“The Academy” (see my book, Indecent:  How I Make It And Fake It As A Girl For Hire) just got BUSTED.

I hope none of my friends were working at the time.

Honestly, I’m surprised it took so long.  Management was making some really dumb decisions and a significant portion of the prostitutes who worked there did not believe that what they were doing was against the law, due to the quasi-Eastern “spirituality” mumbo-jumbo in which the sexual services were veiled.  Most of the practitioners knew exactly what the clients were paying for (hint:  would you like your root chakra adjusted a little faster, baby?) but a sizable percentage of them believed that by paying lip service to the spiritual stuff, they’d be protected against prosecution.  Unfortunately–whether you call it a “donation” or not–accepting money for sexual service is against the law, whether you’re wearing a sari or a g-string (and usually, we wore both). 

Furthermore, operating a whorehouse (pimping and pandering) is a great big federal offense, and I have no idea if management was square with the IRS but my guess is that as a “church,” they were probably playing pretty fast and loose with their taxes.  The individual operators, of course, have always been responsible for their own tax reporting–but if the feds demand records, a lot of women could be in a lot of trouble.

I am fascinated to see where this goes.

[EDIT:  Thanks to Dafnagreer for the tip-off.]

[2nd EDIT:  Oh man, there's more.  Yikes.]