White-Collar Crime

Lawyers on 'Heidi Fleiss of Houston' Client List May Be Interviewed

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A few Texas lawyers may soon be feeling a bit uneasy over the latest high-profile prostitution prosecution, if they aren’t already.

An arrest of the alleged “Heidi Fleiss of Houston” netted a white-collar client list of 1,500 or so, which includes a number of attorneys, reports the Houston Chronicle, relying in part on court documents.

There apparently is extensive documentation of the customers who patronized a prostitution business allegedly operated by Deborah Turbiville, 33, and her 31-year-old husband, because it reportedly required background checks before it would accept a new customer. The two are charged with aggravated promotion of prostitution, a third-degree felony.

Authorities plan to talk with apparent patrons of the alleged prostitution service, the newspaper writes: “Because of the extensive documentation collected, investigators plan to interview those named on the client list. They have not disclosed any of the names.”

Turbiville and her husband were arrested March 10, and have been released on $5,000 bail each.

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