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| Anna Gristina pleads guilty to promoting prostitution in New York | Anna Gristina pleads guilty to promoting prostitution in New York |
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| A suburban mother of four charged with moonlighting as a multimillion-dollar madam pleaded guilty Tuesday to promoting prostitution. | A suburban mother of four charged with moonlighting as a multimillion-dollar madam pleaded guilty Tuesday to promoting prostitution. |
| The Scotland-born Anna Gristina made the plea in Manhattan court. The judge said she'll be sentenced November 20 to time served and probation as part of a plea deal. The judge warned she could also be deported. | The Scotland-born Anna Gristina made the plea in Manhattan court. The judge said she'll be sentenced November 20 to time served and probation as part of a plea deal. The judge warned she could also be deported. |
| She spent four months in jail before being released on $250,000 bond in June. | She spent four months in jail before being released on $250,000 bond in June. |
| Prosecutors had said Gristina, who now lives in Monroe, had a roster of wealthy, well-placed clients and boasted of law-enforcement connections during 15 years in a business that made her millions. She had said she was merely starting a dating service. | Prosecutors had said Gristina, who now lives in Monroe, had a roster of wealthy, well-placed clients and boasted of law-enforcement connections during 15 years in a business that made her millions. She had said she was merely starting a dating service. |
| She had been charged with a single count of promoting prostitution, stemming from a July 2011 tryst that authorities say she arranged involving two women and an undercover officer posing as a client. | She had been charged with a single count of promoting prostitution, stemming from a July 2011 tryst that authorities say she arranged involving two women and an undercover officer posing as a client. |
| Gristina was arrested February 22 as she left a friend's Morgan Stanley office after a fundraising meeting for her business, prosecutors said. | Gristina was arrested February 22 as she left a friend's Morgan Stanley office after a fundraising meeting for her business, prosecutors said. |
| Gristina said in court papers that investigators told her they'd let her go if she gave them information about five men – not named in her filings, but described as a financier, an international banker and a member of a politically connected family, among others. | Gristina said in court papers that investigators told her they'd let her go if she gave them information about five men – not named in her filings, but described as a financier, an international banker and a member of a politically connected family, among others. |
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