A procession of women continued to take the stand Wednesday in the D.C. Madam case, publicly revealing what had been kept secret — that they engaged in sex for money.
Five former call girls testified in the racketeering case against Deborah Jean Palfrey, each with similar stories.
Carolyn McGuire, 42, answered an advertisement for Palfrey’s business, Pamela Martin and Associates, in 2003. She mailed Palfrey a photo, a copy of her D.C. driver’s license and a letter describing herself. She wrote she had a college degree in applied physics, she said, because she was told to create a persona the service could describe to customers.
McGuire has since forgotten her professional alias, but she remembers her first time. It was with one of Palfrey’s regulars as part of her job interview.
She met the man at his Woodbridge apartment. He had a yappy dog that he put into the kitchen. They talked for a few minutes, then went into his bedroom and had sex.
She phoned Palfrey. McGuire was hired and placed on the schedule, three nights a week, about two or three men a night.
One time, McGuire and Palfrey got into an argument because McGuire refused to work while she was menstruating.
According to McGuire, Palfrey told her, “Get one of those O.B. tampons and get creative.”
McGuire quit after three months.
“It was a terribly unpleasant experience,” McGuire said.
David Lee, 35, testified that he used the service more than 100 times over three years during his mid-20s. It was during this period that authorities committed him to a mental institution for sexual addiction and depression.
He once asked Palfrey how much money she earned.
“These days if you’re not making more than $100,000 a year, you’re not doing very well,” Lee testified she said.
