Word: brothel
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...Busted Brothel...
...claimed Congressional immunity from arrest, attracting deservedly sarcastic press attention. Next came accusations of payroll padding, and finally the disclosure that in 1977 Jepsen had been a member of Leisure Spa Ftd, Patronized by some of Iowa's political and business leaders, the "Spa" was reputedly Iowa's best brothel until closed by the police. Jepsen offered three differing explanations for the Spa incident before lapsing into indignant silence, but he has protested that this episode was before he was "born again" and heard the call...
...couldn't have scored in a brothel today," Harvard striker John Catliff said after the game...
...police officers. And the first trial of Nevada Federal Judge Harry Claiborne ended in a hung jury in April because the jurors gave little credence to the testimony of Joe Conforte, a thrice-convicted felon, former international fugitive and once owner of the Silver State's most notorious brothel. The raspy-voiced, Sicilian-born Conforte resembled a character in a Mario Puzo novel as he related how he had given Judge Claiborne $85,000 in bribes to fix cases for him. Defense Attorney Oscar Goodman tore his testimony apart, offering evidence that Conforte was wrong on crucial dates...
...first sitting judge ever found guilty of a crime committed while on the bench; of two counts of filing false tax returns for 1979 and 1980; in Reno. It was Claiborne's second trial; the first, dominated by additional charges that he took bribes from a brothel keeper, ended last April in a hung jury. Those charges have since been dropped...