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ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) -- A school board member and prominent lawyer has been charged with prostitution, accused of offering legal services in exchange for sexual favors. Steven C. Copenhaver, 56, was released from jail Thursday on a $750 bond. An arrest affidavit said Copenhaver offered to represent a woman's husband if she and her sister-in-law would perform sex acts with him and each other. "I am deeply apologetic to my family and friends," Copenhaver said in a statement Thursday. "I hope that all of them will support me during this difficult time. I intend to work through the legal...

MARCH 25--A Texas lawyer was arrested yesterday and charged with offering to provide legal services in exchange for a sex act and some hot girl-on-girl action. According to cops, Steven Copenhaver, 56, solicited the "deviate sexual intercourse" from the wife of a prospective client and the woman's sister-in-law. As detailed in the below Round Rock Police Department report, Copenhaver told Leigh Heavin that he would accept sex in lieu of legal fees incurred by Heavin's husband, who is facing a criminal rap for allegedly assaulting her. During a visit last month to Heavin's home, Copenhaver allegedly told her--and the woman's...