells. He has been consistent on only one thing: The women (sex workers or otherwise) have all been in their "20s". How does he know that? Not 18 or 19? It seems like he's hiding something. Take this tweet:
"in her 20s and not a sex worker". Of course the pic he is referring to is this:
So if we are to take him at his word, the woman/girl in the pic is in her 20s and NOT a sex worker. She's either sitting on his lap or his body is pressed up against her from behind - not exactly something a friendly local would allow an unknown foreigner to do. But anyway, there's one woman/girl he met who is not a sex worker.
In the Andrew Gold interview, he disconnects his history of seeing sex workers with those he might have encountered in Thailand.
The only thing I've said about sex workers was regarding before going to Thailand
Speaking about the reasoning behind going to Thailand, in the same interview he said this:
JLE: It had absolutely nothing to do whatsoever with sex workers
Gold: Once you were there... the sex workers happened?
JLE: ...People have run away with this narrative that...
Gold: So that didn't happen?
JLE: Exactly, I've never spoken about it.
Gold: So it was in Croatia?
JLE: It was in Croatia... Croatia and other countries before I went to Thailand
So he was quite clear in the Gold interview he did NOT see sex workers in Thailand. In the same interview he contradicts himself with this:
I dated a sex worker in Thailand.
Also, Section 3(b) in his 3 February Facebook statement contradicts his assertation he did NOT see sex workers in Thailand:
Suffice to say, not that its anyone's business but of those I met in Thailand, sex workers or otherwise, nobody was a minor by either Thai or US law and all were in their 20s or older.
Again he insists they are all in their 20s as if he checked identification on all of them, but the key words here are "sex workers or otherwise". So according to him, the girl in the pic falls into the "otherwise" category as she was definitely not a sex worker.
Taking him at his word, notice the "sex workers" (plural) in his 3 February Facebook statement. He denied seeing them at all in the Gold interview before circling back, saying he "dated" one. The Gold interview which happened little over a month after his FB statement contradicts the contention he saw sex workers at all and then contradicts himself within his own contradiction, saying he dated one. So let's count the women/girls he saw in Thailand, ALL based on what JLE has said or posted on Facebook/Twitter:
- The woman in the pic (NOT a sex worker)
- The sex worker he "dated"
- Other sex workers since he used the plural form. Unknown number
He is not being truthful and what has been presented is incontrovertible proof of such. You have to ask why he's being so evasive with the facts about his Thailand trip? What is he hiding? He is VERY careful to suggest they all are in their 20s. But he also at various times claims they did not exist.
See how this is going to sound to a judge?
What is he trying to hide?