Sixty-one area residents — including prominent attorneys, business owners and a senior editor for the Odessa American — slogged into rain-soaked Salinas Park throughout the morning Tuesday to surrender as suspects in a yearlong prostitution investigation.
Warrants remained outstanding Tuesday night for another 13 suspects who didn’t show up at the Odessa Police Department’s makeshift booking station in the park — including one for a former ECISD board member.
In all, the 74 people — seven women and 67 men — made arrangements to turn themselves in to face charges in the local and federal investigation.
The investigation focused on activities at The Healing Touch massage parlor, 3631 N. Dixie Blvd., and Middessa Therapy, 810 E. Eighth St.
Among those charged is attorney and community volunteer Scott Tidwell, who faces two Class A misdemeanor charges of promoting prostitution.
Former Deputy District Attorney Lee Hadden was charged with three counts of misdemeanor B prostitution. Hadden was asked to resign from the DA’s office shortly after the investigation came to public attention in late May.
The others on the list were charged with one count each of misdemeanor B prostitution. Full Story...

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Foreign strippers planning to dance in Canadian clubs must now provide photos of themselves with no clothes on to qualify for a visa for Canada.

The Canadian Embassy in Mexico says "stage photos during performances are required.''

Immigration officers are having to pore through naked pictures of hundreds of exotic dancers to keep imposters out of Canada.

In a memo to fellow visa officers around the world, officials say if a dancer passes the no-clothes test, they may then require a police certificate or medical examination. Full Story...

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British television is to sink to new lows with a reality game show based upon the exploits of a group of porn stars living in a Big Brother-style house.

Private Stars, which has been inspired by Channel 4's hugely successful Big Brother series, centres on the experiences of five female porn models who are locked in a house with five male members of the public.

The programme, which will run on cable and satellite television for 10 episodes next month, promises to go further than other reality programmes by offering "the real thing" in terms of sexual behaviour.

The contestants will be screened 24 hours a day as they produce their own X-rated porn film. The five men in the show, including one Briton, will be judged on their abilities to perform sexually with the women. Those judged to have done most poorly will be voted out, one by one, until a winner emerges. He will be awarded a full-time contract with a porn film producer. Full Story...

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