Posted on 03/19/2007 9:32:20 AM PDT by tcrlaf
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge ruled Friday that a former escort service owner cannot sell phone records and other documents that could be used to publicly identify thousands of her clients.
Deborah Jeane Palfrey, 50, has said she planned to sell the list of up to 15,000 client phone numbers and other records to a news organization to help raise money for her defense. The alleged "D.C. Madam" ran Pamela Martin and Associates, an upscale escort service in the Washington area, for 13 years before it closed in August.
Palfrey's civil attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley, said Friday he does not believe the judge's order bars him from distributing copies of the phone records for free.
In any event, Sibley said it's a moot point because he has already given copies of the records to an undisclosed news organization. Sibley said the original records are preserved and nothing he has done will prevent prosecutors from inspecting all the materials
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Didn't see this posted anywhere.
bttt wonder how soon we'll see the names
It's one way of keeping his client alive.
Bet there are some judges, prosecutors and politicians on that list that would like to see this whole thing just go away. Look for her to be offered a fine and a plea down to a misdemeanor.
Kinda late to try to close the barn door, aint it?
I'm thinking that BUNCHES of people want this to go away...
She operated 13 years, and from what I've read elsewhere, specialized in LESBIANS?
The "Lack of Media Interest" itself tells me that there are lots of DEMOCRATS scared to death right now...
Nope. But this Paul Duggan/WaPo piece is related, [Palfrey's list] and comes pretty close.
"owner cannot sell phone records and other documents"
Can one of our armchair lawyers note the law the prevents owners from selling private property?
For Pete's sake, Bush is NOT on the list!
Specializes in lesbians...... not that Oprah couldn't turn it around to be a *good* thing for Shrillary.
50 bucks says Cold Cash Jefferson is on that list.
But apparently it was on the menu.
The media would be "leaking" prominent Republican names, even if none existed, if this was a wholly Repub thing...
Me thinks she did it to STAY ALIVE.
You never know what a Clinton might do when pushed into a corner. Just ask Ron Brown....
OOPS, you can't....
My money is on Fathead Kennedy.
Carolyn
I can not WAIT to see that list. I bet it has a serious effect on the 08 elections.
If there are Repubs on the list, so be it. Out them. I don't want men like that running my country.
If it was bought by The New York Times, you can be sure it will disappear down Orwell's "Memory Hole", lost forever...
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