Cody Castagna may have agreed to sleep with recently resigned Republican Richard Curtis for $1000, but the 26-year old held a press conference Friday to declare that he's no ho.

The purpose of the press conference was to refute claims that he had any links to convicted Spokane madam Cheryl Larson. Earlier in the week there had been claims that he was associated with Larson and surveillance footage from Northern Quest Casino, where Larson operated her service and laundered money from, reportedly showed Castagna meeting with Larson.

Castagna now says that information was erroneous and that the video shows him meeting with his mother, adding that he has neither worked for Larson nor has he ever met her.

He went on to say that his encounter with Curtis was the first time he has ever accepted money for sex and continued to say that he has never been a male escort.

Castagna certainly picked an inconvenient first john, huh? Meanwhile, Washington state police are still investigating Curtis' claim that Castagna attempted to extort hush money from the former politico. Castagna's lawyer, however, would not let him comment on that case. We wonder why…