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Just another day at Villanova University School of Law…

Ex-dean helped police, report says
By Kathleen Brady Shea

Police investigating a prostitution ring in Chester County relied on two customers, including the dean of Villanova Law School, to provide information that culminated last week in a no-contest plea by the man promoting the business, documents show.

Mark A. Sargent, who was appointed dean in 1987, resigned suddenly Monday, citing personal and medical reasons.

According to a report by the Pennsylvania State Police, Sargent was a customer at a Kennett Township house suspected as a site for prostitution when police raided it Nov. 25. He was not charged.

The Rev. Peter Donohue, the Villanova University president, was out of town yesterday and unavailable for comment, said Jonathan Gust, university spokesman.

Gust said that the university had accepted Sargent’s resignation and that he would not be returning to the faculty. He declined comment on Sargent’s involvement in the prostitution bust.

Read the whole story at The Daily Local…

DOWNINGTOWN BROTHEL BUSTED
By JENNIFER MILLER

Authorities shut down a suspected brothel Wednesday that investigators believe was operating here under the guise of a day spa.

Following a three-month investigation, the state police busted the Gold Star Spa and arrested two middle-aged women who allegedly worked for the prostitution business.

Police arrested the two women after executing search warrants at the suspected brothel Wednesday afternoon. Both women were charged with prostitution and related offenses.

Using undercover state troopers, authorities were allegedly able to determine the business was not a traditional spa, but a business where men could purchase sexual favors for $60 to $100, according to court records.

Citing code violations, borough officials shut down the brothel immediately after investigators made the arrests.

Read the whole story at The Daily Pilot…

Costa Mesa to crack down on massage parlors
By Alan Blank

Fearing that some of its many massage parlors are fronts for prostitution, Costa Mesa is considering an urgent 45-day moratorium on issuing permits for new massage parlors and existing parlors that want to expand.

The city has 54 massage parlors by its count, which officials say makes for a much higher concentration than surrounding cities, and the volume of parlors is making regulation of the businesses a nearly impossible task for police.

The city will look at updating its municipal code to close “loopholes” in the certification and licensing process for massage services.

“Some businesses hint or imply [prostitution.] Others clearly suggest that sexual services are available. Many prostitutes working in the region openly advertise in the adult services section along with some of the massage providers. A review of these advertisements demonstrates that Costa Mesa appears over-represented in the offering of legitimate and illegitimate massage services,” according to a city report released Thursday.

A search of Internet marketplace Craigslist yields several massage parlors in Costa Mesa with provocative ads.

One posting for Mind over Muscles in the Circle K parking lot on Newport Boulevard, for instance, has a picture of a bikini-clad blond staring at the camera and advertises “SMOKING HOTT BLONDE LYNN IS IN TILL 10PM—-U WONT BE DISSAPPOINTED… SWEET AND UNRUSHED…PUT A HAPPY END TO UR EXHAUSTING STRESSFULL DAY AND RELAX HERE!”

An Eastside parlor on Orange Avenue advertises: “Young sexy Asian girls,” and offers a “free table shower.” It’s accompanied by pictures of women in short skirts.

Read the whole story at Fox 19…

7 arrested in Hamilton prostitution bust

Seven suspects were arrested after an undercover prostitution sting in Hamilton.

The sting was the effort of the Hamilton Police Department’s Vice, Problem-Oriented Policing and Community-Oriented Policing Sections.

The Hamilton Police Department’s Vice, Problem-Oriented Policing, and Community-Oriented Policing Sections conducted an undercover prostitution sting on July 1, 2009. As a result of the operation, seven suspects were arrested.

“We will continue to conduct these undercover operations throughout the City of Hamilton. We constantly receive and investigate all complaints from our citizens on various types of illegal activities in their neighborhoods. The focus of this sting was in the Fourth Ward,” said Hamilton Police Chief Neil Ferdelman.

What Trenton makes, the world takes.  Read the whole article at The Trentonian…

Sexy butts: Alleged hooker busted at tobacco shop

Police here grabbed three suspected prostitutes out of an “acupressure” storefront and a “news and tobacco” store in the Asherst Plaza strip mall here on Tuesday.

At 1 p.m., township and state police raided the Gemini News & Tobacco Agency following an investigation into alleged prostitution and arrested the clerk “when she offered sex in exchange for money from an undercover police officer,” according to Detective Sgt. Tony DiLoreto.

“She was arrested and charged with prostitution. She was released on a summons pending court.”

Then three hours later the same day, two women who claimed their address was in China were arrested at Sunny Days Acupressure.

Dominatrix, escort, street worker - she’s done them all.

In fact Rachel Francis was so good she eventually ran her own brothel. As a prostitute for nearly 25 years, the former lady of the night has seen nearly everything there is to see in New Zealand’s sex industry. It’s a world many of us are curious about, but will never experience.

Rachel takes 20/20’s Beth Roche behind the scenes of some of the country’s most exclusive brothels, exposing the secret lives of our neighbourhoods. Offering everything from her take on decriminalising prostitution, to what men really want in bed, Rachel Francis tells it like it is.

Watch the video report at 20/20 News in New Zealand.

Read this interesting exploration of ‘The Girlfriend Experience’ at The Times Online…

The pay as you go girlfriends
Men can now buy the girlfriend experience — dinner dates and weekends away — without the commitment. So what’s the catch?
by Helen Croydon

About two years ago, one Saturday night home alone with a glass of chardonnay, I guiltily googled younger women dating older men. I was bored with guys my age and wanted to meet someone older, wiser and in a different league from what I was used to. I ended up joining SugarDaddie.com. It was nothing to do with any gold-digging ambitions; I just wanted to sample some glamour and to be taken out in style. What woman doesn’t?

But what started as personal adventure ended up lifting the lid on a fascinating world that I never knew existed — the pay-as-you-go girlfriend.

Sites such Sugar Daddie and more explicit ones such as Seeking Arrangement or Seeking Millionaire are regularly used by successful, busy men who want the pleasures of a relationship but don’t want the time-pressures that they demand.

The concept is similar to the film on everyone’s lips at the Edinburgh Film festival last week, The Girlfriend Experience. The Steven Soderbergh film, which will be released in November, is a snapshot of a few days during an American presidential campaign and a financial crisis. Chelsea, who provides a “girlfriend experience”: dinner in a smart restaurant, a movie and often sex, finds that her dates dwindle along with the stock market.

In real life there are thousands of young girls willing to offer companionship to high-flyers in return for shopping allowances, holiday funds, help with school fees or just the thrill of five-star travel and fine dining. These are known as “mutually beneficial relationships”, although the fact that Soderbergh chose a porn star, Sasha Grey, to play his central character may indicates how sexually charged the role of a paid paramour really is.

My first “date” was a 45-year-old partner in a City law firm and divorced. He wasn’t interested in exchanging cash for dates. He was so relieved to meet me, he said, because the previous two girls demanded a monthly allowance of £1,000. “I don’t mind paying, that’s what this site is about, but I don’t want a pro,” he told me. “There are so many of them that it’s frustrating.”

My jaw nearly hit the floor but I was also a little embarrassed at my naïvety. I should have suspected that an unsavoury culture existed, given some of the messages that landed in my inbox: “Are you free on Saturday? How about a shopping trip followed by dinner at Nobu?” suggested one. “I’d like to get to know you, would you join me in Dubai next week, I’ll fly you first class, of course.” Those messages went straight to my delete bin. Such blatant offers struck me as too much like a business transaction.

I wasn’t the only one to be shocked. There seems to be a 50-50 split between members who want the thrill of dating in luxury and those who seek hard cash. Kay Walker, a 38-year-old dental nurse from Lincoln, says that she is the former. “I joined because I wanted to meet high-calibre people. It’s the success factor. I have my own money so I don’t want to be supported but I get lots of those offers. The most recent was £1,500 a month plus a clothing allowance to meet three or four times a week. I said ‘no thank you very much’.” I empathise with Kay for being attracted to prestige but once either party mentions a set sum, the element of choice is removed.

Success and confidence are sexy and I found the novelty addictive. I was eating in the best restaurants and conversing with intelligent people. I was in my perfect playground. I wrote in my profile: “I’m bored of younger guys and want to enjoy the company of someone, older, wiser with more stories to tell. I enjoy the freedom of single life so am looking for fun but honesty.”

The majority of women, though, expect something more than just excitement. After all, they’re providing a girlfriend experience minus the emotional demands.

Amie is a 25-year-old medical student in London. Her profile on Seeking Arrangement makes it clear that she wants compensation: “I’m an attractive yet admittedly dominant young black female. I’m happy to be upfront and tell you that I seek an interesting, solvent and generous guy who wishes to share part of his life of luxury.” It sounds suspiciously on a par with prostitution, or at the very least an escort service.

Read the whole article at The BBC News…

Police raids on ‘brothel empire’

Police have carried out a series of raids targeting a suspected prostitution “empire” they believe was worth more than £1m a year.

The alleged ringleader, a 55-year-old woman, was one of six people held following raids at addresses in London, Surrey and Gloucestershire.

Officers also discovered seven women they believe may have been trafficked and forced to work as prostitutes.

They are thought to be from south-east Asia and eastern Europe.

The co-ordinated raids, collectively dubbed Operation Icefall, were led by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s clubs and vice unit.

In a statement, the Met said: “The investigation centred on a 55-year-old woman who is believed to have controlled the empire, which netted over £1m a year.

“Together with her partner, she is believed to have used mainly trafficked-women to staff at least four brothels in London and the Home Counties.”

Read the whole story at NJ.com…

High-priced call girl ring smashed in Jersey City, cops say
by Michaelangelo Conte

Police have charged a Jersey City Heights man with running a high-price call girl ring, in which he offered clients cocaine and charged up to $3,500 an hour for the services of one of the 40 scantily clad models pictured on his Web site, officials said.

Joseph Ruis was arrested late Tuesday and charged with promoting prostitution, being the leader of a narcotics distribution network, and money laundering, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said yesterday. The business took in about $250,000 per month before it was shut down, DeFazio said.

Tuesday night, officers executed a search warrant at the office of World Class Party Girls. The building’s security system apparently brought Ruis to the location to see what was happening and he was quickly arrested, DeFazio said.

“This was a lengthy investigation that will be ongoing and is commensurate with the sophistication of the call girl service,” said DeFazio, noting the investigation was triggered six months ago by information provided by Hoboken police.

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The Web site of World Class Party Girls lists hourly rates from $500 an hour to $3,500 an hour, apparently based on services rendered, DeFazio said.

Investigators said the service also provided cocaine when requested by a client who hired a model. The prosecutor noted that not every aspect of the operation was illegal.

During Tuesday’s search, police recovered records listing hundreds of customers, DeFazio said, adding that prosecution of customers and models will depend on the ongoing investigation. The prosecutor would not provide the names but said the list, at this point, did not included anyone “in the public eye.”

Customers would contact the service by telephone or through the Web site and the models would be transport to the agreed upon location, DeFazio said. Credit cards were often used for payment, he said.

Ileana Pietrobruno’s examination of the client

Early in the film Girlfriend Experience, the protagonist, Daniel (David Lewis) notes a certain emptiness after a sexual encounter with a prostitute.  “That’s it?” he observes, “the chase is the best part.”

He freely acknowledges that the anticipation is the biggest part of the thrill: what leads up to the consummation of what is both a business and sexual relationship.  There is also, of course, the base excitement that stems from sex with a stranger.  And yes, there is the hunger for sexual variety, too, but Girlfriend Experience makes it very clear that the experience is as much about the client as it is about the sex provider, and maybe more so.

Daniel is a working class guy - he has a job he doesn’t like much and an attractive girlfriend who seems to genuinely love him, but he’s addicted to sex with prostitutes.  Or sex workers.  Or sex providers.  It doesn’t really matter what you call them: he is buying what they are selling.

And the holy grail of the pay-for-sex scene is the so-called ‘girlfriend experience,’ where a prostitute goes to some lengths to make the situation seem like an authentic romantic encounter, as if one was being romantically intimate with a girlfriend.

Enter Adrian (Ivy Vine), a prostitute Daniel meets and develops an increasing fascination.  While the ‘real’ Adrian doesn’t consent to show her face or speak on camera (the film is styles as a faux-documentary), an ‘actress’ (Emma Lahana) helps re-create several pivotal situations in their intersecting lives.  And this is a profound statement on the part of the filmmaker - indeed, this is a film about the client, not a film about a prostitute.

Girlfriend Experience therefore examines the dynamics around the prostitute-client relationship primarily from the point of view of the client.  This is unusual in cinema, as often when prostitutes appear in movies they tend to be the the focus of the film, and the client is often depicted as distant and reduced to a vaguely creepy status: a largely uncultivated character.   Girlfriend Experience explores that uncharted territory.

The method of keeping Adrian anonymous is effective and powerful: indeed, while Daniel pays for a simulation of intimacy, the woman who delivers this experience remains, to all intents and purposes, really incidental to the selfish experience being sought.  Daniel grows increasingly obsessed with Adrian, and the release that she offers him.  This is clearly a self destructive path, but whether he is oblivious to the foolishness of his behavior or simply resigned to his fate, Daniel’s fascination threatens all aspects of his life, both personal and professional.

Does the closing moment of the film present an inevitable fate for Daniel, or could he have pursued his fascination in a wiser way - controlling his instincts as opposed to his instincts controlling him?

Writer/Director Ileana Pietrobruno chose to craft Girlfriend Experience as a faux documentary, and the narrative includes observations from clients of prostitutes, offering observations and insights into the world’s oldest profession and what they are seeking from these encounters.  Explicit sex scenes aren’t prominent in the film, because ultimately, they are not what this exploration of the prostitute-client bond.

Pietrobruno displays extraordinary talent and skill as a filmmaker.  The dialogue and situations ring true, even when they depict situations that are unusual.  The faux documentary style is handled very skilfully, and it delivers a compelling method for relating this story.  The acting is very good, too, with David Lewis as Daniel as the standout with a very credible, realistic performance.

This is a film that will be of particular interest to readers of Insider Escort Secrets. It’s a frank exploration the client’s point of view of his relationship with prostitutes.  The film presents these issues very intelligently and maturely,  and I recommend the film strongly.

Readers may also be interested in reading an in-depth interview with filmmaker Ileana Pietrobruno regarding Girlfriend Experience conduced by Louise Bak for Toro Magazine.

Girlfriend Experience (2009) 83 minutes D: Ileana Pietrobruno You can order a copy of this film on DVD at Chapters Indigo.

Read the whole story at King5.com…

Seattle strip-club owner indicted
By Jim Forman

Longtime strip-club owner Frank Colacurcio and five others have been indicted on racketeering charges.

Federal prosecutors say there was a lot more than exotic dancing going on at four area strip clubs - Rick’s, Sugars, Honey’s and Foxx’s.

It’s the culmination of an FBI raid last year. It’s taken this long for the grand jury to hand up an indictment.

“The clubs were very profitable and the profits came, we believe, from promoting the prostitution,” said U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sullivan.

In a 25-page indictment, club owners Frank Colacurcio Sr. and his Son Frankie Jr. and several other men are accused of promoting prostitution, money laundering, cheating Seattle out of tax money, and conspiracy, charged under the RICO statute.

And while some of the business was legit, prosecutors claim the dancers were forced to sell sex in order to afford to make hefty payments to club managers to keep their jobs, and that the Colacurcios knew all about it.

“These men made millions of dollars exploiting young women in the Seattle-Tacoma area,” said Sullivan.

San Francisco implores residents to report pimps, escorts, and johns on sight!  Read the whole story at NBC Bay Area…

San Francisco Tries to Outpimp Prostitution
Flashy gimicks are not just for pimps anymore
By SAJID FAROOQ

San Francisco is getting creative about cracking down on prostitution. And the City it is taking a page from the pimp playbook to get citizens to help out.

This week San Francisco doorsteps were flooded with neatly designed flyers asking residents to “report prostitutes, pimps and Johns every time you see them” to the San Francisco Police Department, according to our friends at Mission Mission. In case you are not hip to the lingo, a “John” is a prostitute’s paying customer.

It was not the street wise vernacular used on the flyer or the fact there was a leaflet at all but instead it was the hip design that grabbed the eyes of residents.

The catchy flyer didn’t need a purple suit of a fedora hat to make its point. Instead the black and white leaflet featured bold typography that looks more like a piece stolen from David Carson’s portfolio than a public service announcement.

The timing of the flyer is prudent as well. Every summer when tourists flock into San Francisco, the number of prostitutes walking the streets goes up, according to the police department.