Nice la Presse Article on XO this morning

[MtlGuyNow]

I wonder what happened to the original poster. They dropped a bomb and fled the scene, never to be seen or heard from again.

The thread has become nothing more than a vehicle for the cast of characters on Merb to vent their rage and point fingers at one another. Entertainment at its finest and very informative about the character of many Merbites.

I am confident the original poster is sitting back with some popcorn and beer and enjoying the spectacle this thread has become.

It’s a psychology experiment.
You can read the analysis next month in Psychology Today

 

[MtlGuyNow]

Hey EB, do you recall JuliesNYC back in the day? That agency got busted in early 2005. Julie Moya raked in millions, but the DA trumped up charges of her employing a 17 year old. The real story is the girl used fake ID, and when Julie found out, they jettisoned her. The underage may have worked a month or so. And that 17 year old was introduced to Julie by one of her girls, swearing she was 19.

I always found the girls there to be on the older side, 26+, some early 30s, so I was amused when I read the DA charging her with employing underage escorts. I was paranoid because I was a regular and never suspected the agency would employ anyone underage. But competing agencies helped bring her down, and apparently Julie stopped greasing some LE who helped her stay open for years and years.

The only clients arrested were those present during the bust. And Julie had like five locations around the city. Julie’s was best deal in town, Montreal quality and more for 250.

I have no doubt XO management are scum bags and I’m sure many allegations are true. But it’s also possible a lot of stuff is really embellished to help prosecute the case. These are heinous allegations, but let’s step back and assume many are true, many aren’t. Regardless, human depravity like what I’m reading never ceases to amaze me.

LE isn’t going after XO clients unless those clients saw an underage girl. That I’m fairly certain of, unless I’m missing something.

Everyone predicted other agencies in NYC would falll after Julie’s got busted. The opposite happened. So many opened to fill the gap.

One final amusing point which I heard from a Julie’s escort at the time whom I saw on the side post-bust. When it became evident a close friend and relative of one of the prosecutors was a regular at Julie’s, of course the sweet plea bargain came into play, with Julie agreeing never to reveal a “client list.”

Every case is different, but my guess is you’ll never see an XO client list unless prosecutors have a mark on a high profile person (eg Elliot Spitzer).

Google Julie Moya. Fascinating read. She did a bit of time…and of course she re-opened under a different brand a couple years later.

What is the maximum penalty for these specific charges? There are no charges laid for rape, abuse, use of minors etc.

Trump will pardon them.

 

[MtlGuyNow]

Tell me again after you see my invoices and receipts and the thousands in GST/QST I send the government every quarter. And don’t start me on taxes installments every quarter. Tell me again then that I don’t know what I am talking about.

I am speaking on my behalf even though you are quoting Luna.

It’s time client stop thinking escorts can’t do maths and that we’re above taxes.

You are unique.
A 100% cash business that declares 100% of their income defies gravity.

 

[Giselle Montreal]

You are unique.
A 100% cash business that declares 100% of their income defies gravity.

I am not unique, many of my peers are doing the same as me. And my business is not 100% cash, but that's another conversation.

 

[MtlGuyNow]

Why does LE want clients to stop seeing escorts? Like, why now, unless I missed an announcement? And that would mean Independents would be at risk nearly as much as agencies, as LE could watch clients entering even a residence.

I think we’ve all jumped the shark here. Back to regularly scheduled programming. Be safe. Have fun. There’s not a sex cop around every corner waiting with cuffs.

Easier & more efficient to target an Agency with 50 people working out of a dozen apartments in a few buildings with thousands of clients than surveille ~50 apartments of Indys who are not breaking the law as it stands.
Agencies are technically breaking the law, will get no sympathy & LE gets more bang for the loonie and a flashy headline, especially if there’s a minor age issue.
A few years ago the consensus was these busts happened every few years off island before elections. Something has changed as this underage incident was years back.

 

[Verbal Kint]

I think Le knows. A lot more then we think they do.
We might be crafty, but they're not dumb.
A police investigator once told me:
Kid, you wanna go on that path? Understand that as a criminal; you will always need to be lucky. As a cop; I'll only need to be lucky once!

They keep the structures that are in place because it keeps the peace.
Because you don't want to create a vacuum with random new commers that might be worst then their predecessors.
It's the same with drugs and some other illegal activities...
You stick to what is in place and most likely kicks you a couple bucks to look the other way.
It is not a line of work that will go away. It has been around before you and I, and will be in place after you and I have long gone.
If you start scaring everyone, you drive the business underground and make it even harder for Le to keep an eye on.
You put Sw back at risks of even more abuses. That defeats the very purpose of the law format that is in place, and the progress that has been made over the years.

Let's not forget; Xo went from #1 agency to not even posting on merb in a short span of time.
What happened? Let your imagination run wild. Greed?
It started a backline of chatter back to LE.
Underage girls and abuses we're mentioned.
Media got involved.
Someone put pressure.
LE pulled the plug.

A new one will rise and the cycle continues.
I am curious of what will come from the trial. My guess is: Dried up ink somewhere on page twenty eight of an old news paper, floatting in the wind.

But did it keep underage from getting involved? Yes!
Did it Highlights abuses, thus helping present Sw? Yes!
Is it all pink, sunshine and rainbows? No!
But it serves as a reminder, and it makes us talk... A lot.