Tampa Escorts In The News!

She’s a call girl. She’s famous. And she’s from Clearwater > Posted by Barbara Hijek on November 17, 2009 06:00 AM
What happens when you wanted to be a physicist and it just didn’t work out?
Well, that’s an easy question. Go to your backup plan. Become a hooker!
It worked for Dr. Brooke Magnanti, AKA Belle de Jour, reports Times of London .
The former Clearwater resident is a 28-year-old call girl who describes her sexual exploits in a blog. It’s reported to be very, very graphic. But then she probably knows a lot of big, complicated words.
See, when she isn’t entertaining millions of readers with her fun takes on paid sex, she has another gig. She also works at the Bristol Initiative for Research of Child Health. Her specialist areas are developmental neurotoxicology and cancer epidemiology. She has a PhD in informatics, epidemiology and forensic science.
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How’d she become a prostitute? She studied anthropology and mathematics in Florida: “I wanted to be a physicist, but that just didn’t work out.”

See the full article from “Sun-Sentinel.com”

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida judge whose legal career ended amid accusations about his relationship with a stripper was sentenced to one year probation for bank fraud.
Thomas E. Stringer was sentenced Friday afternoon in federal court in Tampa.
Stringer resigned from the 2nd District Court of Appeal in February, months after a stripper came forward claiming he helped her hide from creditors by letting her put money into his bank accounts.
He pleaded guilty in August to using false information on a mortgage application for a home in Hawaii.
Stringer was disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court last month.

See the full article from “Daily Report (registration)”

I’m hoping it doesn’t go away because there is no place else like it in Tampa Bay.
For those not familiar, this intimate bar in the office complex on Kennedy Boulevard just before the entrance to the Howard Frankland Bridge always delivered a diverse and interesting mix along with live entertainment. It oozes sophistication without being stuffy, and it’s never a surprise to find athletes and celebrities mingling about. …
He lost his job and he got disbarred, but the fact that former appeals Judge Thomas Stringer got only a $250 fine and a year’s probation for mortgage fraud left me incredulous. Judges should be held to a higher standard. To whom much is given, much is expected. …
Woman accused of choking grandmother? Man who allegedly attacked priest? Clearwater prostitution sting? Just another day in Tampa Bay, I guess. …

See the full article from “Tampabay.com”

A jiggle-loving jurist was sentenced to a year of probation in Florida yesterday for a bank-fraud scheme linked to his Scores stripper girlfriend.
Florida Judge Thomas Stringer was given probation along with a $250 fine after pleading guilty to putting false information on a home-loan application in Hawaii for a house he reportedly bought for New York stripper Christy Yamanaka.
“You are to be commended for admitting your guilt,” US District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich told Stringer, according to the St. Petersburg Times. “I know that was a tough thing to do, but it was the right thing to do.”
The judge also has to pay back the $222,362 that he got for selling the Hawaiian home, the St. Petersburg Times said.

See the full article from “New York Post”

But Stringer avoided any prison time for committing federal bank fraud to help a stripper he had known for years. Instead, he was sentenced to a year of probation, ordered to forfeit $222,000 and fined $250.
The former judge’s professed dedication to community service will now be mandatory, at least for awhile. As part of his sentence, he was ordered to perform 150 hours of community service.
During the brief sentencing hearing, the prosecutor, judge and defense attorneys all agreed Stringer had been punished enough – losing his judgeship, his law license, his reputation and the forfeiture money.
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Stringer’s career began to unravel after stripper Christy Yamanaka told News Channel 8 and The Tampa Tribune about her 13-year relationship with the married judge. She said the relationship had been sexual, but Stringer denied that.

See the full article from “Tampa Tribune”

Former appeals court judge Thomas E. Stringer Sr., who copped a plea in August to federal bank fraud charges for lying on a loan application he had submitted in order to obtain a $350,000 mortgage for a house in Hawaii he bought with a stripper, got a sweetheart deal when he was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Elizabath A. Kovachevich.
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Kovachevich told Stringer, 65, that he was to be commended, apparently for taking the plea deal after prosecutors and the paper trail caught him red handed when the stripper blew the whistle on the former judge.
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Stringer had stated on the loan application that none of the money being used for the down payment was borrowed when in fact he had obtained the cash from the stripper, Christy Yamanaka.

See the full article from “North Country Gazette”

NAPLES A former appellate judge who ruled on Collier and Lee county cases for more a decade was sentenced Friday to probation for bank fraud involving a Hawaiian home he fraudulently purchased with a New York stripper.
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After more than two decades as an appellate judge, Stringer stepped down a month after the Judicial Qualifications Commission filed misconduct charges against him. The JQC alleged he helped the stripper hide her assets and income after a judge threw out her bankruptcy petition and ordered her to pay $315,000.
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It was the stripper who eventually turned against him and went to the media, which ended his unblemished career and prompted the JQC investigation and federal prosecution. The JQC dropped its charges after he stepped down from the bench, agreeing never to be a judge again.

See the full article from “Naples Daily News”

But Stringer avoided any prison time for committing federal bank fraud to help a stripper he had known for years. Instead, he was sentenced to a year of probation, ordered to forfeit $222,000 and fined $250.
The former judge’s professed dedication to community service will now be mandatory, at least for awhile. As part of his sentence, he was ordered to perform 150 hours of community service.
During the brief sentencing hearing, the prosecutor, judge and defense attorneys all agreed Stringer had been punished enough â losing his judgeship, his law license, his reputation and the forfeiture money.
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Stringer’s career began to unravel after stripper Christy Yamanaka told News Channel 8 and The Tampa Tribune about her 13-year relationship with the married judge. She said the relationship had been sexual, but Stringer denied that.

See the full article from “Tampa Tribune”

A former judge whose esteemed legal career ended amid accusations about his relationship with a stripper was sentenced Friday to serve one year of probation for bank fraud.
Thomas E. Stringer, 65, lamented his damaged reputation and the pain he has caused to his family and others.
“I’m deeply sorry for my conduct,” he told U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich, who ordered him to also do 150 hours of community service and pay a fine.
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The former 2nd District Court of Appeal judge resigned in February, months after stripper Christy Yamanaka appeared on a Tampa television station and detailed how Stringer let her put money she made into his bank accounts. That allowed her to hide her income from creditors trying to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.

See the full article from “CBS 4″

Fla. judge linked to stripper sentenced to 1 year probation after pleading guilty to fraud
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida judge whose legal career ended amid accusations about his relationship with a stripper was sentenced to one year probation for bank fraud.
Thomas E. Stringer was sentenced Friday afternoon in federal court in Tampa.
Stringer resigned from the 2nd District Court of Appeal in February, months after a stripper came forward claiming he helped her hide from creditors by letting her put money into his bank accounts.
He pleaded guilty in August to using false information on a mortgage application for a home in Hawaii.
Stringer was disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court last month.

See the full article from “Los Angeles Times”