A $173,000 claim for an “adult escort service” was not only submitted, but actually approved for payment by court-appointed lawyer Patrick Juneau, it was reported recently.
BP has flashed the red lights, with a new advertising campaign in some US newspapers proclaiming: “The IRS wouldn’t accept this claim. But the Gulf Settlement Program did.”
The embattled oil giant said the claim was made alongside unsigned and undated documents.
Juneau hit back, however, saying: “This claim satisfied those requirements agreed upon by BP and class counsel and was paid pursuant to the settlement agreement.”
One can only wonder what other requirements were satisfied once such a large wad of cash was handed over.
