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Charlie Sheen's Porn Star: He Choked Me, Threw a Lamp

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:44:05 CST

If you thought you'd seen the last of Capri Anderson, the porn star (and rumored prostitute ) police found hiding in the bathroom after Charlie Sheen's latest rampage , think again. She's filing a criminal report as well as a civil complaint alleging assault and false imprisonment, she tells Good Morning...

Charlie Sheen on Another Cocaine-and- Hookers Bender

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:29:00 CDT

Surely, Charlie Sheen learned his lesson about hookers and cocaine after his latest binge turned left a $7,000 trail of destruction in his hotel room. Or not. Since he got home from New York, Sheen has been on a bender: His “cocaine use is out of control,” a source...

290-lb Transvestite Hooker Pummels Attacker

Daryl_Jansen — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:50:42 CDT

A would-be robber met his match when he tangoed with the wrong cross-dressing hooker. Sixteen-year-old Rufus Bowman approached what he thought was a 6'1", 290-pound female prostitute in a pink halter top and pumps. However, that lady-of-the-night turned out to be Joshua Bumpus. When the pair went into an alley...

Five Prostitution Myths

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:45:00 CDT

In the wake of Craigslist’s “adult services” shutdown , Sudhir Venkatesh refutes five myths about the world’s oldest profession, in the Washington Post : Men aren’t always looking for sex : In fact, while studying high-end sex workers, Venkatesh found that many men who hire prostitutes simply end up talking or having dinner...

3 Hookers in 1 Day for Spitzer: Tell-All

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:54:00 CDT

Just in time for Eliot Spitzer to attempt a comeback, all sorts of creepy allegations are coming out of a new tell-all. The latest: The luv guv once had three visits with three different prostitutes, all in the same day, the New York Post reports. “You must be Superman! The...

Swiss Hookers Trained to Use Defibrillators

Emily Rauhala — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:13:00 CST

Swiss hookers can—quite literally—mend your broken heart. In the Swiss town of Lugano, prostitutes are being trained to use defibrillators to re-start the hearts of their eager but elderly customers. Several men have died doing the deed in Lugano, including a pensioner who recently perished getting busy with...

Fox Reporter Tweets Link to Call Girl Site

Kevin Spak — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:31:04 CST

Fox News White House correspondent Major Garrett accidentally posted a link to a Las Vegas hooker’s website on Twitter last night while covering the State of the Union, using one of those condensed Twitter links. He figured it out, deleted it, and apologized—but not before Gawker pounced. Later he...

Why Men Are Hooked on Hookers

Jane Yager — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:40:31 CST

If the results of an international research project are to be believed, men who pay for sex are awfully confused people. "I don't get anything out of sex with prostitutes except for a bad feeling" was typical of the responses researchers heard from johns, many of whom were eager to...

Spitzer Call Girl's New Calling: Advice Columnist

M. Morris — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:06:47 CST

The call girl whose assignations with Eliot Spitzer helped cost him the New York governor's office has a new gig: advice columnist. For the New York Post , of course. In today's debut effort, Ashley Dupre answers a parenting question, then gets into the good stuff. "Are there telltale signs a...