Heidi Fleiss
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 Heidi Fleiss (right) on her "sex tips" DVD cover. |
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| Born: | December 30, 1965 Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California |
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| Occupation: | Hollywood madam |
| Website: | http://www.heidifleiss.com |
Heidi Lynne Fleiss (born December 30, 1965), known as the "Hollywood Madam", was an American madam. She was convicted in connection with her prostitution ring with charges including pandering and tax evasion. Her ring had numerous famous and wealthy clients, including Charlie Sheen. She was sentenced to 37 months in prison for tax evasion, (pandering charges were dropped) but served just 21.
Her father, Doctor Paul M. Fleiss is a famous Intactivist (one who opposes circumcision). He was convicted of money laundering in connection with the sex crimes of his daughter, and sentenced to one day in prison, three years of probation and 625 hours of community service.
In 1995, Nick Broomfield made a documentary about her ring called Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam. 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.
In 2003, Fleiss accused her ex-boyfriend, actor Tom Sizemore, of domestic violence and other threatening behavior. Sizemore was convicted by a California jury of domestic violence, making criminal threats, and making obscene phone calls.
In 2004, she sold the rights to her story to Paramount Studios for USD$5 million. She is the owner of the West Hollywood boutique "Hollywood Madam".
She resides in Beverly Hills and is a periodic guest on Fox News programs.
Fleiss is currently featured in Maxim Magazine's "Ask Heidi".
Fleiss is planning to build a legal brothel in Nevada that is an exact replica of the White House [1][2]
Fleiss has also recently announced plans to open a brothel in Pahrump, Nevada called "Heidi Fleiss' Stud Farm."[3]
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She was referenced in the song "The Wrong Band" by singer-songwriter Tori Amos: "I think it's perfectly clear we're in the wrong band/Heidi says she'll be sincere as much as she can/I called her up and I said You know that I'm drowning/Put on your raincoat again/'Cause even the sun's got a price on it." Fleiss and Amos were friends in Los Angeles in the 1980s when Amos was a hair-metal singer.
She appears in Cowboy by Kid Rock: "Palm trees and weeds' scabbed knees and rice / Get a map to the stars’ find Heidi Fleiss."
She is referenced in Peaches "Two Guys (For Every Girl)."
Fleiss was referenced in Eric Idle's FCC Song, in which he said, "Five thousand bucks a fuck, so I'm really out of luck. That's more than Heidi Fleiss was charging me,", ridiculing the FCC for fining more money to say the word “fuck” then one would actually pay to have sex.
In an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is featured a "Showbiz Madam Trial", which is most likely a reference to Heidi Fleiss (who is known as the "Hollywood Madam").
She is also referenced in the Don McClaskey song, "The King of Discount Ho's"
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She is also mentioned in Tori Amos' song The Wrong Band from her 1994 album Under The Pink.
