Jason Itzler has been calling himself "The King Of All Pimps" for years and years, flaunting his experience at having employed the city's #1 hooker as well as Ashley Dupre, aka Governor Spitzer's hooker Kristen (they apparently were "amazing" together). Lately, he's been at the George Motchan Detention Center in East Elmhurst, Queens, awaiting his trial to face prostitution and drug charges for an incident at the Trump International last year. But don't worry—Itzler is going to milk his court time for all it's worth! more ›

Five men and a woman have been indicted for allegedly kidnapping, gang raping and prostituting a 15-year-old runaway girl in an Ozone Park, Queens house they were illegally squatting in. According to Queens DA Richard Brown [PDF], 22-year-old Gary Council was the brains of the operation, which also managed to involve a bogus lease signed by "Raymond Kelly," the much criticized sex-peddling site Backpage.com, a man named Junior Goldring and threats against a Queens homeowner. more ›

A NJ man is accused of impersonating a cop and threatening hookers with jail time if they wouldn't give him free sex. Warren D. Taylor, 32, was caught after police tracked down a cell phone number he had given to one of the women he allegedly attacked; Taylor was allegedly taking a page from real cops, and trying to become her pimp. more ›

Earlier this month, a seven-year-veteran NYPD officer accused of moonlighting as a pimp was charged internally by the NYPD with promoting prostitution. Officer Monty Green has been the subject of an Internal Affairs probe since 2009, and hasn't been formally charged with anything. But the IAB has amassed a largely circumstantial case in order to try to take away his badge. Green denied all the allegations to the Daily News: “I’m not a pimp. I don’t solicit anyone for sex or pay anyone for sex." more ›

Police suspect that a seven-year-veteran NYPD officer has been moonlighting as a pimp. Officer Monty Green has been the subject of an Internal Affairs probe since 2009, and hasn't been formally charged with anything. But their investigation report claims they have taped evidence of him “discussing prostitution-related activities.” Green denied the charged to the News: “That’s not me. I don’t know anything about that.” more ›

The video below taken in Union Square this week—the rider has also been spotted around the LES as well as Park Slope—makes us think of the classic Jewish song "Dayenu" (stick with us here...): more ›

According to the Post, a pimp was shot and killed and at least one of his alleged prostitutes was injured early this morning in a shooting in Brownsville. The shooting occurred around 2 a.m., when a man walked up to the green minivan in which the pimp and two of his ladyfriends were idling. The 44-year-old pimp was fatally hit in the back, one prostitute was uninjured, and a 30-year-old prostitute was shot in the right arm, torso and right leg. According to witness Kathy Way, the wounded woman limped out of the car, and sprawled across the vehicle’s hood covered in blood, crying "I’m pregnant and I’m shot." more ›

We've heard our fair share of bad therapist stories over the years, but this one is pretty rough: a former model sued her therapist for setting her up on dates with his other clients and then demanding she recount the sexual encounters in vivid details. Hmm, men paying a middleman who encouraged his female client to have sex with them...what does that sound like? more ›

Lawrence Taylor face third degree rape charges for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old (underage) prostitute. However, his lawyer says Taylor didn't have sex or rape anyone, plus the victim says she told him she was 19. Now, just after it was reported that Taylor would claim he only masturbated with the girl in the hotel room, sources say the girl's friend said something similar. more ›

Sources tell TMZ that football legend Lawrence Taylor will be claiming an onanism defense regarding charges that he raped a 16-year-old prostitute at a Suffern, NY Holiday Inn. The gossip site reports, "We're told Lawrence will not deny he was in the same room as the 16-year-old prostitute, but his lawyer will argue Lawrence did not have sexual intercourse -- an element of third degree rape. As one source put it, Lawrence engaged in a 'masturbatory act' and that was it." more ›

The wife of Lawrence Taylor spoke to The Insider about the rape charges that the Giants great is facing and Lynette Taylor believes her husband was set-up, "I have no idea what he was doing with a teenager. We're talking about reports, not what we know as facts. I don't know if he was with a teenager. Lawrence is 51 years old. Why would a teenage girl be soliciting sex from a 51-year-old man?" more ›

Former Giants great Lawrence Taylor is free on $75,000 bond after being accused of paying $300 to pay to have sex with a 16-year-old teen from the Bronx who had runaway from home. Taylor's lawyer Arthur Aidala said, "Lawrence Taylor didn't have consensual sex with anyone last night. He didn't have sex with anyone. Mr. Taylor is going to fight each and every one of these charges." more ›

Former Giants great Lawrence Taylor was arrested last night and charged with third-degree rape for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl. Taylor, a Florida resident who also has a home in NJ and plays golf in Rockland County, is currently in the custody of Ramapo police. The Journal News reports that the teen is "apparently... a runaway from New York City controlled by a pimp... The victim was reportedly beaten during the attack. She was questioned by the New York Police Department in the Bronx, where a man identified as a pimp drove her and was arrested, authorities said." more ›

Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes has concluded his investigation into possible criminality on the part of three ACORN employees caught on video giving advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and companion. (Though the right-wing gadflies who made the hidden camera video edited it to suggest that James O'Keefe was posing as the woman's pimp, the couple actually told ACORN employees he was trying to protect her from the pimp [PDF].) Yesterday Hynes cleared ACORN of any criminality, while perpetuating the misconception that O'Keefe had posed as a pimp and worn a cliche pimp costume during the meeting (he did not).: more ›

On Tuesday, former WABC 7 sportscaster Marvell Scott pleaded not guilty to charges including statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl, with his lawyer claiming that he had been set up by a child prostitute and a pimp. Now Scott is speaking out, telling the Post, "I will definitely be vindicated in court. I have no doubt in my mind." more ›

The Queens man who “bought” a homeless teen and pimped her out on Craigslist was handed a sentence of 25 years to life yesterday. "You are a con man of the first order," Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Aloise told David Brown. "I'm going to do my best to insure that you never see the light of day again." Brown took naked pictures of the 19-year-old, who’s been described as “vulnerable,” and posted them on the web classifieds. His terrible scheme worked for a time—she was forced into sex with 30 men over 12 days in August 2008, with her captor getting payments ranging from $60-200. more ›

Earlier this week, Queens resident David Brown was found guilty of sex trafficking, kidnapping and other charges in Queens Supreme Court. Apparently, Brown paid his ex-girlfriend $2,000 to "purchase" a woman and posted nude photographs of the victimized 19-year-old on Craigslist—and he's the first convicted under former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's strict sex-trafficking law. Instead of facing a maximum of seven years, Brown will face 25 years in prison when sentenced in January. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown (no relation!) tells the Daily News that his "office continues to use every tool allowed under the law to prosecute dangerous individuals like this defendant and to seek justice for victims." more ›

Yesterday, a man—who fled after being seen beating a woman—was killed when his apparent getaway car crashed into a private garbage truck. Now it turns out the man, Mustafa Abdul-Qawiyy, was a pimp, at least according to the Daily News. Abdul-Qawiyy and Fabienne Francois-Couch, previously charged with prostitution, were "attacking the woman with a bat" (a witness said the victim was bleeding and screaming "stop, stop") before the police spotted them at Broadway and West 52nd Street in Midtown. The pair fled, with Francois-Couch driving and reportedly speeding through a red light into the garbage truck. Abdul-Qawiyy died and Francois-Couch suffered critical injuries; the beating victim had a broken arm. The NY Times adds, "The roof of the car had been sheared off by emergency workers. In the back seat was a fur coat, and in the street was blood mixed with car fluid, nail polish, lip gloss, baby booties, a toy piano, condoms and a collection of music on compact disc by Andrew Lloyd Webber." more ›

Queens DA Richard Brown announced an off-duty NYPD detective and his girlfriend were charged with promoting the prostitution of a 13-year-old Brooklyn runaway. Brown said, “This case is every parent and every child’s worst nightmare – made even more frightening by the fact that one of the defendants is a police officer who swore to uphold the law and protect the community he serves.” more ›