With lawyers and law students getting pink slips in the recession, Cristina Warthen, a Stanford law graduate, had a novel idea to support herself: she ran a high-priced call girl service. Warthen has now pleaded guilty and avoided jail time, agreeing to pay $313,000 in unpaid taxes as a prostitute who went by the name “Brazil.” She will serve a one year sentence of home detention and three years probation. She ran a website featuring her business named TouchofBrazil.net. She has said that the work as a call girl was done to pay off her student loans.
Warthen, 34, was charged with the unpaid taxes that she earned as a prostitute in 2003, a job that had her flying to Washington, D.C., Chicago, New York and other cities to meet with clients. She now faces a type of court order loss of consortium.
Warthen graduated from Stanford law in 2001. The previously named Cristina Schultz married David Warthen, the wealthy co-founder of Ask Jeeves, now known as Ask.com.
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finally an honest lawyer! The mind body dichotomy has been closed.
Every competent, enterprising attorney keeps a ‘black book’ in which to ledger clients…
I believe each of us has met at least one attorney who appeared to have had a solid background in prostitution.
Mike Appleton:
Most of them work on the civil defense side. Only kidding!!
JT,
No lyrics this time? I suggest down in Brazil
“Down in Brazil
They know a million ways to play
You start to feel
And when you’re happy
It’s the same as when you pray
You think you’ll get away
Then you know you never will
Not when you’ve been
Down in old Brazil
Not when you are down in old Brazil”
Gyges:
Makes me want to put a fruit basket on my head.
Gyges:
I was able to find this mugshot of our perpetrator.
http://www.redherring.com/blurb/17b38fd0-60c5-46d4-8c4b-d92548afed65.jpg
Ok, ok call me sexist. Mea culpa in advance.
I attempted to work as a gigolo after getting out of law school. The IRS investigated my gigolo earnings and found I owed absolutely nothing. In fact, given my attempts to find work within my choosen field I was entitled to uncollected unemployment benefits.
Mespo,
How about this one (although it’s a little too on the nose)?
Love for sale,
Appetising young love for sale.
Love that’s fresh and still unspoiled,
Love that’s only slightly soiled,
Love for sale.
Who will buy?
Who would like to sample my supply?
Who’s prepared to pay the price,
For a trip to paradise?
Love for sale
Let the poets pipe of love
in their childish way,
I know every type of love
Better far than they.
If you want the thrill of love,
I’ve been through the mill of love;
Old love, new love
Every love but true love
Love for sale.
Appetising young love for sale.
If you want to buy my wares.
Follow me and climb the stairs
Love for sale.
Love for sale.
Gyges:
It’s perfect.
Seamus:
I tried it too, and am still besieged with unsatisfied customers clamoring for their money back. Oh, the perils of the warranty of fitness for intended purpose.
PRESS CORP IS STEAMING MAD!
WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORP FED UP WITH NO TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE! OVER SIX DAYS NOW AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAS STILL NOT POSTED TRANSCRIPTS FOR THE MEDIA! THE PRESS CORP NOW HAS A RUNNING CLOCK ON THEIR WEBSITE!
http://www.whitehousepresscorps.org/2009/01/whitehousegov-finally-releases.html
Waiting on the official release of the 1/22/2009 Press Briefing transcript for: 06 Days, 05 Hours, 26 Minutes, 25 Seconds.
“…like a Jonathan Turley or Keith Olbermann making your little political points.”
Normally I don’t feed the trolls, but this is just so indicative of how this sad, pathetic person’s mind operates. I watched the exchange today between Walsh and Armey and those words were never spoken. This troll can only resort to lying because that’s all that his little brain was trained to do.
Ditto-heads are great at fantasy.
I love that you represent the right. You do it quite aptly, as expected, by making things up and twisting the truth until it is unrecognizable.
Clearly this person does vetting and research for Michelle Malkin.
Mojo,
The Von Troll family members never worry about minor things like the Truth or the facts. And you also have to consider he was quoting one of the neocon truth twisters, Dick Armey!
rafflaw -
You’re right. Sometimes when a neocon speaks only ditto-head trolls can hear the high-pitched subtext …
Shazaam, isn’t it wonderful! Your good friend Mr. Bush and his brilliant assistants will soon have converted the only secular government in the Middle East into a strict Islamic republic, and at a cost of only a trillion dollars and one hundred thousand lives, more or less (but whose counting?). Yep, those tribal societies have waited for years for someone to introduce the principles of Jeffersonian democracy. Ain’t life grand?
shazaam – is it mere coincidence that tonight you post 5 irrelevant comments on this thread (one about another profession in which the client gets screwed); or does it say something deep and disturbing about you.
In case you didn’t notice all the other comments were witty and entertaining!
As you seem to demand serious attention I’ll address you.
Just to clarify: the exchange between dick armey and Joan Walsh of Salon took place tonight on Hardball with Chris Matthews; and while dick’s comments were insulting and sexist they did not include any reference to JT and KO.
The remarks take place at about the 9 minute mark.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/28900116#28900116
Here is an old exchange (August 2, 1991) from the house floor:
New York Representative Thomas J. Downey, a Democrat, accused Republicans of cutting unemployment benefits. dick armey immediately jumped up and said “I was on my way off the floor when I heard what has to be the silliest, most asinine speech I have heard in the seven years that I have been here.” Mr. Downey’s fast retort: “Mr. Armey obviously hasn’t been listening to some of his own speeches!”
Also, on the Bio thread references which you allegedly cite by
E.J. Dionne were not verifiable; I suspect they don’t exist. If they do, well even you must realize there is an enormous difference in “wishing for failure” versus “waiting for failure”; anyone who was familiar with W’s track record would be worried about his assuming the Presidency as he had left a trail of wreckage in all his previous positions. This was not the first time W needed a bailout; you might enjoy reading the late great Molly Ivin’s book “Shrub”!
Mike Appleton:
What do you make of that 17-2 committee vote on Holder? Do you think a deal was struck over the torture prosecutions?
Hi you guys!
I read shazaam got distracted (putting out trash for tomorrow’s pick-up) came back to reply, but did not hit refresh before posting. I should have known that you all would have taken out the “trash” here without needing my input; sorry for being redundant.
Honestly, I’ve said it before but it’s true, I post infrequently because you are all so quick and so good!
mespo,
Check this RE: Holder
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/28/aide-holder-has-made-no-d_n_161971.html
raff,
I never did understand how one gets taken seriously much less into politics with a name like Dick Armey. Not a PR plus although as branding I suppose it has a prurient appeal. Doesn’t help that acts, well, like he acts either. I have to file him under “Descriptive Labeling”, not “Credible Source”.
mespo, I don’t think a deal was made, but I am not surprised that Republicans claim there was. To my knowledge, all he said was that it was unlikely that he would recommend prosecution of someone who had acted “in ‘reasonable and good-faith reliance on Justice Department legal opinions’ authoritatively permitting his conduct…” This was in response to a ridiculous hypothetical from Sen. Kyl. I think Holder’s answer has an amazing amount of wiggle room, given the use of such words as “reasonable,” “good-faith reliance” and “authoritatively.” Moreover, no such deal would be binding in any event since it would conflict with the AG’s oath of office. It would also render hollow the assurances that the DOJ will be de-politicized. What I find more interesting than the claimed “deal” is the fact that the Republican leadership feels the need to engage in plea bargaining this early into the new administration.
O.K., that does it. The trolls are ruining my fun. Tomorrow I’m getting a TownHall.com membership and beginning my campaign of leaving random posts about lawyer-hookers, blowfish balls, and happy goats. See how they fucking like it. They’re all going to think their meds aren’t working for a while.
With lawyers and law students getting pink slips in the recession, Cristina Warthen Clearly this person does vetting and research for Michelle Malkin.
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