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MADAM DROPS NEW BOMBSHELL
NY Post ^ | 6/29/2006 | LAURA ITALIANO

Posted on 06/29/2006 12:55:52 PM PDT by Sabramerican

MADAM DROPS NEW BOMBSHELL

By LAURA ITALIANO, STEFANIE COHEN and LUKAS I. ALPERT

June 29, 2006 -- The Brazilian bombshell charged with running an upscale brothel has told cops she has an ex-husband - and named a second hot-shot corporate executive as her sugar daddy.

"I wouldn't have kept having sex with him or any of these guys if they weren't paying," Manhattan madam Andreia Schwartz, 31, confessed to police in a statement.

And one reason for that is another shocker: She doesn't "really have sex with guys anymore, just girls," she said

In the latest twist in the case, Schwartz named Robert Voccola, 68, the chief investment officer at white-glove Park Avenue firm Barrett Associates, and described how she traded weekly sex romps in exchange for $50,000 a year until she was arrested a month ago.

"We have sex once or twice a week over the past year and a half. He's given me about $50,000 a year in cash, mortgage payments, and checks and other things," she told police after being arrested - statements which were entered into public record at her bail hearing yesterday.

"He also gave me a credit card and financial advice, telling me where to invest, helping me with my mortgage," she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: businesswomen; equalprotection; prostitution; whore
The Libertarian in me has always found prostitution laws troubling.

These sorts of stories, where the rich and famous, are not punished, makes it more troubling.

1 posted on 06/29/2006 12:55:54 PM PDT by Sabramerican
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"Outside his home, the accused john looked sheepish and was ushered inside by his angry wife, Judith, before he could comment.
"We know what she's saying, and we'll comment later," she said through the family attorney. "You'll get a statement when the statement is ready. It will not be today." "

I tend to agree, but I think someone will be punished. Just not in a court of law.
But then I am used to some people being above the law....I live in Cynthia McKinney's district.


2 posted on 06/29/2006 1:32:46 PM PDT by NoFreeRides
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The Libertarian in me has always found prostitution laws troubling.

As Rush says, vote with your feet......move to where it's legalized.

Then when you get there, the LIBERALtarian in you can help usher in legalized drugs, same sex marriage, abortion clinics on every corner, universal health care, and all the other pet projects of the left.

3 posted on 06/29/2006 1:35:34 PM PDT by cowboyway (My heroes have always been Cowboys)
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You left out murder. Certainly if I believe prostitution laws are against my concept of freedom and they are not uniformally enforced, then I want murder to be legal too.

Conservative doesn't mean being a prig. It means not wanting the Government where it is not the Government's business to be. Especially if the Government punishes some and ignores others for the same offense.


4 posted on 06/29/2006 1:41:01 PM PDT by Sabramerican (Bandar Bush in 08: Continue the Legacy)
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"The Libertarian in me has always found prostitution laws troubling.

As Rush says, vote with your feet......move to where it's legalized."

That is an incredibly weak response. You don't vote with your feet over peripheral issues, you fight for what you believe in. I'm not agreeing with the original post, merely pointing out you should either engage the discussion or move along. Legalizing prostitution is not merely a leftist issue nor does it have to be grouped with the other issues you mentioned. The poster could vote with his feet and move to Nevada (part of the USA). You could also suggest the I should move to Saudi Arabia as a pro lifer. I would propose legalizing gambling for example and that shouldn't require me moving to an island in the Caribbean.
5 posted on 06/29/2006 1:46:03 PM PDT by Bogeygolfer
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I once had to debate the issue in college and I became convinced of my own side that many of the laws are unconscionable.

A desire for sex is not like gambling. It's biological.

Where Americans are to pursue happiness, what of the ugly for one example.

If someone is so ugly that there is no way for them to get a member of the opposite sex socially, is it really the right of the Government to prevent that person from getting it the only way he/she can- by paying a willing participant.

I can go with regulation but a blanket prohibition, stings and all else the Government does to intrude in an area the Government has no business is just so wrong.

And that should be a Conservative position.


6 posted on 06/29/2006 1:57:36 PM PDT by Sabramerican (Bandar Bush in 08: Continue the Legacy)
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The Libertarian in me has always found prostitution laws troubling.

The morals don't bother me but there are some real public health issues to consider. I doubt our present laws do much about that, though.

7 posted on 06/29/2006 2:07:07 PM PDT by Grut
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Nicely argued. With your permission I will save your position for later use. There are many other arguments in favor of legalization as well. Many of the cons could be addressed and in the end the objection would come down to a moral issue. I think you addressed that in your post, not that it will convince a die hard. Linking gambling is by no means a perfect match however it is another issue that doesn't have to follow along ideological lines.
8 posted on 06/29/2006 2:12:37 PM PDT by Bogeygolfer
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What should be the ideological lines?

I'm a Conservative for lesser Government.

How is allowing the Government to prohibit either prostitution of gambling a Conservative position?

With gambling, Government is a hypocrite. It's legal in certain places but becomes immoral and illegal elsewhere. Lotto is Ok, other forms are not.


9 posted on 06/29/2006 2:23:44 PM PDT by Sabramerican (Bandar Bush in 08: Continue the Legacy)
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Conservative doesn't mean being a prig. It means not wanting the Government where it is not the Government's business to be

Ok, Mr. Not-a-Prig, ask the gals in Nevada if legalizing prostitution has decreased or increased government intervention in their profession.

But, the reason it's against the law, liberaltarian, is because the Judea Christian beliefs that this country was founded on want to discourage the practice all together.

10 posted on 06/29/2006 2:31:39 PM PDT by cowboyway (My heroes have always been Cowboys)
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Your response makes no sense.

Out of curiosity, where in either the Old or New Testament is a there prohibition against prostitution. Heroes of both are depicted as prostitutes.

The practice will be discouraged when DNA loses that which makes human beings desire sex.


11 posted on 06/29/2006 2:39:47 PM PDT by Sabramerican (Bandar Bush in 08: Continue the Legacy)
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Your response makes no sense.

Put the joint out and take a few deep breaths of oxygen.

Out of curiosity, where in either the Old or New Testament is a there prohibition against prostitution. Heroes of both are depicted as prostitutes.

As we both know, the Bible is very flexible on a number of subjects. I am not a theologian and cannot quote Scripture, but I'm sure there's a passage that condemns prostitution. You must admit, if the Bible were pro-prostitution, there would be a whore house at the Vatican.

The practice will be discouraged when DNA loses that which makes human beings desire sex.

See if this makes any sense.

Kurzweil

12 posted on 06/29/2006 3:00:57 PM PDT by cowboyway (My heroes have always been Cowboys)
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I guess we need to better define the term ideology. I personally don't fit well into any of the more acceptable classifications. My problem is I mix my own common sense into my conservatism and we all have different ideas as to common sense. In the case in point I was merely suggesting that 'most' conservatives appear to be against both legalizing prostitution as well as gambling, hence the linkage and I do think there is ample room for disagreement on these and other issues within the various schools of thought or ideologies of the conservative movement.


13 posted on 06/29/2006 3:47:47 PM PDT by Bogeygolfer
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In Austin, I caught a snippet of a radio discussion about taxing prostitution but they couldn't figure out how to tax it yet keep it illegal. They figured if it was made legal, there would still be a "black market" of prostitutes who don't want the paperwork, nor the paper trail involved - not to mention the men who don't want a receipt.


14 posted on 06/29/2006 4:14:55 PM PDT by Tall_Texan (I wish a political party would come along that thinks like I do.)
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15 posted on 06/29/2006 4:51:57 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Make them go home!!)
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