A provider I saw months ago was recently busted.  Will LE go after all her previous clients for witnesses?  

Or are they simply satisfied with shutting down her operation?

The pattern in criminal law is to "go up the ladder."  The preference is to bust dealers over users, bookies over gamblers, etc.  That is why the pattern would be for providers not customers.  The "pro" is always considered the more serious offender.

Also, making the case against the customer would be hard.  At most, if she doesn't testify, they have a phone number with a bunch of calls.  Not sufficient to pass a preliminary hearing.  

Even if she testified, in most states she would be an accomplice and you need more evidence than accomplice testimony, which would be hard to get.

On the other hand, they may just be nasty and release a phone book for humiliation purposes, but the odds of them trying to make a bust are not minimal.

She'll probably get the equivilent of a traffic ticket and a fine.  As long as she isn't busted again while on probation, she'll be fine and it's very unusual for the cops to collect info (assuming she still has any) on clients.

They can't really do anything with that info except maybe call you to put a scare in you.

Now, if she is running an agency, that's a bit trickier.  They often keep names and numbers and there have been some high profile cases where these names leaked out.

Do you know the circumstance of the bust and where is occurred?  I'd be especially interested to know if she screened and the cops are getting more clever about appearing to be non-LE in order to short circuit the screening process.

(still not a lawyer)

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I agree with Mr. Fisher about knowing the circumstances of the bust.  If she did a thorough screening job I'd love to know the latest on LE's tricks.

I am sorry to hear about her being arrested though.

but he has done what every attorney dreads: forgetting to put in a "not".....

Senators, Congressmen and Clergy.

As for the rest of you I will take your secrets to the grave, although I may write a book...

Giggle,
TS Jamie  

Oh, my original point.  MrFisher as usual sounds correct with his advice.  Depending upon the state and charges it will usually be either plead to something like disorderly conduct ala Senator Craig  (I'm sorry that story is just too funny - from Ida"hoe" even...) or dismissed outright with perhaps a charge for "court costs."

I'm in the same boat. Just saw on the news my ATF was arrested 2 days after I saw her. Turns out she just started her own agency a month or 2 ago and hired 16yo girls, claiming they were 19 (allegedly). From what she told me, one of the girls was a lot more trouble than she was worth so she basically fired her. This girl then went to the police and ratted the agency out.

I've been hiding in the dark since waiting for a knock on the door!

From what little I have read here so far, as long as my relations with this agency were always with the owner and all we ever did was sit and talk or had a private strip show. I'm hoping I should be ok?? Honestly, I never even asked about the other girls, wasn't interested.

Curious if they might call to try and build a case even against her?? What do I do ????????

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14069270/detail.html

But I wouldn't be too concerned with being arrested if you never met with the 16 y/o.  Hopefully your ATF doesn't keep detailed records, but it's still a he-said she-said deal.  Fortunately, this is one of those crimes where you almost have to be caught in the act to be arrested.

She's in deep sh*t though.  Pimping underage girls is a big offense. $150K in bail?  I think jail time is in her future.