Heidi Fleiss

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Heidi Fleiss

Heidi Fleiss, 2006
Born December 30, 1965 (1965-12-30) (age 43)
Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California
Occupation Hollywood madam
Website
http://www.heidifleiss.com
Fleiss with Dennis Hof and Ron Jeremy at the Adult Video Network Convention 2006 in Las Vegas

Heidi Lynne Fleiss (born 30 December 1965), known as the "Hollywood Madam," is an American former madam.

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[edit] Notoriety

In 1997, she was convicted in connection with her prostitution ring with charges including procuring (pandering) and tax evasion. Her ring reportedly had numerous famous and wealthy clients. She was sentenced to 37 months in prison for tax evasion, (the pandering charges were dropped), but served just 21. Her original three-year sentence prompted wide outrage at her harsh punishment, while her customers had not been punished.[1]

[edit] Appearances

In 1995, Nick Broomfield made a documentary about her ring called Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam. In 2004, a made-for-TV movie was produced called Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss, in which Fleiss was portrayed by actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler.

Fleiss is a friend of Victoria Sellers, daughter of Peter Sellers, and Bonita Money (famous for slapping Shannen Doherty at the Hollywood Roxbury). Fleiss and Sellers hosted and produced an instructional DVD titled Sex Tips with Heidi Fleiss and Victoria Sellers in 2001. She is a periodic guest on Fox News programs and is currently featured in Maxim Magazine's "Ask Heidi" column.

[edit] Personal life

In 2003, Fleiss accused her ex-boyfriend, actor Tom Sizemore, of domestic violence. Sizemore was convicted by a California jury of domestic violence, making criminal threats, and making obscene phone calls.[citation needed]

Fleiss eventually sold her Beverly Hills home on Tower Grove, where she lived next door to musician Billy Idol, and now resides in Pahrump, Nevada.

Fleiss is Jewish[2] and has said that she is a vegetarian.[1]

[edit] Business interests

In 2004, she sold the rights to her life story to Paramount Pictures for USD $5 million. She is the owner of the West Hollywood boutique "Hollywood Madam."

Fleiss has also announced plans to open a brothel in Pahrump called "Heidi Fleiss' Stud Farm."[3][4][5]

Fleiss now owns a laundromat called "Dirty Laundry" in Pahrump, as her other plans to open a brothel have been put on hold due to a 'slight complication'. "[6]

[edit] Arrest

On February 7, 2008, Fleiss was arrested in Pahrump, Nevada while in the company of noted drug addict Donne Moran of Florence, Kentucky, for illegal possession of prescription drugs and driving under the influence.[7]

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