D.C. madam a suicide, police in Florida say »
Posted By bubba2 1 year, 2 months ago in NewsDeborah 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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berkeley1 year, 2 months ago
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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berkeley1 year, 2 months ago
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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Nixie1 year, 2 months ago
This story was already submitted 11 hours ago:
http://politics.propeller.com/story/2008/05/01/...
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aceofspades11 year, 2 months ago
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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bubba21 year, 2 months ago
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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TJinSG1 year, 2 months ago
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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nikkibabe1 year, 2 months ago
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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normallysilent1 year, 2 months ago
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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dixie_sparkette1 year, 2 months ago
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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AbuAmirah1 year, 2 months ago
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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Charlson1 year, 2 months ago
Will we eventually see this on an episode of Investigative Report?
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saneman1 year, 2 months ago
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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wtagg1 year, 2 months ago
I would agree that the timing seems suspect. I would think knowing what the actual consequences might be an important factor prior to stepping off the step ladder with a rope around one's neck.
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Poulenc1 year, 2 months ago
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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bubba21 year, 2 months ago
Dredging up old history to offset any negatives regarding republicans in this current story?
The Vince Foster situation is OLD news and there was NEVER any valid evidence from anywhere to implicate anyone in his death.
Get over it ...
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Grancher1 year, 2 months ago
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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jmopinion1 year, 2 months ago
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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