Michelle Malkin » Tell-all madam commits suicide

Tell-all madam commits suicide

By see-dubya • May 1, 2008 02:08 PM

Washington, D.C. breathes a little easier:

A body police believe to be 52-year-old Deborah Jeane Palfrey was found in a shed near her mother’s mobile home Thursday morning in Tarpon Springs, about 20 miles northwest of Tampa. Police said she left a suicide note, but they did not disclose its contents or how she killed herself.

This is the lady that threatened to reveal the names of her customers if she was forced to stand trial–and her customers supposedly include many prominent names among the Beltway’s political elite.

What a sordid, brutal, ugly business to be in. But then, so is prostitution.

Palfrey’s is not the first suicide in connection with the investigation:

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.”

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#309461

On May 2nd, 2008 at 2:08 pm, Hexadecimal said:

On May 1st, 2008 at 6:19 pm, nbarry said:
Prostitution may not be dignified or noble, but the purpose of legalizing some forms of it is to keep it safe, clean and honest. Gambling isn’t dignified or noble, but politicians have no problem legalizing certain forms of that vice. As for morality, more damage is done to society by people violating the Ninth Commandment than by violating the Seventh.

Politicians have one critieria for legalizing certain forms of gambling: How do we maximize revenue? (Okay, I exaggerated for effect, but stay with me for a moment.)

You tell me why almost every state has a legal, state-run lottery drawing (or two or three), a game of pure chance with crummy odds and with little overhead. Why have most of these same states not allowed legalized poker rooms, a game where sizing up the odds, and sizing up your competition in order to win tip it into the territory of a game of skill. Could be because the house doesn’t make as much profit which can be taxed (compared to the number of slot machines that could be put in that floor space)?

Sorry for the rant, but as an avid poker player, this argument rang a bit hollow.
#309535

On May 2nd, 2008 at 3:03 pm, Pixel_Dust_1776 said:

“I guess I’m made of something that Brandy Britton wasn’t made of.”

…..That should be on her obituary..or tombstone….
Ms Palfrey did what she did…out of her own volition. Whether she killed herself or was murdered, that lifestyle has consequences. She could have been a doctor, lawyer…..and yet Brandy Britton was a professor who ALSO happened to have decided for that type of life.
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#309853

On May 3rd, 2008 at 1:12 am, love2rumba said:

Yep …this so-called suicide smells fishy…I wonder just how much effort the authorities will go into investigating it.