D.C. madam a suicide, police in Florida say »
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Deborah Palfrey, convicted of running a high-end Washington prostitution ring that snagged Sen. David Vitter (R), killed herself Thursday, weeks after her trial ended on charges that she said she would never go to prison for. Palfrey was convicted April 15 by a federal jury of running a prostitution service that catered to D.C.'s political elite.
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not2needy
May 1, 2008, 4:59 p.m.Facing up to 55 years in prison, i think that would be enough to depress her.
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saneman
May 2, 2008, 12:15 p.m."Channing Phillips, the spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in the District of Columbia, said that under sentencing guidelines, Palfrey faced 57 to 71 months in prison. She was free pending her sentencing July 24."
Up to 55 years????? ROFLMAO!!!!!
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Endoscopy
May 2, 2008, 12:07 p.m.Why do you and others say that it is a victimless crime? The prostitutes lives are horrible. Very few enjoy selling their bodies. They usually become substance abusers to relieve the emotional pain. They most often die of overdose. They are the real victims.
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HateKoolAid
May 1, 2008, 8:58 p.m.I'm sure the conspiratorial types out there will wonder if this was a staged suicide considering her client list but I'm thinking she thought death was preferable to the rest of her life in a jail cell. At her age that is what she was facing with 55 years.
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NoWayMan
May 2, 2008, 1:33 a.m.I agree. she probably thought death was better than 55 years in the clink. and it probably is.
still, why didn't she release the list before she off'd herself? that woulda been a good "gotcha" on the way out. taking her hooker/client priviledge to the grave?
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berkeley
May 1, 2008, 9:28 p.m.in a case like this, it is normal to bargain by releasing names of clients.
since she didn't, it raises the question of why.
and since we know many of the clients are still in office, it makes everything about this case confusing. as outsiders, we will probably never know what really happened.
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berkeley
May 1, 2008, 10:29 p.m.also, see
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/du...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzvrgQ5hOM4
many sources listed cheney as a top customer.
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Nixie
May 2, 2008, 1:20 a.m.This story was already submitted 11 hours ago:
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aceofspades1
May 2, 2008, 1:24 a.m.One of her escorts - about to stand trial in Jan committed suicide also, What a convenient way to bury famous names.
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bubba2
May 2, 2008, 1:39 a.m.After reading and listening to berkeley's links, this is indeed VERY suspicious.
I hope the family and or friends are able to either force an investigation of her death or fund one of their own.
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TJinSG
May 2, 2008, 2:14 a.m.Only in America, the president can commit high crimes, lie to congress, lie to the world to kill the population of a weaker country and not get impeached. But pay sex and the country is ready to go back to the dark ages and stone the person to death. We don't tolerate paying for pleasure of the flesh. However, marriage turns a women into a live-in prostitute. What woman would continue giving sex to her husband if he stopped giving her money or told her she needed to get a job to support herself and they would split the cost of raising any children they have? The very people who accused her are probably a client of another sex service. It is absolutely senseless. Two people want to make an agreed exchange then that is their business. If it was a married man or woman paying for sex outside the marriage then that is an issue for the spouse to deal with, not the country or the government. If it was a single person paying for sex that is their own decision, besides, men are always paying.
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JohnQPublic
May 2, 2008, 5:50 a.m.Too many things about this case simply don't add up to her voluntarily committing suicide.
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nikkibabe
May 2, 2008, 7:23 a.m.This one from a newspaper outside the country. They say her secret notes reveal she "supplied" big black men to Barbara Walters for one on one encounters.
Interesting to see if this story comes out in US newspapers.
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walden3
May 2, 2008, 9:03 a.m.I don't believe she killed herself either. The statistics speak for themselves - a female is unlikely to commit suicide, a female is unlikely to hang herself as the method chosen and a female is unlikely to be successful at it.
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catstevens
May 3, 2008, 8:05 a.m.Exactly walden. Women almost always take pills in suicide. And why would she hang herself where her own Mother would find her?
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aniokly
May 2, 2008, 9:08 a.m.Oh, yeah. If the Prostitute had the name of the V P on her customer list she could stay out of jail, and make lots more money. She outted the Republicans, it is the Democrats she protected. When they couldn't get her off (D C is a Democrat city) she was going to tell all. I bet you think only Republicans used her services. Very naive.
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normallysilent
May 2, 2008, 9:08 a.m.Not much for conspiracy theories but I did find it an odd coincidence that the 1st woman prosecuted in this matter also committed suicide. This one made the public statement that she was not like the other woman and would name names if she were given too hard of a sentence.
Just doesn't sound quite right.
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aniokly
May 2, 2008, 9:11 a.m.I think she was killed. She was stupid. If she had names of important people she should have made arrangements for all the names to be released, not just the Republicans. It would have been insurance against falling down with a rope around your neck,
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questionseverything
May 2, 2008, 7:32 p.m.just once why dont u get the info before commenting...she did give the list to abc but as soon as justice found out they stopped her.....the cheney connection to this dc hooker is documented all ovr the net.....just like faggo the cia dude that carol liam was fired for investigating is connected to cheney...just like convicted, wade the defense contractor, is connected to cheney
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dixie_sparkette
May 2, 2008, 9:38 a.m.Killed herself?! Just look at her! Does she look like a person that is weak? She ran that business for 13 years with people she knew she had to be careful around. She was no milk toast! I seriously doubt she took her own life. What a sad and tragic loss of life :(
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mackiemesser
May 2, 2008, 9:39 a.m.There appears a quote in this morning's Washington Post from one Dan Moldea, an investigative reporter who interviewed Ms Palfrey. "I'm not going back to jail. I'll kill myself first. I'll commit suicide first." "Those were her exact words" said Moldea. Moldea had written books on the assasination of Bobby kennedy, the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa and the death of Vince Foster.
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AbuAmirah
May 2, 2008, 9:51 a.m.Hmm, can you say black bag operation. I doubt that this chick killed herself and I agree with some of the other posters. If I were investigating the case, I'd tell every dude on her client list not to leave town
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saneman
May 2, 2008, 10:43 a.m.13% of women who commit suicide do so by hanging. She had not yet been sentenced and there was some indication that she was going to work out a deal with the prosecution.
"Palfrey faced 57 to 71 months in prison. She was free pending her sentencing July 24" according to the prosecutor's office.
Doubtful that she would have served more than 3 years in prison.
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KvilleTX
May 2, 2008, 11:56 a.m.How many senators, congressmen, governors in jail for having sex with prostitutes? Answer=0 They were going to put her in jail for decades, but the cigar smokers always seem to get a pass don't they! This country and it's leaders has turned into a case study of double standards and complete injustice!
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Poulenc
May 2, 2008, 1:24 p.m.Assuming she DID kill herself--and for me conspiracy theories are almost always the least plausible explanations in such cases--this is very sad indeed.
What does it say about misguided "justice" when one is condemned to prison for facilitating sexual encounters between men who want such and women (in this case) who are willing to fulfill that need?
Those who rail about government intervention in our daily lives, and others against sex workers, would do well to ponder the barbaric practice of outlawing commercial sexual exchanges among CONSENTING ADULTS.
(Almost makes me want to be a Libertarian!)
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Hobe
May 2, 2008, 1:41 p.m.D.C. madam a suicide, police in Florida say
Suicide? the same thing is alledged with BJ bill and hillary
clinton's Good friend Vince Foster....
Corrupt Washington has a way of protecting itself...
Hopefully the List will surface and the bottom feeders will be exposed...
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Grancher
May 2, 2008, 1:42 p.m.That's what you get when you mess with powerful people. There is no need to call it a conspiracy, there was no need to conspire, someone important had a problem and someone took care of it for him. I have little doubt that many of the people in our Federal government have the necessary connections. I'm fairly certain people in the do in Michigan and Louisiana State governments, why not DC?
Free elections can only work against corruption when people pay attention to corruption during elections. Even then, with large well established parties the elected officials might not be corrupt, but the party leaders they listen to could be. I see no reason for either the Republicans or the Democrats to opt out of potentially useful connections with the more criminal elements of society, so long as it is done discretely.
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jmopinion
May 2, 2008, 2:28 p.m.This death is suspicious as hell. Im sure a lot of people were paid off on this one and that includes the media. Too many kinky Washington big wigs @sses on the line.
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