What I mean by plausible deniability, is that I expected nothing more than a legit massage in a massage 'Spa'. If there was anything else nefarious going on there, I was completely unaware.
Whereas, you can't make the same claim getting busted at a hotel with a hooker.
That's exactly what I am saying that you should not do; you are lying to LE. That is a crime.
You never know if perhaps the AMP has monitoring devices to protect the girls and then erase it at the end of day or worse as happened to Robert Kraft where police installed hidden cameras after hiring a locksmith to get inside the business in order to capture prostitution taking place in the rooms.
If there is evidence of you soliciting sexual acts and then you lie about it when asked — that is a 2nd crime they can charge you with.
As far as
getting busted at a hotel with a hooker, Some people (on this site even) have acquaintances or friends that may be prostitutes that they may help out (legitimately ) not in return for sex (say help finding an apartment) and they may end up in a hotel room.
Don't be a smart ass and don't lie to LE. They either have sufficient evidence to arrest you or they don't.
As Shelia (of N Amityville fame that Billy and I knew long ago) said to me when I was bringing her to a fast food place for lunch and I asked her what does she do if stopped with a john by LE. She said "they only know what you tell them - so don't tell them anything".
Ps. she also told me that she always followed my
only commit one crime at a time rule. Technically when I picked her the 1st time I met her and I said "if you have drugs on you or an open alcohol you have to hide it somewhere and pick it up when I bring you back" she phrased it "what you think I'm stupid - not when I'm working".