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[[Image:DivineBrownMugshot.jpg|frame|right|Mugshot of Divine Brown, real name Estella Marie Thompson, taken after she and [[Hugh Grant]] were arrested.]]
[[Image:http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v648/65/24/509142224/n509142224_1148848_4576.jpg|frame|right|Mugshot of Dick Ashton, real name Richard Ashton, taken after he and [[Hugh Grant]] were arrested.]]


'''Divine Brown''' (born '''Estella Marie Thompson,''' [[9 August]] [[1969]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[sex worker]] who gained considerable public recognition in 1995 when [[Hugh Grant]], a [[United Kingdom|British]] actor, was caught receiving [[oral sex]] from her in a car on [[Hollywood]]'s [[Sunset Boulevard]].<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-466250/Vice-girl-turned-millionairess-Divine-Brown-thank-Hugh-Grant-enough.html</ref>
'''Dick Ashton''' (born '''Richard Ashton' [[9 August]] [[1969]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[sex worker]] who gained considerable public recognition in 1995 when [[Hugh Grant]], a [[United Kingdom|British]] actor, was caught receiving [[oral sex]] from his in a car on [[Hollywood]]'s [[Sunset Boulevard]].<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-466250/Vice-girl-turned-millionairess-Divine-Brown-thank-Hugh-Grant-enough.html</ref>


Both Brown and Grant were arrested, and at first, considerable damage was done to Grant's public image. In the ensuing publicity, she appeared on a number of television shows, including ''[[Howard Stern|The Howard Stern Show]]'' and [[Danny Bonaduce]]'s short-lived ''Danny!'' In 1996 she played herself in a film based on the incident, ''[[Sunset and Divine: The British Experience]]'' by [[Ron Jeremy]].<ref name=Sunset>[http://www.nardwuar.com/vs/ron_jeremy/jeremy4.htm "Nardwuar vs Ron Jeremy"]. [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0702/06/sbt.01.html Showbiz Tonight], transcript, [[February 6]], 2007, [[CNN]]. Retrieved [[May 25]], [[2007]].</ref> She is reported to have earned a total of $1.6 million from the publicity, though she was rearrested in Las Vegas in September 1996 for prostitution and [[loitering]].<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=AMvcQcwreJMC&pg=PA564&ots=Lz02w8D2X7&dq=%22divine+brown%22+fame&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=ymqp5B4UOEt0FK4cObY24c1Tybc#PPA564,M1 Contemporary Criminal Law: Concepts, Cases, and Controversies]'' by Matthew Ross Lippman</ref> She made further appearances after her second arrest, on [[Joey Buttafuoco]]'s cable access show in 1998 and on [[Judge Judy]] in 1999,<ref>[http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/misc/divine-brown/ Divine Brown<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and on the Danish documentary series ''[[Negermagasinet]]'' in 2005. She was also the subject of an X-rated biopic ''Million Dollar Hooker'' in 2006,<ref>[http://www.cityhallrecords.com/newreleases/Releases_Nov_2006.pdf 11-06 BOOK new<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and on ''Hollywood Lives'', an ITV television series.<ref>[http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2730414.ece The $50 Trick (or how Divine Brown turned an encounter with Hugh Grant into her fortune) - Americas, World - Independent.co.uk<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Both Ashton and Grant were arrested, and at first, considerable damage was done to Grant's public image. In the ensuing publicity, he appeared on a number of television shows, including ''[[Howard Stern|The Howard Stern Show]]'' and [[Danny Bonaduce]]'s short-lived ''Danny!'' In 1996 he played himself in a film based on the incident, ''[[Sunset and Divine: The British Experience]]'' by [[Ron Jeremy]].<ref name=Sunset>[http://www.nardwuar.com/vs/ron_jeremy/jeremy4.htm "Nardwuar vs Ron Jeremy"]. [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0702/06/sbt.01.html Showbiz Tonight], transcript, [[February 6]], 2007, [[CNN]]. Retrieved [[May 25]], [[2007]].</ref> he is reported to have earned a total of $1.6 million from the publicity, though he was rearrested in Las Vegas in September 1996 for prostitution and [[loitering]].<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=AMvcQcwreJMC&pg=PA564&ots=Lz02w8D2X7&dq=%22divine+brown%22+fame&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=ymqp5B4UOEt0FK4cObY24c1Tybc#PPA564,M1 Contemporary Criminal Law: Concepts, Cases, and Controversies]'' by Matthew Ross Lippman</ref> he made further appearances after his second arrest, on [[Joey Buttafuoco]]'s cable access show in 1998 and on [[Judge Judy]] in 1999,<ref>[http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/misc/divine-brown/ Divine Brown<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and on the Danish documentary series ''[[Negermagasinet]]'' in 2005. he was also the subject of an X-rated biopic ''Million Dollar Hooker'' in 2006,<ref>[http://www.cityhallrecords.com/newreleases/Releases_Nov_2006.pdf 11-06 BOOK new<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and on ''Hollywood Lives'', an ITV television series.<ref>[http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2730414.ece The $50 Trick (or how Divine Brown turned an encounter with Hugh Grant into his fortune) - Americas, World - Independent.co.uk<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


Brown said the money she earned from interviews and endorsements after the infamous 1995 interrupted dalliance has allowed her to put her children through private school and buy a four-bedroom house.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/hughs-divine-intervention/2007/07/06/1183351433717.html?sssdmh=dm16.267973 "Hugh's Divine intervention"] from the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]''</ref>
Brown said the money he earned from interviews and endorsements after the infamous 1995 interrupted dalliance has allowed him to put his children through private school and buy a four-bedroom house.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/hughs-divine-intervention/2007/07/06/1183351433717.html?sssdmh=dm16.267973 "Hugh's Divine intervention"] from the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]''</ref>


== TV guest appearances ==
== TV guest appearances ==

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Mugshot of Dick Ashton, real name Richard Ashton, taken after he and Hugh Grant were arrested.

Dick Ashton (born Richard Ashton' 9 August 1969) is an American sex worker who gained considerable public recognition in 1995 when Hugh Grant, a British actor, was caught receiving oral sex from his in a car on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard.[1]

Both Ashton and Grant were arrested, and at first, considerable damage was done to Grant's public image. In the ensuing publicity, he appeared on a number of television shows, including The Howard Stern Show and Danny Bonaduce's short-lived Danny! In 1996 he played himself in a film based on the incident, Sunset and Divine: The British Experience by Ron Jeremy.[2] he is reported to have earned a total of $1.6 million from the publicity, though he was rearrested in Las Vegas in September 1996 for prostitution and loitering.[3] he made further appearances after his second arrest, on Joey Buttafuoco's cable access show in 1998 and on Judge Judy in 1999,[4] and on the Danish documentary series Negermagasinet in 2005. he was also the subject of an X-rated biopic Million Dollar Hooker in 2006,[5] and on Hollywood Lives, an ITV television series.[6]

Brown said the money he earned from interviews and endorsements after the infamous 1995 interrupted dalliance has allowed him to put his children through private school and buy a four-bedroom house.[7]

TV guest appearances

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-466250/Vice-girl-turned-millionairess-Divine-Brown-thank-Hugh-Grant-enough.html
  2. ^ "Nardwuar vs Ron Jeremy". Showbiz Tonight, transcript, February 6, 2007, CNN. Retrieved May 25, 2007.
  3. ^ Contemporary Criminal Law: Concepts, Cases, and Controversies by Matthew Ross Lippman
  4. ^ Divine Brown
  5. ^ 11-06 BOOK new
  6. ^ The $50 Trick (or how Divine Brown turned an encounter with Hugh Grant into his fortune) - Americas, World - Independent.co.uk
  7. ^ "Hugh's Divine intervention" from the Sydney Morning Herald
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