UK Scientist Misses Call Girl Days

Belle du Jour's father stunned by daughter's double life

(NEWSER) - The father of Britain's most famous call-girl-turned-research-scientist Brooke Magnanti says he has used more than 150 prostitutes himself, and introduced his daughter to some of them. Paul Magnanti, whose daughter's double life has captivated the British press, says meeting the women showed her the "human face" of selling sex. Magnanti's blog about her sex work became a TV series and best-selling book. She revealed her identity over the weekend. More»

Michelle Braun hooked up rich clients and Playboy bunnies

(NEWSER) - The Playboy Playmates are just sweet, girls-next-door types who happen to show a little skin every now and then—right? Wrong, according to one Hollywood madam. Michelle Braun is planning a tell-all flushing that myth right down the toilet, along with—possibly—the reputations of her high-profile clients. She claims to have set up two kings, Fortune 500 CEOs, professional athletes, and celebrities with Playmates for a minimum $10,000-per-date. More»

London's 'Belle du Jour' finally spills identity

(NEWSER) - A former London hooker whose blog posts have been turned into books and a popular British TV series has finally revealed her identity as a scientist who works in a hospital on kids' cancer research. Dr. Brooke Magnanti, 34, has been writing under the pen name "Belle du Jour" to describe her experiences working as a $450-an-hour call girl to earn money in graduate school. She said she found the work "so much more enjoyable" than her shifts as a computer programmer. More»

'Get real and get over yourself': Spitzer babe

(NEWSER) - Ashley Dupre has a message for the ladies out there "who just love to judge" her $4,300 romp with a sitting governor: you're no better than hookers. The onetime Eliot Spitzer call girl blogged a rant about women who look down on her but "target guys with money" and use them to get "nice shoes, designer handbags, and gorgeous clothes," the New York Post reports. More»

(NEWSER) - Silvio Berlusconi's antics with models and call girls have threatened to derail his government, but the woman at the center of the sex-and-corruption scandal says she's seen it all before. "This is how Italy always works," Patrizia D’Addario tells the Financial Times. The hooker says she came forward to protect herself and recounts how her house was robbed by burglars who stole her underwear and photos from the PM. More»