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...Angeles -- For the past two weeks, Hollywood has been engulfed in speculation about HEIDI FLEISS, the alleged madam to the stars. But aside from investigating the gossip-rich prostitution allegations, Los Angeles police have been closely reviewing other aspects of the case, including possible gambling, extortion and drug trafficking on a large scale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Informed Sources: Aug. 23, 1993 | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

...dealt with the best. Madam to the stars and moguls, foreign and domestic, Heidi prospered for three heady years, reaping 40% of her girls' earnings. A slim and attractive 27, she hung out in the best joints, was seen with the likes of Billy Idol, Sliver producer Robert Evans, and Victoria Sellers, Peter's daughter. She lived in a $1.6 million Benedict Canyon mansion (Hollywoodese for house), whose previous occupant was Michael Douglas and whose current owner is her father, Los Angeles pediatrician Paul Fleiss. She threw a smashing party there for none other than Mick Jagger. Jack Nicholson showed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heidi Does Hollywood | 8/16/1993 | See Source »

...1970s was accused and then acquitted of fraud when his $2 billion mutual-fund empire collapsed. Bernie and Heidi were just good friends, so to speak, living it up, jetting around Europe. After they split, Heidi met Nagy, who introduced her to Hollywood brothel-keeper Elizabeth ("Madam Alex") Adams. Heidi said she was merely Madam Alex's assistant; Madam Alex, now retired, begs to differ. So does Nagy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heidi Does Hollywood | 8/16/1993 | See Source »

Once she had received her on-the-job training from Madam Alex, Heidi struck out on her own. She started small, operating out of a modest little house in Los Angeles' bohemian Melrose district. She was a familiar sight at On the Rox, a swanky Hollywood nightclub, where her friend Victoria Sellers served as a hostess. "Heidi would be with a group of girls in the corner," recalls an observer. "You'd see her get up and talk to a guy by the bar, then she'd go back and get a girl, and then the girl would go over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heidi Does Hollywood | 8/16/1993 | See Source »

...HADN'T BEEN WARNED. PRESIDENT Violeta Chamorro's ballot-box victory over the Marxist-dominated Sandinistas three years ago, celebrated as a triumph of democracy, dimmed somewhat when she retained several former adversaries in key positions while continually quarreling with her own National Opposition Union (U.N.O.) coalition. Now Madam President has added three more Sandinistas to her Cabinet and announced a new economic plan with emphasis on social issues that appeals to the Sandinistas -- plus a 20% devaluation of the cordoba and a freeze on government spending. Fed up, U.N.O. officially broke with Chamorro, and marched through the streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua: Who's In Charge Here? | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

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