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Deborah Palfrey
{{Infobox Person
'''Deborah Palfrey''' was an [[American people|American]] who brokered the sexual services of women in the [[Washington, D.C.]] area, commonly called ''"The DC Madam"''.
| name          = Deborah Palfrey
| image        = Deborah Jeane Palfrey.jpg
| image_size    = 200px
| caption      = Palfrey at a court hearing, on April 30, 2007
| alt          = Palfrey at a court hearing, on April 30, 2007
| birth_name    =
| birth_date    = 1956-03-18
| birth_place  = [[North Charleroi, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date    = 2008-05-01
| death_place  = [[Tarpon Springs, Florida]], U.S.
| death_cause  = [[Suicide]] by [[hanging]]
| resting_place_coordinates =
| nationality  =
| other_names  = * Deborah Jeane Palfrey
* ''D. C. Madam''
| alma_mater    = [[Rollins College]]
| known_for  = It is widely speculated that her ''"blackbook"'', currently sealed by the courts, contains the names of hundreds of highly placed individuals in [[Washington DC]]
| occupation  = pimp
}}
'''Deborah Palfrey''' was an [[American people|American]] who brokered the sexual services of women in the [[Washington, D.C.]] area, commonly called ''"The DC Madam"''.  It has been widely speculated that her phone records contain the numbers of highly placed Washington insiders.


Thirteen former escorts and three former clients testified at her trial.<ref name=NavyTimes-2008-04-10/><ref name=GoErie2008-04-13/><ref name=WashingtonPost-2008-04-10/>
Thirteen former escorts and three former clients testified at her trial.<ref name=NavyTimes-2008-04-10/><ref name=GoErie2008-04-13/><ref name=WashingtonPost-2008-04-10/>
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Sibley countered with the final judicial remedy he can seek, invoking [https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/supct/rule_22 Supreme Court Rule 22.4]<ref name=Cornell/>, a plea to a second associate justice other than the one of original jurisdiction.  He chose to file a plea to [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice]] of the U.S. Supreme Court, [[Clarence Thomas]].<ref name=UsNews2016-04-07/>
Sibley countered with the final judicial remedy he can seek, invoking [https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/supct/rule_22 Supreme Court Rule 22.4]<ref name=Cornell/>, a plea to a second associate justice other than the one of original jurisdiction.  He chose to file a plea to [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice]] of the U.S. Supreme Court, [[Clarence Thomas]].<ref name=UsNews2016-04-07/>


==rough work==
==References==
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<ref name=Cornell>
<ref name=Cornell>
{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/supct/rule_22|title=Rule 22. Applications to Individual Justices|last=Staff|first=LII|website=LII / Legal Information Institute|language=en|access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref>
{{Cite web
| url = https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/supct/rule_22
| title = Rule 22. Applications to Individual Justices
| website = LII / [[Legal Information Institute]]
| access-date=2016-04-07
}}
</ref>
 


<ref name=UsNews2016-04-07>
<ref name=UsNews2016-04-07>
{{Cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-04-07/other-dc-madam-associates-discuss-potential-election-bombshell|title=Other D.C. Madam Associates Discuss Potential Election Bombshell|last=Nelson|first=Steven|date=2016-04-07|website=US News & World Report|access-date=2016-04-09}}</ref>
{{Cite news
| url = http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-04-07/other-dc-madam-associates-discuss-potential-election-bombshell
| title = Other D.C. Madam Associates Discuss Potential Election Bombshell
| author = Steven Nelson
| date = 2016-04-07
| work = [[US News & World Report]]
| access-date = 2016-04-09
}}
</ref>


<ref name=NavyTimes-2008-04-10>
<ref name=NavyTimes-2008-04-10>
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| accessdate=2010-05-26
| accessdate=2010-05-26
| quote=Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Dickinson told federal prosecutors at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that she had sex with nearly every client she met while working for Deborah Jeane Palfrey from October 2005 until April 2006.
| quote=Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Dickinson told federal prosecutors at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that she had sex with nearly every client she met while working for Deborah Jeane Palfrey from October 2005 until April 2006.
}} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navytimes.com%2Fnews%2F2008%2F04%2Fnavy_palfrey_041008%2F&date=2010-05-26 mirror]
}}
</ref>
</ref>


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| accessdate=2010-05-26
| accessdate=2010-05-26
| quote=A Navy officer who testified this week that she moonlighted for an alleged prostitution ring while stationed at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., was nearly $300,000 in debt at the time despite a Navy income of more than $93,000, court records show.
| quote=A Navy officer who testified this week that she moonlighted for an alleged prostitution ring while stationed at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., was nearly $300,000 in debt at the time despite a Navy income of more than $93,000, court records show.
}} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goerie.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20080413%2FNEWS07%2F804130455%2F-1%2FNEWS&date=2010-05-26 mirror]
}}
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| accessdate=2010-05-26
| accessdate=2010-05-26
| quote=The women were compelled to testify by prosecutors under grants of immunity that prevented them from remaining silent under the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.  
| quote=The women were compelled to testify by prosecutors under grants of immunity that prevented them from remaining silent under the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.  
}} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2008%2F04%2F10%2FAR2008041002274.html&date=2010-05-26 mirror]
</ref>
<ref name=Abc2007-05-04>
{{cite news
| url        = http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/decoding_the_ma.html
| title      = Decoding the Madam's Phone Records: How We Did It
| publisher  = [[ABC News]]
| author      = Brian Ross, Justin Rood, Lisa Schwartz
| date        = 2007-05-04
| page        =
| location    =
| archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080505073812/http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/decoding_the_ma.html
| archivedate = 2008-05-05
| accessdate  = 2016-04-07
| deadurl    = No
| quote      =
}}
</ref>
<ref name=Nytimes2007-05-05>
{{cite news
| url        = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/05/washington/05madam.html
| title      = Names Not Worth Mentioning, ABC Decides in Escort Case
| publisher  = [[New York Times]]
| author      = [[Neil A. Lewis]]
| date        = 2007-05-05
| page        = A10
| location    = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110513020947/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/05/washington/05madam.html
| archivedate = 2011-05-13
| accessdate  = 2016-04-07
| deadurl    = No
| quote      = The most prominent person in the phone records, ABC executives said, was Randall L. Tobias. Mr. Tobias had been a top foreign aid adviser in the State Department until his resignation on April 27 after he acknowledged to Mr. Ross that he was a client of Ms. Palfrey’s business, but used it only to obtain massages.
}}
</ref>
<ref name=AbcNews2007-04-27>
{{cite news
| url        = http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/04/senior_official.html
| title      = Senior Official Linked to Escort Service Resigns
| publisher  = [[ABC News]]
| date        = 2007-04-27
}}
</ref>
<ref name=Cnn2007-04-28>
{{cite news
| url        = http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/27/dc.madam/index.html
| title      = State Department official resigns over 'D.C. madam'
| publisher  = [[CNN]]
| date        = 2007-04-28
| accessdate  = May 22, 2010
}}
</ref>
<ref name=Wapo2007-04-28>
{{cite news
| url        = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/27/AR2007042702497.html?hpid=topnews
| title      = Rice Deputy Quits After Query Over Escort Service
| publisher  = [[Washington Post]]
| date        = 2007-04-28
| author      = Glenn Kessler
| accessdate  = May 22, 2010
}}
</ref>
<ref name=State2007-04-28>
{{cite web
| url        = http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/apr/83957.htm
| title      = Resignation of Ambassador Randall Tobias
| publisher  = [[U.S. State Department]]
| date        = 2007-04-28
}}
</ref>
<ref name="ABC041508">{{Cite web|date=April 15, 2008|last=Rood|first=Justin|url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4658013&page=1|title=D.C. Madam: Guilty|work=[[ABC News]]|access-date=May 2, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213225/http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4658013&page=1 | archive-date=2016-03-03 }}</ref>
<ref name="AP050308">{{Cite web|last=Stacy|first=Mitch|date=May 3, 2008|url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ESCORT_LIST?SITE=NCGRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-03-03-52-27|title='D.C. madam' who vowed not to go to prison kills herself|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=May 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505234601/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ESCORT_LIST?SITE=NCGRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-03-03-52-27 <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=May 5, 2008}}</ref>
<ref name="CNN050508">{{Cite news|date=May 5, 2008|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/05/dc.madam/|title=D.C. Madam: 'There was no way out'|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=May 5, 2008 | archive-date=2016-03-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050309/http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/05/dc.madam/}}</ref>
<ref name="SCN103108">
{{Cite web|date=October 31, 2008|last=Thompson|first=Stephen|url=http://suncoastpinellas.tbo.com/content/2008/oct/31/police-officially-conclude-dc-madam-hanged-herself/news/|title=Police Officially Conclude 'D.C. Madam' Hanged Herself|publisher=The Suncoast News |access-date=October 31, 2008 | archive-date=2011-10-03 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003064142/http://suncoastpinellas.tbo.com/content/2008/oct/31/police-officially-conclude-dc-madam-hanged-herself/news/
}}
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<ref name="Abhor">
{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/28/AR2007042801192.html?nav=rss_politics|title='I Abhor Injustice,' Alleged Madam Says|date=April 29, 2007|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 29, 2007|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210023/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/28/AR2007042801192.html?nav=rss_politics|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
<ref name="arrest1990">{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20070401/news_1n1madam.html|title=Former madam comes across as an enigma|date=April 1, 2007|work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |access-date=April 1, 2007 | archive-date=2016-04-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409053616/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20070401/news_1n1madam.html}}</ref>
<ref name=10zenmonkeys2008-05-03>{{Cite web|url=http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/05/03/death-of-a-madam/|title=Death of a Madam|access-date=November 16, 2008 | date=2008-05-03 | author=Lou Cabron | publisher=[[10 Zen Monkeys]] | archive-date=2016-01-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116124631/http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/05/03/death-of-a-madam/
}}
</ref>
<ref name="Gun Oct 06">
{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1009061hook1.html|title=New D.C. Sex Scandal Looming? Feds target escort service in money launder, prostitution probe|publisher=[[The Smoking Gun]]|date=October 9, 2006|access-date=April 29, 2007 | archive-date=2015-09-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926151931/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/new-dc-sex-scandal-looming}}</ref>
<ref name=zenmonkeys>
{{Cite web|url=http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/08/27/the-dc-madam-speaks/|title=The D.C. Madam Speaks|date=August 27, 2007|access-date=May 5, 2008|author=Susie Bright|author-link=Susie Bright|publisher=[[10 Zen Monkeys]] | archive-date=2016-03-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326221031/http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/08/27/the-dc-madam-speaks/}}</ref>
<ref name=cbsnews2007-07-09>
{{cite news | publisher = cbsnews.com | date = July 9, 2007 | title = Senator Caught In "D.C. Madam" Scandal | url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senator-caught-in-dc-madam-scandal/ | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131212132336/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/senator-caught-in-dc-madam-scandal/ | archive-date = December 12, 2013
}}
}}
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<ref name=seattletimes2007-04-29>
{{Cite web | last1=Montes | first1=Sue Anne Pressley | title=Escort-service scandal set to ignite D.C. explosion | url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/escort-service-scandal-set-to-ignite-dc-explosion/ | website=The Seattle Times | access-date=2 April 2018 | date=29 April 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221224400/https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/escort-service-scandal-set-to-ignite-dc-explosion/ | archive-date=21 February 2019 | url-status=live}}</ref>


<ref name=deborahjeanepalfrey2007-09-14>
{{Cite web|url=http://www.deborahjeanepalfrey.com/telephoneRecords.html |title=Deborah Jeane Palfrey - Telephone Records |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914201151/http://www.deborahjeanepalfrey.com/telephoneRecords.html |archive-date=September 14, 2007}}</ref>
<ref name="theind">{{Cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2516738.ece|title=Network refuses to name clients of 'DC madam'|access-date=July 10, 2007|first=Andrew|last=Buncombe|work=[[The Independent]]|location=London|date=May 6, 2007 | archive-date=2007-12-30 |url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230011724/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2516738.ece}}</ref>
<ref name=wapo2014-10-13>
{{Cite news | last1=Murray | first1=Shailagh | title=Senator's Number on 'Madam' Phone List | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/09/AR2007070902030.html | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006054714/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/09/AR2007070902030.html | archive-date=October 6, 2008 | access-date=October 13, 2014 | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=July 10, 2007}}</ref>
<ref name="State2007-04-28" /> Journalist [[Neil Lewis (journalist)|Neil A. Lewis]] reported, in ''The New York Times'', that ''[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'' would not publicize any new names.<ref name="Nytimes2007-05-05" />
<ref name="WTOP050208">{{Cite web | date=May 2, 2008 | url=http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1396668&nid=25 | title=911 tapes released in D.C. Madam's death | publisher=[[WTOP-FM]] | access-date=May 4, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611224251/http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1396668&nid=25 | archive-date=June 11, 2011}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name=Cornell>
{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/supct/rule_22|title=Rule 22. Applications to Individual Justices|last=Staff|first=LII|website=LII / Legal Information Institute|language=en|access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref>
<ref name=UsNews2016-04-07>
{{Cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-04-07/other-dc-madam-associates-discuss-potential-election-bombshell|title=Other D.C. Madam Associates Discuss Potential Election Bombshell|last=Nelson|first=Steven|date=2016-04-07|website=US News & World Report|access-date=2016-04-09}}</ref>
<ref name=NavyTimes-2008-04-10>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/04/navy_palfrey_041008/
| title=Navy officer testifies in D.C. Madam case
| publisher=[[Navy Times]]
| date=2008-04-10
| author=Chris Amos
| accessdate=2010-05-26
| quote=Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Dickinson told federal prosecutors at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that she had sex with nearly every client she met while working for Deborah Jeane Palfrey from October 2005 until April 2006.
}} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navytimes.com%2Fnews%2F2008%2F04%2Fnavy_palfrey_041008%2F&date=2010-05-26 mirror]
</ref>
<ref name=GoErie2008-04-13>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080413/NEWS07/804130455/-1/NEWS
| title=Debt forced Naval officer to become call girl
| publisher=[[Go Erie]]
| date=2008-04-13
| author=Josh Mitchell
| accessdate=2010-05-26
| quote=A Navy officer who testified this week that she moonlighted for an alleged prostitution ring while stationed at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., was nearly $300,000 in debt at the time despite a Navy income of more than $93,000, court records show.
}} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goerie.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20080413%2FNEWS07%2F804130455%2F-1%2FNEWS&date=2010-05-26 mirror]
</ref>
<ref name=WashingtonPost-2008-04-10>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/10/AR2008041002274.html
| title=Navy Officer Took Call Girl Job: Supply Official Testifies She Moonlighted at Escort Service
| publisher=[[Washington Post]]
| date=2010-04-10
| author=Paul Duggan
| accessdate=2010-05-26
| quote=The women were compelled to testify by prosecutors under grants of immunity that prevented them from remaining silent under the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
}} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2008%2F04%2F10%2FAR2008041002274.html&date=2010-05-26 mirror]
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<ref name=Abc2007-05-04>
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<ref name="CNN050508">{{Cite news|date=May 5, 2008|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/05/dc.madam/|title=D.C. Madam: 'There was no way out'|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=May 5, 2008 | archive-date=2016-03-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050309/http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/05/dc.madam/}}</ref>
<ref name="CNN050508">{{Cite news|date=May 5, 2008|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/05/dc.madam/|title=D.C. Madam: 'There was no way out'|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=May 5, 2008 | archive-date=2016-03-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050309/http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/05/dc.madam/}}</ref>
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Deborah Palfrey
Other names * Deborah Jeane Palfrey
  • D. C. Madam
Born 1956-03-18
North Charleroi, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died 2008-05-01
Tarpon Springs, Florida, U.S.
Occupation pimp
Known for It is widely speculated that her "blackbook", currently sealed by the courts, contains the names of hundreds of highly placed individuals in Washington DC

Deborah Palfrey was an American who brokered the sexual services of women in the Washington, D.C. area, commonly called "The DC Madam". It has been widely speculated that her phone records contain the numbers of highly placed Washington insiders.

Thirteen former escorts and three former clients testified at her trial.[1][2][3] The witnesses were compelled to testify, after being granted immunity from prosecution. She was defended by Montgomery Blair Sibley.

Sibley countered with the final judicial remedy he can seek, invoking Supreme Court Rule 22.4[4], a plea to a second associate justice other than the one of original jurisdiction. He chose to file a plea to Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Chris Amos. Navy officer testifies in D.C. Madam case, Navy Times, 2008-04-10. Retrieved on 2010-05-26. “Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Dickinson told federal prosecutors at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that she had sex with nearly every client she met while working for Deborah Jeane Palfrey from October 2005 until April 2006.”
  2. ↑ Josh Mitchell. Debt forced Naval officer to become call girl, Go Erie, 2008-04-13. Retrieved on 2010-05-26. “A Navy officer who testified this week that she moonlighted for an alleged prostitution ring while stationed at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., was nearly $300,000 in debt at the time despite a Navy income of more than $93,000, court records show.”
  3. ↑ Paul Duggan. Navy Officer Took Call Girl Job: Supply Official Testifies She Moonlighted at Escort Service, Washington Post, 2010-04-10. Retrieved on 2010-05-26. “The women were compelled to testify by prosecutors under grants of immunity that prevented them from remaining silent under the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.”
  4. ↑ Rule 22. Applications to Individual Justices.
  5. ↑ Steven Nelson. Other D.C. Madam Associates Discuss Potential Election Bombshell, US News & World Report, 2016-04-07.
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