March 13, 2008

Inside The Emperors Club

Washington Post: Court Documents Provide Tales Of Rookie Hookers, Overstressed Managers And Client No. 9

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The client agreed to "take my chances."

The Emperors Club struggled to meet escalating demand. Management sometimes offered to fly women around the world -- to London maybe, or to Chicago for a three-day weekend -- to serve its clients. Some women only wanted to meet with certain clients. One woman, Suwal complained, left an appointment after only 40 minutes to pick up her children. "The girls with children tend to have . . . a little more baggage going on," Suwal said.

Some recruits simply did not work out. On Jan. 24, Suwal received an e-mail from a prospective employee who said a conversation with a friend had dissuaded her.

"I was little bit shock and confuse that she had a sex with him twice in an hour and without her [sic] taking her out for dinner before," the prostitute wrote. "So I am very sorry I don't think this is my kind of thing . . . to provide sex for L500 an hour, I just thing [sic] this is not a price I would ever consider of doing it for."

Clients, the management team complained, could be just as difficult. One said his prostitute was more "sex than sexy." Another wanted four women who "liked to party" flown to Miami, requesting four hours of service from each.

Client 9 refused to leave a key card at the front desk of his Washington hotel for "Kristen," the prostitute identified by the New York Times as Ashley Alexandra Dupre. An aspiring singer with a MySpace page that describes an abusive childhood and drug use, Dupre traveled by train from New York to meet Client 9. She then proceeded directly to Room 871, where Client 9 promised to leave his door slightly ajar.

Every once in a while, though, there were those perfect moments when business ran smoothly, when management's hard work paid off. On Jan. 26, Lewis received a call from Client 4, who was staying at a hotel in Los Angeles. He wanted a prostitute on short notice, for that night. Lewis scrambled during the 90-minute window to contact prostitutes and found out that "Chrissy" was available.

Chrissy was a new worker, with four stars and a rate of $1,200 an hour. Lewis contacted her through text messages and directed her to Room 467 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. She was scheduled for a one-hour appointment, with the possibility of extension.

Client 4 looked up Chrissy on the Club Web site and noticed that she was actually a five-diamond prostitute, so he called Lewis offering to pay a higher rate. A few hours later, after Chrissy's visit, Client 4 called Lewis again.

"Two A-plusses in a row," he said. "I don't know where you get these young ladies."

Still, the high of the appointment hadn't entirely erased Client 4's fear of getting caught. He asked Lewis about taxi records, and he said: "You sometimes hear of these agencies getting busted, you know, that's my really only concern. That's why I don't call more often."

Lewis explained that his money would officially go to QAT Consulting, a company with "real offices" in New York City.

"Just as long as you pay your taxes," she said, "you're fine."

Staff researcher Julie Tate contributed to this report.

By Eli Saslow
© 2008 The Washington Post Company

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by tbweb March 15, 2008 3:58 PM EDT
Exactly. It''s almost as if being a high priced call girl makes it okay but, for the $20 gutter ho''''s, full prosecution.

Posted by olebd at 04:25 AM : Mar 15, 2008,,,

Ashley Dupre a.k.a. "Kristen" has now been given full immunity from prosecution in return for her testimony! No Jail time for her! Ms. Dupre has made over $200,000.00 since this scandal broke selling her songs on the only web site where you can buy them at:

http://amiestreet.com/ashleyalexandradupre

Ms. Dupre has also been offered $1 Million Dollars to pose nude for Hustler Magazine and other offers are pouring in! Kristen has just added a new song titled "Move ya Body" selling at $.98 and with over 300,000 downloads for her songs is making more money than she did hooking and tricking. Not exactly the traditional way to launch and market your career but make no mistake about it many other females have done the same, not exactly following Ms. Dupre''s recipe and maybe not so publicly but females know how to use their bodies to get ahead, make no mistake about that!
lol
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by fibonacci_ March 15, 2008 10:43 AM EDT
Wow, Americans really value true talent, don''t they? LMAO. What a joke of a society.
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by olebd March 15, 2008 7:25 AM EDT
The girl should still do some jail time for what she did, its wrong. If she does''''nt go then you are tellng us women that its ok to sell our bodies to get money to make ends meet instead of working hard. Ashley should get jail time not fame!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by jms102073 at 03:34 AM : Mar 15, 2008

Exactly. It''s almost as if being a high priced call girl makes it okay but, for the $20 gutter ho''s, full prosecution.
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by jms102073 March 15, 2008 6:34 AM EDT
The girl should still do some jail time for what she did, its wrong. If she does''nt go then you are tellng us women that its ok to sell our bodies to get money to make ends meet instead of working hard. Ashley should get jail time not fame!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by tbweb March 15, 2008 5:49 AM EDT
maybe she''''ll get her big break, but isn''t all this against the law? are the police doing anything about her involvement? letting her off isn''t a good example if this is criminal behavior

Posted by geena5 at 02:21 AM : Mar 15, 2008,,,

If it comes down to sending Police after her just make sure the right Police are sent, with her skills it would be easy for her to bribe a weak male Police Officer, make him an offer he can''t refuse, like a free hour or something!:) We can''t have any of that! I can picture the Police lining up volunteering to arrest her now, searching her, making sure she is not hiding any weapons anywhere, really making sure! lol
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by brianbwb-2009 March 15, 2008 5:46 AM EDT
Big Break? I hope that, since they call her a musician, that she has real musical talent, and the smarts to handle it, she surely has a story to tell.

By the way, a musician is generally thought of as a person who plays a musical instrument, a vocalist is thought of as one who sings. Is she a musician? If so what musical instrument does she play? If a singer, does she write her own material? If both, can I produce her next album?
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by guest173 March 15, 2008 5:21 AM EDT
maybe she''ll get her big break, but isn''t all this against the law? are the police doing anything about her involvement? letting her off isn''t a good example if this is criminal behavior
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by billpl-2009 March 15, 2008 3:33 AM EDT
WHAT A JOKE.....LETS CALL HER WHAT SHE IS.....NOTHING BUT A ***. THE WAY THE MEDIA HAS DESCRIBED HER IS BEYOND BELIEF. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HER AND SOME CRACK HO ON THE STRRET....YET WE MAKE HER SOUND LIKE SOME POOR MISGUIDED CHILD. SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS DOING..SELLING HER BODY FOR MONEY. IN NO WAY NO I APPROVE OF SPITZERS BEHAVIOR BUT THE WAY THIS *** IS .....TOTALLY SHOCKS ME. SHE SHOULD BE JAILED LIKE OTHER ******
Posted by wag11man

...erra are you saying ****** aren''t people too? ****** don''t have rights?....Besides, who the F___ are you to make this claim?

....jerk

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by billpl-2009 March 15, 2008 3:26 AM EDT
I say.. better Ashley Dupre than Ashlee Simpson.

...a least Ashley Dupre has a REAL talent (even if she can''t sing either)
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by rushlimpdrug March 15, 2008 2:39 AM EDT

Hello somebody please tell me why isn''''t Ashley getting into trouble? She broke the law just as much as he did. Come on State Police do something about this !!!!!!!!!!
Posted by jms102073 at 11:13 PM

She isn''t in trouble because it was a political incident.

Realize that in other cases, madames and prostitutes are busted.

In this case the money trail started with a transaction leading to a house full of whoores.
The politikos were after the gov.

In the frenzy everyone lost sight of what was important.
That''s ok though, because we''re all in trouble.
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by rushlimpdrug March 15, 2008 2:36 AM EDT

"Will Scandal Give Call Girl Her Big Break?"

Don''t know about her big break.

It can give her a big openning.
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by jms102073 March 15, 2008 2:13 AM EDT
Hello somebody please tell me why isn''t Ashley getting into trouble? She broke the law just as much as he did. Come on State Police do something about this !!!!!!!!!!
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by March 15, 2008 1:48 AM EDT
Let''s assume, for argument''s sake, that the filthy little *** is our sister.
Also, lets assume:
George Bush is our brother, we know he has "daddy problems", but we indulge him, with money and lives.
Carl Icahn is a brother, too. Predatory capitalist, very successful.
We got a tobacco farmer brother,too. Sells his products to children in third world countries. Not rich, but he makes a livin''.
Larry Craig''s also a brother, sort of the embarrassment of the family.
D. Cheney, another one. Environmentalist of the bunch.
John Hagee. Prominent brother. Daddy''s favorite. Can''t stand our sister. Thunders against her. It won''t be pretty when he no longer can maintain his denial about projecting his se x ual dark side on her. But, this is a pretty common thing among brothers.
Carl Rove, another Bro''. Pride of the family. Incredibly effective at "achieving his goals".
Jerry Falwell. He actually communicates with our sister, in a patronizing way. Every time he indulges his need to feel superior to the rest of us. He''s funny that way.
All in all, it''s an all American family. Brothers get along well, play golf.

Now, which one would you invite over for Thanksgiving dinner? I know which one I would.
Something terribly screwed up in this country..

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by greeneyes222 March 15, 2008 1:29 AM EDT
If the media makes this girl a star, they deserve to be punished. She broke the law as much as he did.

What''s wrong with this culture. Ratings trump the law, I guess.
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by jms102073 March 15, 2008 1:25 AM EDT
Why is it that this call girl Ashley is not getting into troube? Like everyone is saying prostitution is not legal so why is she getting a big break when she should be getting into trouble also. We all had trouble growing up, but we knew right from wrong so we worked hard to get thru hard time so are you telling us that we can take the easy way out?
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by wag11man March 15, 2008 1:15 AM EDT
WHAT A JOKE.....LETS CALL HER WHAT SHE IS.....NOTHING BUT A ***. THE WAY THE MEDIA HAS DESCRIBED HER IS BEYOND BELIEF. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HER AND SOME CRACK HO ON THE STRRET....YET WE MAKE HER SOUND LIKE SOME POOR MISGUIDED CHILD. SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS DOING..SELLING HER BODY FOR MONEY. IN NO WAY NO I APPROVE OF SPITZERS BEHAVIOR BUT THE WAY THIS *** IS .....TOTALLY SHOCKS ME. SHE SHOULD BE JAILED LIKE OTHER ******.
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by keithle1 March 15, 2008 1:04 AM EDT
Once a woman''s looks are gone, how many men still want to fall in love with her?
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by keithle1 March 15, 2008 1:02 AM EDT
You better be the most beautiful woman in the world for that kind of money.

Other than s e x, what do most young women have to offer men?

How many men want to listen to young women talk all evening? Maybe if they''re masochists.
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by kaylag04 March 15, 2008 12:34 AM EDT
A beautiful woman uses her looks and talents to make money? Powerful men fall for her? No way! Stop the presses! This is news!
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by cyberdjs4 March 14, 2008 11:45 PM EDT
Opportunity has knocked for this girl.
It''s up to her to turn this huge break into success.

Record deals.
Story rights.
Talk-show circuits.

It''s her''s to lose. Let''s see what happens
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