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NY Madam Says Cravath Partner on Her Client List

Posted Feb 6, 2009 9:37 AM CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss

A former New York madam says her client list included Wall Street lawyers and other high-profile people, but the Manhattan District Attorney’s office wasn’t interested in prosecuting her customers.

Kristin Davis pleaded guilty last year to charges of promoting prostitution, ABC News reports. She was sentenced to three months of time served and forfeited about $500,000 in profits, the story says. She estimates her escort business had grossed $200,000 a week.

Davis disclosed her client list to 20/20, which is airing a story this evening.

The list included lawyers, investment bankers, and media and corporate executives, the story says. One name on the list, according to the story, is a partner at Cravath Swaine & Moore "looking for a party girl to come fully equipped." He reportedly spent $20,000.

Davis told the network that some clients—she didn't say which ones—were invoiced on corporate credit cards. She said she disguised the charges as costs for computer consulting, construction expenses and other legitimate services.

Hat tip to Above the Law.

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akman
Feb 6, 2009 12:21 PM CST

what’s wrong with using a madam to relieve some stress

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B. McLeod
Feb 6, 2009 12:46 PM CST

In New York, it is illegal.  Hence, attorneys who indulge there are violating their oaths to uphold the law, as well as the professional conduct rules.  It may be for this reason that many firms hold “retreats” in Las Vegas, closely proximate to legalized prostitution services.

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T.Bear
Feb 6, 2009 12:50 PM CST

Did corporate executives at AIG and various bank officers spend company assetts the same way?  I bet most people already know the answer to my question.

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mike
Feb 6, 2009 1:12 PM CST

I wonder if he negotiated rates in an especially adversarial way.

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