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<H1>Woman Accused of Running D.C.-Area Prostitution Ring May Sell Client List to
Fund Defense</H1>
<P><STRONG>Friday , March 02, 2007</STRONG></P>
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<P>WASHINGTON — </P><STRONG>A woman accused of running an upscale
prostitution service in the Washington area might sell her list of 10,000
clients to pay for her defense, her attorney said Friday.</STRONG>
<P>Authorities have seized about $1 million worth of real estate and $500,000 in
cash and stocks from <A
href="javascript:siteSearch('Deborah Jean Palfrey');"><B>Deborah Jean
Palfrey</B></A>, 50, said her attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley.</P>
<P>"She's found herself backed into a corner," Sibley said Friday. "There's only
essentially one asset she could liquidate."</P>
<P>Sibley also said he would subpoena dozens of Palfrey's clients and escorts to
testify if the case goes to trial.</P>
<P>Palfrey, of Vallejo, Calif., was indicted on federal racketeering charges
this week in federal court in Washington.</P>
<P>Prosecutors say the call-girl service hired college-educated women to cater
to men in hotels and homes in Washington and its Maryland and Virginia
suburbs.</P>
<P>In 13 years, the service employed 132 women, all at least 22 years old and
who had other jobs, and generated about $2 million in income, prosecutors
allege.</P>
<P>Sibley has described his client's business as a legal escort service that
operated almost exclusively with cash. He said the women who worked for Palfrey
were given tax statements each year, listing their earnings as independent
contractors, and that Palfrey accurately reported her income on federal tax
returns.</P>
<P>A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office had no comment on the client list
or the possibility that Palfrey will make it public.</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>