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Stolen RAF Files on Drug Use, Sex Spark Blackmail Fears

Data bares UK
officers' foibles

May 25, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Top British military officials are at risk of blackmail after three Royal Air Force hard drives containing revealing vetting details were stolen, the Daily Mail reports. Files on the drives told of “criminal investigations, drug abuse, use of prostitutes, and extra-marital affairs,” said a Ministry of Defense memo.... More »

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blackmail • drug abuse • officer • Royal Air Force • Britain • prostitute • vetting • extramarital affair

(Newser) - Craigslist is due an apology from South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, the site’s CEO writes on his company blog, after threatening “unwarranted and unconstitutional charges against us that are clearly barred by federal law.” What’s more, Jim Buckmaster charges, Craigslist isn’t the only outlet... More »

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Internet • South Carolina • Craigslist • apology • prostitute • Jim Buckmaster • attorney general • criminal prosecution • Henry McMaster • sex ads • erotic services

UK Dad Tries to Hire Prostitute for 14-Year-Old

Man snagged in police sting draws 10-month suspended sentence

May 15, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A UK man who confessed to trying to pick up a prostitute for his teenage son has been sentenced to 10 months in prison but won't serve time, the Daily Mail reports. The 42-year-old visited Nottingham's red-light district last year on a quest to help his son, 14,  lose... More »

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prostitution • crime • jail • arrest • Britain • Nottingham • prostitute • undercover • virginity • hooker • teenager • child • sex sting

 Spitzers Go Out, 
 Holding Hands, No Less 

First public appearance together since scandal lasts whole 30 minutes

May 8, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hooker? What hooker? Disgraced former governor Eliot Spitzer and wife Silda gave no indication they were ever involved in a prostitution scandal last night, the New York Daily News reports. The Spitzers went to an Education Through Music gala together—their first public outing since the ex-gov’s resignation. They... More »

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Eliot Spitzer • prostitute • political scandal • Silda Wall Spitzer • prostitution scandal

 Truckers Linked 
 to Hundreds 
 of Serial Killings 

Road-trip serial killers exploit 'mobile crime scene,' says FBI

Apr 5, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI believes that hundreds of hitchhikers, prostitutes, and stranded motorists have been murdered by serial killers working as long-haul truckers, reports the Los Angeles Times. Some 500 women have been murdered over the last 3 decades and their bodies discarded along highways, and at rest stops and motels frequented... More »

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FBI • murder • truckers • trucks • highways • prostitute • serial killers

ShamWow Guy Arrested After Hooker Fight

Pitchman Shlomi allegedly punched
call girl repeatedly

Mar 28, 09 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - He may seem like a nice man with a magical towel, but Vince Shlomi—better known as the ShamWow guy—was arrested last month for punching a prostitute, the Smoking Gun reports. Shlomi, 44, told police he took 26-year-old Sasha Harris back to his hotel room and paid her $1,... More »

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commercials • infomercial • arrest • prostitute • hooker • Howard Stern Grid • ShamWow

Spitzer Madam: I Supplied A-Rod With Hookers

Slugger was 'hot as hell,' says ex-madam

Mar 22, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, Madonna. The former madam who helped keep disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer happy also supplied hookers to Yankees slugger and sometime Madonna boyfriend Alex Rodriguez, she tells the New York Daily News. She even dated A-Rod herself, and found him "hot as hell," says Kristin Davis.... More »

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New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Eliot Spitzer • Kristin Davis • Madonna • prostitute • hooker • madams

Call Girl:
Spitzer
Choked Me

'Concerned' hooker managed to
push him off

Mar 8, 09 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A call girl has charged that disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer "went too far" when he choked her during kinky role-playing sex, reports the New York Daily News. Spitzer, who was state attorney general at the time, "wanted a scenario where I was supposed to say... More »

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New York • Eliot Spitzer • prostitute • hooker • call girl

 9th Body 
 Unearthed in 
 New Mexico 
 Desert 

All may be victims of serial killer

Feb 25, 09 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A ninth body has been unearthed in the New Mexican desert in what one expert believes is the work of a serial killer, reports KRQE-TV. Only one of the victims in the secret graveyard outside Albuquerque—a prostitute reported missing in 2003—has been identified. There are currently 24 women... More »

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New Mexico • murder • fetus • prostitute • serial killers

 Heady Times for 
 DC Hookers, 
 Coke Dealers 

Both are booming as tourists flock to inauguration

Jan 19, 09 10:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has already done his part to boost the economy—for Washington’s prostitutes and drug dealers, who tell New York they’re experiencing quite the boom in business thanks to inauguration travelers. Some prostitutes came into town specifically for the event and are already “pretty booked up;... More »

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Barack Obama • prostitution • drugs • tourism • Washington DC • cocaine • sex • drug dealing • prostitute • inauguration • sex trade • President Obama • Inauguration Day

Ex-Prostitutes: 
S. Korea Pimped Us to US GIs

Seoul, US military encouraged a thriving sex trade for decades

Jan 8, 09 6:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Even as Seoul railed against Japan's WWII-era enslavement of "comfort women," it systematically pimped Korean women to US soldiers stationed there for decades after the Korean War, say a group of former prostitutes. Working with the US military, the South Korean government encouraged a thriving sex trade—giving... More »

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prostitution • South Korea • US military • Korean War • brothel • prostitute

 Haggard: I 
 Still Struggle 
 With Sexuality 

Disgraced evangelical speaks out in new doc

Dec 19, 08 11:45 AM CST
(AP) - Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard says in a new documentary that he still struggles with his sexuality yet is committed to his marriage for the sake of his children. "The reason I kept my personal struggle a secret is because I feared that my friends would reject me, abandon... More »

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sexuality • drug abuse • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • prostitute • pastor

 Spitzer Hooker Tunes Up 

Former call girl signs a manager

Nov 28, 08 10:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Former celebrity hooker Ashley Dupre has a new career in mind: musician. The call girl who brought down Eliot Spitzer has signed a manager, the New York Post reports. The infamous Dupre has made a deal with Chris Lighty, who has worked with 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, and Missy Elliott.... More »

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music industry • Eliot Spitzer • prostitute • political scandal • Kristen • Ashley Dupre • call girl • recording contract

 ABC Scores Interview 
 With Spitzer's 'Kristen' 

'Ashley Dupre story' to air next Friday

Nov 15, 08 6:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer’s lady of the night met with Diane Sawyer this week for her first-ever interview, set to air next Friday, Gawker reports. “This is not the Eliot Spitzer story. This is the Ashley Dupre story,” an ABC source tells MediaBistro. The call girl in the sex... More »

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Eliot Spitzer • prostitute • political scandal • ABC News • Kristen • Diane Sawyer • Ashley Dupre

Craigslist to Crack Down
on Online Prostitution

Site takes steps to make sure authorities can trace those posting ads

Nov 6, 08 4:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Craigslist agreed today to crack down on prostitutes using the site to drum up business, Bloomberg reports. The online ad service agreed with 40 states to require that anyone who advertises in its notorious “erotic services” section submit a valid phone number and pay a small fee via credit... More »

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prostitution • crime • Craigslist • prostitute

 Brothels Screwed by Economy 

Even sex isn't selling as truckers losing 'play money' bypass Nevada brothels

Nov 4, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The flagging economy is threatening to send Nevada's whorehouses to the poorhouse, the Los Angeles Times reports. Managers of some of the state's 25 legal brothels say they have no shortage of newcomers—some as old as 74—wishing to enter the world's oldest profession, but food and fuel prices... More »

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prostitution • recession • US economy • Nevada • brothel • prostitute • sex trade • sex industry

San Francisco May Soon Be Hooker Haven

Proposed law would ban cops from
arresting prostitutes

Oct 22, 08 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco could soon become the first major city in the US where prostitutes won't be arrested, the AP reports. The city votes next month on the controversial Proposition K to decriminalize sex work. The measure won't actually legalize the trade, but will forbid local law enforcement from investigating or... More »

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prostitution • San Francisco • human trafficking • prostitute • sex trade

 Dupre May Get 
 Dose of Reality TV 

Spitzer call girl in talks with MTV over 'being the next Tila Tequila'

Jul 8, 08 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer's high-priced prostitute, Ashley Dupre, is developing a reality TV series with the producers behind Nicole Richie and Pamela Anderson's careers—and may move to Los Angeles to complete the project, E! Online reports. Handprint Entertainment is "talking to MTV about Ashley being the next Tila Tequila,"... More »

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reality TV • sex scandal • Los Angeles • prostitute • Ashley Dupre

 Teen Prostitutes
 Find Help at
 LA Shelter 

Helping girls, rather than treating them as criminals, focus for Children of the Night

Jul 6, 08 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - "I'm their mother," says the founder of a Los Angeles shelter for teen prostitutes. For almost three decades, Children of the Night has focused on helping girls recover from their past rather than treating them like criminals, Good Magazine reports. Shelter founder Lois Lois "isn’t like... More »

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social services • charity • child prostitution • sex crime • prostitute • teenager • women's shelters • Children of the Night • Lois Lee

NY Billionaire Guilty on Hooker Charges

Epstein starts jail term for hiring teen, who serves him with suit

Jun 30, 08 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manhattan banker and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida today to hiring an underage prostitute, and began serving an 18-month sentence. A year of house arrest and a life on the national sex offender list will follow. "They will be tracking you for the rest of your life,... More »

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prostitution • court • underage sex • sex crime • prostitute • bankers • sentence

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