The Upper East Side woman dubbed the Mommy Madam for allegations she ran a high-cost escort agency is set to go to court in October, a judge said on Thursday, and unlike her co-defendant, she can't take a plea deal because it would mean she could be deported.
The New York Post promises "a ribald round of 'Name That John'" with details offered up from the accused Upper East Side madam's alleged little black book. Except the details are so minimal as to be almost amusing.
Due to financial complications related to her continued stay in Rikers and the charge of promoting prostitution that's keeping her there, Anna Gristina has been forced to give up the majority of her much-adored pigs.
There's another article about Anna Gristina in the paper that makes us wonder if the editors have decided to go a bit harder on the Mommy Madam—and if that's the case, if it has anything to do with the claims of last week that the paper and the madam are friends.
The New York Post's Jeane MacIntosh has come forward to admit that "Anna Gristina, the notorious soccer mom madam, does have a relationship with someone at the New York Post. It's me."
Reading the New York Post's coverage of the Mommy Madam case, one might've been tempted to say that the editors of that paper are in her camp. The New York Observer's Foster Kamer has suggested an explanation: Col Allan, editor of the New York Post, is friends with the Mommy Madam herself.
John Edwards' attorneys have threatened litigation against local news website DNAinfo after the site published a report Thursday about the former senator and presidential candidate, according to the site's managing editor.
After days of headline sabbatical, there's more on the Mommy Madam case. A call girl working for the alleged madam, Anna Gristina, said she was paid to have sex with John Edwards.
We're back in business with the Mommy Madam story: Jaynie Mae Baker, the matchmaker accused of being Anna Gristina's second in command, turned herself in Tuesday.
Despite yesterday's item in the New York Post offering hope that the Upper East Side "Mommy Madam" might be released on bail after her lawyer Peter Gleason offered up his TriBeCa loft toward her bond of $2 million, what we get instead is legal drama.
The Upper East Side 'Mommy Madam' who has been the focus of the tabloids for days -- and in Rikers since February 22 on a charge of promoting prostitution -- may be released.
The Upper East Side "Mommy Madam" is still the focus of the tabloids, with an exclusive interview with her, from Rikers no less, in the New York Post.
As predicted, the story of the "Mommy Madam" has continued to unleash tabloid-ready twists and turns. But what about the building itself where the alleged prostitution occurred?
The Upper East Side "Mommy Madam," Anna Gristina, 44, who was charged yesterday with promoting prostitution is getting a lot of attention in the tabloids today. While no client list has been released, the details coming out about Gristina's personal life are fascinating.
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