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Femicide and the DC Madam

Thu, 2 May 2008 11:02:00 GMT

posted by beckychr007

We may never know why the federal government prosecuted DC Madam Deborah Jean Palfrey.

Prostitution is not a federal crime. Apparently it started out as a tax investigation. But it turned out that Miss Palfrey always paid her taxes. So then they got her on racketeering and money laundering charges—her independent contractors would use the US mail to send money orders.

But the big question is why. It is unlikely there was a vast conspiracy. Having spent more time than I would have liked in the criminal justice system, I know that a lot of the time investigations are started by some straight arrow investigators, and then no one can really stop it, and it takes on a life of its own.

If it gets politically sensitive, the response of the legal system is to minimize the damage –and that is done with a few sacrificial lambs, and keeping a lid on the nasty parts. And in this prosecution judges, prosecutors and the media seemed extraordinarily determined to keep a cap on the amount of information revealed—and then the lives of several women were sacrificed on the altar of justice.

Even though it is not unlikely that the investigation started when a couple of pious boy scouts at the Justice Department (and god knows there are enough of those in the current administration) stumbled on Miss Palfrey's escort service while looking into something like the shenanigans of Duke Cunningham, the timing is still curious.

The attack only began in earnest after Miss Palfrey had shut down her operation. She put her house on the market, closed the business, and transferred money to Germany where she planned to retire. Indeed it was in Germany when US postal inspectors, pretending to be home buyers, obtained entrance into her house from a realtor. It is entirely possible some of the rich and powerful may have had good reason to be concerned Miss Palfrey was planning on supplementing her retirement income with a little blackmail.

We will probably never know. But what we do know is there were 10,000 male customers of Pamela Martin and Associates , and the only victims of the prosecution have been women.

Yesterday Deborah Jean Palfrey hung herself.

Last year, professor turned high price hooker, Brandy Britton was found hung the day before her trial was to start in Maryland.

A Navy commander and Naval Academy instructor was caught up in the investigation, and forced to cut a deal with Justice Department Attorneys to testify about the moonlighting she did for Pamela Martin and Associates.

While testifying Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Dickinson had trouble keeping her emotions in check, and the judge reassured her that everything would be OK. But it won't be. She has already been put on leave from the military and her life is over.

Fifteen unlucky women were paraded before the jury to describe in graphic detail the period of time they were acting as prostitutes for Miss Palfrey's operation, as well as their sexual activities, menstruation cycles and more. These women, having long left this lifestyle, had their past revealed and vetted for their family, friends, employers and anyone else who might care.

A 63 year old retired PhD had to testify about how she made her clients cum. A mother of three who had briefly worked for the escort service fifteen years ago was asked similar questions.

The names of an additional hundred women who had worked for the service were put into the public record by federal prosecutors.

Senator David Vitter is the only high profile male customer to be outed. He did not testify and is not going to be prosecuted. The sanctimonious lawmaker continues to extol the importance of morality and family values.

I don't think Deborah Jean Palfrey was murdered--there was no need.

Her strategy was to bluff that she would expose all kinds of powerful people in the government and on K Street—hoping they would back off on the prosecution. She was naive. The courts, prosecutors and the media quite effectively prevented that from happening.

The records that matter are now in the hands of the Justice Department, and are never going to see the light of day. Without the records, the DC Madam was no threat to anyone.

Just the same we can be certain a number of men are breathing easier today.

And who cares that two women are dead.

Or that the lives of dozens more have been destroyed.

You see—the times they may be a changin'

But the patriarchy still always wins.

DC Madam: The Tricks Have Just Begun

Mon, 1 May 2007 06:48:00 GMT

posted by beckychr007

The DC Madam may be bluffing on how many of the high and haughty are in her little black book, but there is no doubt the first john has tripped.

Randall Tobias, a high ranking official in the State Department, whom President Bush lauded for his success in promoting abstinence education, resigned for "personal reasons."

"Personal reasons" can mean many things. In this particular case it means Mr. Tobias has been dipping his wick in a hooker's honey pot.

However, since this guy is one of America’s most fine, upright and moral men, he has corrected people like me that might jump to this conclusion. We were all basing this on the fact his name was in the little black book of the DC Madam.

But Lord a Mercy.

Randall was just getting massages from the girls.

We really should give him the benefit of the doubt. After all, his official duties also included the eradication of prostitution.

But, no matter how this all comes down, I do have to hand it to Deborah Jeane Palfrey. She says she was not operating any prostitution ring and she can prove it--just ask the guys in her book. And we all know those pillars of the community will give us the straight dope.

Madam Palfrey has been teasing Washington for several months now. At first she was going to sell her little black book, which purportedly contains the names of ten thousand former Pamela Martin and Associates customers.

In order to demonstrate how squeaky clean she is, Miss Palfrey provided the federal court with the names of Mr. Tobias, as well as military strategist Harlan Ullman.

She is batting two for two. Harlan is saying he didn't do anything dirty, immoral or illegal either.

The judge ordered that the book and her phone records be turned over to the court and sealed. But before the long arm of the law could get its hands on the goods, she gave them to ABC.

That was a smart move, cos I'm betting you high heels to hot pants, more than one guy in the DC judicial system has been the recipient of a therapeutic massage, courtesy of the girls at Pamela Martin and Associates.

This should only get better.

DC Madam Kills Self Rather Than Face Jail

Thu, 2 May 2008 00:59:22 GMT

posted by MoneyTallk

In the end, it was a punishment that definitely didn’t fit the crime. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, also known as the D.C. Madam for running a high-priced call girl ring in the nation’s capital, faced up to 55 years in jail. She was scheduled to be sentence this summer. But Palfrey, defiant to the end over her prosecution, was determined not to give in to the Feds. So, sometime yesterday, she walked out to a shed behind her mother’s house near St. Petersburg, Fla, and based on a preliminary investigation, she hanged herself. Read More.

DC Madam Kills Self Rather Than Face Jail

Thu, 2 May 2008 01:05:25 GMT

posted by TheImproper
In the end, it was a punishment that definitely didn’t fit the crime. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, also known as the D.C. Madam for running a high-priced call girl ring in the nation’s capital, faced up to 55 years in jail. She was scheduled to be sentence this summer. But Palfrey, defiant to the end over her prosecution, was determined not to give in to the Feds. So, sometime yesterday, she walked out to a shed behind her mother’s house near St. Petersburg, Fla, and based on a preliminary investigation, she hanged herself. Read More.

Deborah Jeane Palfrey found guilty of running prostitution ring

Mon, 15 Apr 2008 20:07:15 GMT

posted by gaysocialites
A federal jury has convicted Deborah Jeane Palfrey of running a high-end prostitution ring that catered to members of Washington's political elite on Tuesday afternoon. Palfrey has repeatedly denied the escort service engaged in prostitution, and that any sex acts happened without her knowledge. Palfrey caused a buzz last year when she announced that she would sell her phone records to news outlets to pay for her defense. The trial didn't reveal many new details about the service or the identities of its clientele. Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana was linked to the case but didn't testify.