At this link there’s an interesting paragraph toward the end of the piece. It seems that one of the escort service employees, who also was a prof at U of Maryland, also committed suicide.
From the article: “One of the escort service employees was former University of Maryland, Baltimore County, professor Brandy Britton, who was arrested on prostitution charges in 2006. She committed suicide in January before she was scheduled to go to trial.
Last year, Palfrey said she, too, was humiliated by her prostitution charges, but said: “I guess I’m made of something that Brandy Britton wasn’t made of.”
http://blogs.tampabay.com/breakingnews/2008/05/dc-madam-appare.html
Brandy Britton was also found hanged in her home.
Coincidence?
http://www.crimelibrary.com/news/original/0207/0601_brandy_britton.html