Yaneisi Fernandez, Bob Menendez Call Girl? Dominican Republic Woman Denies Ties to Prostitution, Questioned by 'Univision' [VIDEO]

By Danica Bellini | Feb 05, 2013 09:11 AM EST

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According to several recent reports, the Spanish-language news network Univision tracked down a woman by the name of Yaneisi Fernández on Monday (Feb. 4) to find out if she was one of Bob Menendez's alleged Dominican Republic call girls. Fernández denied any ties to the prostitution case, and it remains unknown why Univision decided to question this specific Yaneisi Fernández. Meanwhile, New Jersey Senator Menendez continues to heatedly deny any prostitution charges, insisting that such claims are merely false "smears."

Earlier this year, the FBI launched an investigation against the popular Democratic politician in regards to allegations that he engaged in sexual relations with underage prostitutes in the Dominican Republic during several trips with a campaign contributor. The Senator and his office deny the shady accusations.

Meanwhile, the Daily Caller reports that the contents of a revealing email were published on Jan. 30 by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). An English translation of the email provided by a native Spanish speaker suggests that nine months ago, a young Dominican Republic woman wrote that she slept with the 59-year-old Senator at a series of sex parties organized by Dr. Salomon Melgen, a Menendez campaign donor. According to the woman in the email, "That senator also likes the youngest and newest girls" (wrote on April 21, 2012). This woman's name has since been identified as Yaneisi Fernández (or sometimes spelt with a "y," Yaneysi).

However, according to Peter Williams (the tipster who gave the emails over to the Daily Caller), the Fernández who allegedly wrote the informative emails is a "a high-class prostitute" who is also "white, thin, 5.6 feet tall [with] light eyes, [a] pointed nose, [and] big exciting mouth." None of those descriptions match the Yaneisi Fernández that Univision tracked down on Monday... a small-town, 21-year-old college student who still lives with her mother.

In fact, no evidence proves that Fernández (the prostitute) even lives in the Dominican Republic. The Daily Caller recently found that at least 12 separate women in the U.S. go by the name Yaneisi Fernández.

As for the young woman question on Monday - "Her mother says that this month she is going to get married, and that she is a virgin," according to Univision reporter Esperanza Ceballos as translated by the Daily Caller. "Yaneisi Fernandez says that she has never heard the names of either senator Bob Menendez or that of the doctor Salomon Melgen."

Fernández's mother claims, "My daughter is here at her house and at the university and returns from there to her house. And the hour she returns is the hour that she should be here. What's more, she does not know that house in the countryside [Melgen's Casa de Campo resort residence, where Menendez's alleged inappropriate trysts apparently took place]. She knows nothing of that house in the countryside. This is not the truth."

Fernández also told Univision, "This is completely false. I don't know anything, and I didn't even see it on television... I've never been to Casa de Campo, I've never participated in those activities, don't know those people or that man."

Meanwhile, Univision insists it will continue its reporting into the case. CREW also continues its search online through social networking outlets such as Facebook to find the right Yaneisi Fernández… no such luck yet.

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