Heidi Fleiss

Infobox_Celebrity
name = Heidi Fleiss


caption =Heidi Fleiss, 2006
birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1965|12|30
birth_place = Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California
death_date =
death_place =
occupation = Hollywood madam
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website = http://www.heidifleiss.com

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

Notoriety

In 1997, she was convicted in connection with her prostitution ring with charges including pandering and tax evasion. Her ring had numerous famous and wealthy clients. She was sentenced to 37 months in prison for tax evasion, (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.cite web |author=Jill Smolowe |title=A High Price to Pay |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,982002,00.html |work=Time |date=December 19, 1994 |accessdate=2007-07-22 ]

Appearances

In 1995, Nick Broomfield made a documentary about her ring called "". 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 friends with 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.

Personal life

Her father, Paul M. Fleiss, is a famous pediatrician. He was convicted of money laundering in connection with his daughter's crimes, and sentenced to one day in prison, three years of probation and 625 hours of community service.

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.

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 [cite web |url=http://www.elle.com/featurefullstory/12660/heidi-fleiss-elle-february-2008.html |title=The Once and Future Madam |accessdate=2008-02-08 |author=Ariel Levy |year=2008 |month=February |work=Elle ] and has said that she is a vegetarian.

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." [cite web |url=http://www.heidifleiss.com/studfarm/index.html |title=Heidi Fleiss' Stud Farm |accessdate=2008-02-08 ] . [cite web |url=http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=3388672 |title=I-Team Exclusive Interview With Heidi Fleiss |accessdate=2008-02-08 |author=George Knapp |date=May 26, 2005 |publisher=KLAS-TV ] [cite web |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_345213.html |title=Heidi Fleiss eager again to do what she does best |accessdate=2008-02-08 |date=June 19, 2005 |work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ]

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'. " [cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287652,00.html |title=Heidi Fleiss Opens 'Dirty' Laundromat |accessdate=2008-02-08 |author=Pat Lalama |date=July 2, 2007 |publisher=Fox News Channel ]

Arrest

On February 7, 2008, Fleiss was arrested in Pahrump, Nevada, for illegal possession of prescription drugs and driving under the influence. [cite web |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/cops/2008/feb/07/heidi-fleiss-arrested/ |title=Heidi Fleiss arrested |accessdate=2008-02-08 |author=Abigail Goldman |date=February 7, 2008 |work=Las Vegas Sun ]

References

External links

*imdb name |id=0004926|name =Heidi Fleiss
*imdb title|id=0113283|title=Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam
*imdb title|id= 0388976|title=Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
* [http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/misc/heidi-fleiss/ Rotten.com Library entry]
* [http://mugshotdujour.com/2008/02/08/heidi-fleiss-illegal-possession-of-prescription-drugs-and-driving-under-the-influence-282008/ Heidi Fleiss's booking photo]