A teen girl is suing the city claiming that a rogue NYPD detective forced her into prostitution when she was 13-years-old. The teen, who is still a minor, and her mother have filed a $25 million lawsuit against the city, the NYPD, and Wayne Taylor, a former city narcotics detective who she says "bought" her and pimped her out. more ›

Imam Charles Aziz Bilal has been arrested in a South Jamaica, Queens prostitution sting. According to authorities, late Tuesday night Bilal offered $25 to an undercover agent in exchange for sex at a Howard Johnson, which was just 10 blocks from the mosque that he runs. At least it wasn't at a Dunkin' Donuts. more ›

A Hunts Points prostitute testified in the Bronx yesterday in the trial of an accused serial sex assaulter. James Schlau, a registered sex offender, is accused of two sex assaults and the rape of three Bronx prostitutes. The 23-year-old victim described her terrifying encounter with him in detail: "‘Open your legs or I’ll cut your p----,’" he allegedly threatened her. more ›

It has been nearly six months since police began uncovering bodies of dead prostitutes on Long Island's Gilgo State Beach and with the police seemingly no closer to catching the killer (or killers) working girls in the area are understandably still taking precautions. Johns of New York, please remember to ask your sex workers for good references—they may come in handy down the road! more ›

Giants legend Lawrence Taylor was sentenced to six years probation for his May 2010 encounter with a 16-year-old at a Holiday Inn in Montebello, NY. Earlier this year, Taylor agreed to plead guilty to patronizing a prostitute and sexual misconduct, avoiding statutory rape charges. He will have to register as a sex offender and must pay a fine, and his lawyer apologized on behalf of LT, "He never wanted to tarnish his image. Mr. Taylor readily accepts responsibility." But know who did want to tarnish LT's image further? Ubiquitous lawyer Gloria Allred, who is representing the now 17-year-old victim. more ›

We already knew that Facebook is the best way for ambitious women to meet jocks, but it's quickly becoming the best way to meet prostitutes! The Daily News discovered Sudhir Venkatesh's month-old (but still compelling) look at the changing face of NYC's sex trade in Wired, which we already noted at the start of the month. But it's never a bad time to learn that 83 percent of the 290 NYC-based prostitutes he interviewed have a Facebook page! more ›

Yesterday, the Bronx public school teacher who resigned from teaching after her writings about working as a Craigslist sex worker got her on the front page of every local rag hitched her wagon to notorious celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred. But we couldn't figure out why Melissa Petro did, especially since she had already agreed not to sue the Board of Education or the city. But it turns out she has more civic concerns in mind: she told reporters yesterday that she was developing a creative writing program for teens at risk for sexual exploitation. But our favorite Post columnist wasn't so charmed by her announcement: "This is one whore with chutzpah," wrote Walmart-loving, geese-hating Andrea Peyser. more ›

The Bronx public school teacher whose past as a sex worker made her front page fodder announced her resignation yesterday. In the fall, Melissa Petro was bounced from teaching art at Public School 70 in Mount Eden to the rubber room, after an essay she wrote on being a Craigslist prostitute led to her picture being plastered on the dallies. The Department of Education was reportedly embarrassed by the incident, and was seeking to fire her for "conduct unbecoming" her profession. more ›

2011 has only just begun, but we've already found the best lawsuit of the year: NYC college student Hubert Blackman recently filed a $1.8 million claim against a Las Vegas escort service because his stripper didn't stay to cuddle with him. And because he now needs medical treatment for a mental condition related to the "tragic" incident. 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 ›

Some of you may remember Natalie McLennan when she posed on the cover of New York magazine—under the name "Natalia McLennan"—as New York's #1 escort who charged $2,000 an hour while working for "King of All Pimps" Jason Itzler. Now, five years later, McLennan has pleaded guilty to money laundering for her involvement in the NY Confidential prostitution ring and was sentenced to time served. And, as she left the courthouse, when a reporter suggested her current life was probably boring, she said, "That's what you think." more ›

The Post got a hold of a letter that Community Board 2 sent to Manhattan DA Cy Vance, urging him to be tougher on prostitutes: "With sex workers on every corner -- which they are on every weekend night in the far West Village -- residents don't feel safe and are frequently disturbed." A police source explained, "They are getting arrested, and there is no long-term penalty." Last year, there were 183 prostitution-related arrests in the 6th Precinct, while there have been 59 this year so far—but cops caution, "as the weather heats up, so will the curbside sex trade." This is not a new complaint and two months ago, R&B singer D'Angelo was busted. 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 ›

Never underestimate the power of a deceptively-edited hidden camera video to bring down an organization that tries to help poor people. Despite being cleared by the Brooklyn DA this month, ACORN announced today that it's closing all its offices by April 1st. "For Acorn as a national organization, our vindication on the facts doesn’t necessarily pay the bills," says Bertha Lewis, chief executive of Acorn. Congress voted to cut off all grants to the organization in the wake of videos made by a young Conservative gadfly who, joined by a woman posing as a prostitute, posed as a pimp seeking advice from ACORN employees. The DA found no criminality, but by then the ACORN offices in New York had already reorganized as Communities for Change. more ›

David Price is going to serve at least 6 years in prison—30 years after his conviction on rape charges. Price, 54, went on the run in 1980 while he and another man were facing trial for putting a gun to a prostitute's head and raping her. But after three decades on the lam, authorities arrested the Price when he walked into a Manhattan courthouse to see if his criminal record was still on file, according to the Daily News. 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 ›

Ashley Dupre, who recently called (some? most?) New York City women hypocrites for looking down on her prostituting past, has now been in the NY Post two days in a row. Yesterday, the Post looked at her road to realization—with a sexy fashion shoot, of course (photo slideshow below, which is set to her second single!)—with the former high-class escort offering this pitch line, "Everyone likes an underdog story, and everyone likes a comeback. I'm the poster child for redemption." more ›

Two right-wing filmmakers have teamed up with Fox News to conduct a juicy hidden-camera exposé on the community advocacy group ACORN, a group conservatives hate because it receives government funding to help the indigent. According to Fox, filmmaker James O'Keefe, 25, dressed as a cliche pimp and sought housing advice at ACORN offices in New York. Joined by his partner Hannah Giles, 20, who posed as a prostitute, O'Keefe claims to have told employees he needed a house to run a brothel and help Giles escape an abusive pimp. more ›

A few days ago, Ashley Dupre, forever in the history books as former Governor Spitzer's expensive escort Kristen, complained about (some) women criticizing her for being a prostitute and questioned their moral compasses, saying they "still dive into relationships with wealthy guys who they don't love or even find attractive, but they stay in it because they have a nice home, a car and spending money...I know many women who target guys with money and use them to get these things." Which has totally pissed off some New York ladies! more ›

Police continue to hone in on the woman that Long Island motivational speaker Jeff Locker contacted in East Harlem and is believed to be one of the suspects in the brutal murder that took place while he was being robbed inside his car Thursday morning. The woman along with two men, all described as black and in their mid-20s, were captured on surveillance video while they withdrew from Locker's bank account $200 each at seven different neighborhood ATMs. Yesterday the Post said that police believed the woman to be Locker's girlfriend; today the Daily News is quoting police sources that say it's a prostitute Locker had called from his cell and they're looking for. The paper also gets a graphic description from a mortician who arrived at Locker's body inside his car and tells them, "I knocked on the window to see if he was asleep or doped up or whatever. I saw his mouth open...His shirt had a bunch of holes and there was blood. The blood was dried. His head was back. His hands were tied behind his back. He was pale." more ›

To everyone's prurient delight, a lawyer for the woman who booked clients' "appointments" with ladies from the Emperors Club VIP prostitution ring says that former governor Eliot Spitzer was a regular customer. Marc Agniflio, who represents Temeka Lewis, told reporters that Spitzer's habit "was more than sporadic. It wasn't always more than once a month, but it was sometimes more than once a month." more ›

Disgraced ex-governor Eliot Spitzer is off the hook! After a lengthy investigation, the United States attorney in Manhattan, Michael J. Garcia, says his office has found no evidence that Spitzer misused public or campaign funds to pay the Empire Club VIP for prostitutes. And while it is a federal offense to transport women across state lines "for immoral purposes"—which Spitzer definitely did—Garcia decided that "the public interest would not be further advanced by filing criminal charges in this matter." In a statement, Spitzer said, "I appreciate the impartiality and thoroughness of the investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office, and I acknowledge and accept responsibility for the conduct it disclosed. I resigned my position as Governor because I recognized that conduct was unworthy of an elected official. I once again apologize for my actions, and for the pain and disappointment those actions caused my family and the many people who supported me during my career in public life." more ›

The Post reports: "A one-legged hooker was killed in Brooklyn after a john hit her over the head, causing her to fall backwards out of her wheelchair and slam her skull against the wall. Investigators believe she had been servicing a client in the hallway who then hit her on the head with a heavy object." Elizabeth Acevedo, 38, a homeless prostitute who lost her leg in a train accident, was found on Thursday morning at the Wyckoff Gardens houses in Brooklyn and died yesterday after being taken off life support. The Post adds, "She wore a prosthetic leg, but also used a wheelchair." Police are still looking for the killer. more ›

There was plenty of buzz Monday about Radar's investigative report on $2,000 an hour hipster hookers, but that wasn't the week's only close-up on the oldest profession. A bit further down market, to say the least, the Villager's Laurie Mittelmann pals around with transgender street walkers in the West Village: "While shoes may also pain the feet of males and females, underwear can present unique problems for pre-operation transgender women. They want foxy little numbers, but still need to cover bulging male genitalia." And just like the author of the Radar story, Mittelmann also turns down a paranoid john who approached her for "'rocks and sex.' Apparently, he thought there was a chance this reporter was an undercover cop. 'You’re either going to hook me up with some fun, or hook me up in cuffs,' he said, licking his lips and kneading his pants." Demonstrating enormous self-control, Mittelmann somehow resisted his charms. more ›

An officer with a history of false arrest is being accused of more of the same by a 40-year-old grandmother in Sunset Park. Monica Gonzalez tells the Daily News she was walking four blocks from her apartment to the E.R. during an asthma attack at 2:30 in the morning last November when she was arrested by Officer Sean Spencer, who claimed she was holding a condom and approaching vehicles with another woman. (Gonzalez's lawyer never found evidence of the supposed condom.) The charges were finally dropped in May and now Gonzalez, who works as a receptionist, has filed a formal complaint with the city’s Law Department. more ›