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patgundPolice raid 3 "temples" in prostitution sting
"Men who frequented the Sacred Temple on Eastlake Avenue East apparently were paying for more than spiritual healing, according to a Seattle police report.
Bail was set at $15,000 on Friday for Vivian Ellis, 43, of Marysville, the owner of Sacred Temple along with two other "temples" in Seattle and Kirkland. She is being held on suspicion of promoting prostitution.
Officers watched the Eastlake business for 10 months before raiding all three locations on Thursday, according to the probable-cause document filed with the court at Ellis' Friday bail hearing. Ellis, who legally changed her name to Rainbow Love, was arrested at her home on Thursday at the same time police were raiding her businesses."
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"After Love's Moon Temple in Renton was raided and shut down by police, she opened two other businesses, according to the probable-cause statement: Moon Temple at 720 Eighth Ave. in Kirkland and Seattle Moon Temple at 10018 Greenwood Ave. N. The documents don't say when the Renton temple was raided."
Yeah, that's just up the street. Wheee....
"Love explained the split: $100 for the provider, $40 for the house and $10 for the "gatekeeper" or receptionist, the document says."
Well, at least the breakdown favors the "provider" more than anything.
"After her arrest, Love allegedly told detectives "that her work is spiritual in nature and that's what the men are seeking," the document says. She said some of her workers "have more energy, and what they do with the men is their own business," though she later added "that she knew that some of the girls may do more than a healing session" with their clients, the document says."
*chuckle* Well, that's one way of describing it.
"Men who frequented the Sacred Temple on Eastlake Avenue East apparently were paying for more than spiritual healing, according to a Seattle police report.
Bail was set at $15,000 on Friday for Vivian Ellis, 43, of Marysville, the owner of Sacred Temple along with two other "temples" in Seattle and Kirkland. She is being held on suspicion of promoting prostitution.
Officers watched the Eastlake business for 10 months before raiding all three locations on Thursday, according to the probable-cause document filed with the court at Ellis' Friday bail hearing. Ellis, who legally changed her name to Rainbow Love, was arrested at her home on Thursday at the same time police were raiding her businesses."
(snip)
"After Love's Moon Temple in Renton was raided and shut down by police, she opened two other businesses, according to the probable-cause statement: Moon Temple at 720 Eighth Ave. in Kirkland and Seattle Moon Temple at 10018 Greenwood Ave. N. The documents don't say when the Renton temple was raided."
Yeah, that's just up the street. Wheee....
"Love explained the split: $100 for the provider, $40 for the house and $10 for the "gatekeeper" or receptionist, the document says."
Well, at least the breakdown favors the "provider" more than anything.
"After her arrest, Love allegedly told detectives "that her work is spiritual in nature and that's what the men are seeking," the document says. She said some of her workers "have more energy, and what they do with the men is their own business," though she later added "that she knew that some of the girls may do more than a healing session" with their clients, the document says."
*chuckle* Well, that's one way of describing it.
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Date: 2009-05-26 01:47 am (UTC)