Judge Blocks Sale of Escort Client List

AP via SFGate ^ | 3/16/7 | MATT APUZZO

[SmithL]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Friday that a former escort service owner cannot sell phone records and other company records, saving about 15,000 clients from possible public embarrassment.

Deborah Jeane Palfrey, 50, has said she planned to sell the list to a news organization to help raise money for her defense. The alleged "D.C. Madam" ran Pamela Martin and Associates, an upscale escort service in the Washington area, for 13 years before it closed in August.

Federal prosecutors say it was a prostitution ring that yielded $2 million in assets, including cash and homes. In October, the federal government froze the asset

[freedomfiter2]

Yes, and some put their pictures on TV. And it's wrong. Public humiliation went out as an appropriate punishment with the stocks.

That must be why accused criminals are given the option of having their names withheld from information given to the press. If our elected officials are breaking the law, we have a right to know it. Character counts, remember?

[Diplomat]

Is this the case that Tommy Lasorda got caught up in?

[Dr.Zoidberg]

There are going to be at least as many Republicans as Democrats on those lists.

Immaterial. Elected officials should be held to a higher standard. Left wing, right wing, if they were clients of this woman, they are scumbags and should be exposed as such.

I don't know about you, but I sure as hell don't want a man who would cheat on his wife (with a whore or otherwise) making decisions that effect my life.

He has already proven incapable of making reasonable choices as to where to stick his willy. That proves he can not be trusted with power over me.

[freedomfiter2]

I agree. Men are men.


Not all men cheat and fewer pay for sex.

[SmithL]

Wheeeee-Doggies!

[TruthWillWin]

Wrong! In one way or another all men pay for sex.

[WLR]

What on earth could be her rationale... This really is a shameful decision worthy of a third world dictatorship..
Let the chips fall where they may.. Our Demon-crats and Republi-Cons need a good house cleaning. What a wonderful way to get rid of people who are clearly subject to extortion. Think of all the Millions spent by Islamofacists to sabotage the war which will go down the drain if this "Judge" were to release that list. All the millions spent by defense contractors to insure more innovative less expensive solutions to national defense never see the light of day. How many Judges, Prosecutors, Police, Media Personalities are on that list?

Joe Doakes get his name in the paper when after a week of work he hires some hag off the street...

Joe Millionare gets his name protected

Crap.


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[WLR]

What they heck There is no right to privacy when engaged in a criminal conspiracy..

Calling some Madame to have some hooker delivered is a felony conspiracy.

If the state holds them as evidence/ asserts the right to control them they are public records..Subject to a separate hearing process all their own (If the government want to assert they represent a threat to national security..

Privacy of the Johns and Janes listed.?

piffle

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[WLR]

Don't you think that has already happened.

This is really a major scandal that much effort is being made to sweep under the rug.

One of the big things we were briefed on was being compromised and then turned.

The people on that list are compromised and possibly turned..

[Tax-chick]

Not all men cheat and fewer pay for sex.

True, but if they're going to, Republican or Democrat doesn't seem to make a difference!

[Mr. Lucky]

Well put.

[theDentist]

Even money the "news outlet" is a FoC (Friend of Clintons)

[Global2010]

Give the chosen news agency the List and sell one of her baby pic or a pic of anything for that matter for 4 million.

[freedomfiter2]

True, but if they're going to, Republican or Democrat doesn't seem to make a difference!


That's why we need that list and why we need real conservatives in office. The voters don't think the Republicans are any different ethically.

[Tax-chick]

"Republicans" and "conservatives" is not the same thing, unfortunately.

Are human failings evenly distributed between the political parties, at least in this particular situation? It would be interesting to know!

[Dr.Zoidberg]

That works.

And a thumb in the eye of the judge to boot.

I like it.

[freedomfiter2]

Wrong! In one way or another all men pay for sex.


You got me. The difference is that when married men pay their wives it doesn't guarantee that he'll get sex.

[csvset]

You're exactly right. The Johns , ( and possibly some Janes ), involved in this criminal endeavor shouldn't expect privacy.

If a dope dealer is arrested and the cops have a list of his customers, should the customers be offered the same protection that the judge is offering the Johns?

[pray4liberty]

Maybe he's on it!

[TYVets]

Those records are part of the assets frozen by the IRS, et al.

If those are under the control of the government, you can't sell them - anymore than you can sell your house, etc, if the government's sold them.

But the government can sell your house etc to satisfy the debt to the IRS.

Those records have value, so when does the auction begin to satisfy the debt of the satisfiers?