ABC ID's 1000+ names from 'DC madam' list
(Update at bottom: DC law firm suspends woman who worked for madam)
In its ongoing investigation into Washington's latest sex scandal, ABC News has reportedly identified more than 1,000 alleged clients of the so-called "DC madam," Debra Jean Palfrey.
But the heavily promoted 20/20 special to air this Friday apparently isn't aiming for a full release of the names. The Washington Examiner's gossip column reported Thursday that investigative reporter Brian Ross will be revealing names of just two of Palfrey's clients, much to his chagrin.
"Sources tell Yeas & Nays that Ross, who had anticipated a far juicier piece, is none too happy with the final results, especially after he and the network promoted this story for weeks," the Examiner reports.
On Fox News Thursday morning, Newsday columnist Ellis Henican, said, "There is a very nervous question going around Washington this morning, and that question is, 'Are you on the list?'"
The following video clips are from Fox's Fox & Friends.
DC law firm suspends woman who worked for madam
"A legal secretary at one of Washington's most prominent law firms, Akin Gump, has been suspended after telling her bosses she secretly worked at night for the escort service run by the so-called D.C. Madam, Jeane Palfrey," ABC's The Blotter reports.
According to ABC, Palfrey said in the interview to be aired Friday that the unidentified "woman both serviced clients and, at times, helped to run the business."
In addition, an email from the woman sent to Palfrey suggested that they restart Pamela Martin and Associates from the Akin Gump offices.
"'It is a shame to basically throw away over a decade of hard work and contacts,' she wrote last October, just before federal agents raided Palfrey's operation," ABC reports.
The woman added, "I think that handling the phones 4 to 5 nights a week is a very fair offer and would be something that I could easily do, even with my paralegal duties as they could pretty much be done simultaneously in front of a computer."
Excerpts from ABC article:
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According to e-mails the woman sent to Palfrey on her Akin Gump account, she "enjoyed and even missed" the work she did at night for Palfrey, who has been charged by federal prosecutors with running a large scale prostitution ring.
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The woman, who worked directly for one of the firm's many prominent lawyers, has been placed on administrative leave.
The firm has a policy prohibiting full-time employees from holding any other jobs. "She did not seek approval for that particular job and would not have been given it," McLean said.
McLean said the woman told the firm she was a government witness in the D.C. Madam case, and the firm was hesitant to dismiss her because of that.
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FULL BLOTTER ARTICLE AT THIS LINK
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