Colorado RNC delegate robbed of about $50,000 following hotel room tryst

It started as a hotel tryst during the Republican National Convention.

But as the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports, it ended with Colorado GOP delegate Gabriel Schwartz being drugged and waking up to find at least $50,000 worth of money, jewelry and other items had been stolen.

The theft occurred on Sept. 4, after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin delivered her vice presidential acceptance speech.

According to a police report obtained by the Pioneer Press, Schwartz, a Denver attorney, said he met a woman at a bar and took her to his room at the Hotel Ivy in Minneapolis. Most Colorado delegates stayed a few miles away at the Four Points at Sheraton Minneapolis hotel.

"Victim reported suspect made victim drinks, told him to get undressed, which is the last thing he remembers," according to a police narrative. "Upon waking, victim discovered money, jewelry gone; total loss over $120K."

Among the items stolen were a $30,000 watch, a $20,000 ring, a $5,000 necklace, $4,000 earrings, and a $1,000 Prada belt valued at $1,000, police said, according to the Pioneer Press.

In a statement obtained by the Pioneer Press, Schwartz said the police report exaggerated the value of the items stolen.

"It's embarrassing to admit that I was a target of a crime. I was drugged and had about $50,000 of personal items stolen, not the inflated number that the media is reporting from an inaccurate police report," he said in the statement. "As a single man, I was flattered by the attention of a beautiful woman who introduced herself to me. I used poor judgment."