DC Madam Pamela Martin ran a high-end prostitution business from 1993 to 2006. She was arrested after a two year investigation by the IRS and US Postal Inspection Service. Hundreds of her client’s names were never released. Palfrey gave them to ABC, who declined to release them, stating that the names were not newsworthy. She was convicted in 2008. Her body was founded hanging in a shed at her mother’s house. It was ruled a suicide. Her conviction was vacated after her death.
The attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley, who represented Palfrey in other trials but not her criminal trial, filed a request in 2016 to release her phone records because it would be relevant to the 2016 presidential election. Judge Richard Roberts, appointed by Bill Clinton, denied the request, because he said that Sibley shouldn’t possess those records.
The ‘D.C. Madam’ riveted Washington long before this week’s brothel case (msn.com)
Another high end brothel faced arrests in Virginia and Boston this week. My guess is, those names won’t be released, either.
3 arrested for upscale brothels serving politicians, military officers – The Washington Post
The Washington Times disagrees, and thinks the list of powerful names will be released:
Feds peruse client list of powerful ‘johns’ after bust of high-end prostitution ring – Washington Times