A Cautionary Tale

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Although it involves a female escort, this story is almost too hard to believe. The moral seems to be that if you are going to tape the session, don't steal the drugs after the client dies!

 

 

 

Former exotic dancer gets jail in videotape sex-death case

John Cote, Chronicle Staff Writer

 

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

 

(05-09) 14:03 PDT REDWOOD CITY -- A former exotic dancer from Pleasanton was sentenced to a year in jail today after she was caught on videotape doing drugs and having sex with a Pacifica man who died of a heart attack during their romp at his home.

 

The video camera, which the pair had set up to record their escapades, taped the 43-year-old man's death and then captured Nicole Lynn Faller, 31, moving his body around, including dragging it out of the room, before calling 911 about five minutes later, prosecutors said.

 

As she waited for paramedics, Faller, on parole for a felony drunken-driving conviction, was videotaped pocketing the man's remaining drugs, prosecutors said -- about 5 grams of methamphetamine.

 

The incident March 18, 2006, was the latest legal problem for Faller, who was convicted of twice driving under the influence in 2001 and had her parental rights stripped before being sentenced to prison in April 2002 on the second DUI, San Mateo County prosecutors said.

 

"I'd really like to get some help," Faller told Judge John Grandsaert during her sentencing today in Superior Court. "This almost cost me my marriage. I've pretty much lost everything."

 

Faller pleaded no contest in January to one felony count of drug possession in the videotape case. Under the plea deal, she faced a maximum of 32 months in prison. Prosecutors dropped two other minor drug-related counts, and Faller was not charged with causing the man's death.

 

Faller had initially faced up to six years in prison under California's "three strikes" law because she had a previous strike for her second DUI conviction, in which she struck a Caltrans worker with her car in September 2001, breaking his leg, prosecutor Ivan Nightengale said.

 

"Simply put, she's a dangerous, reckless individual," Nightengale told the judge.

 

Defense attorney Raymond Buenaventura argued that Faller needed psychiatric and substance abuse treatment, not prison time.

 

"She has a history of mental health problems that have compounded her issues," Buenaventura said. "She has nightmares about what happened."

 

Grandsaert agreed to not consider the previous strike conviction in Faller's current case, noting the rehabilitation steps she had taken since being released on $10,000 bail.

 

"She has clearly wreaked havoc on people around her," Grandsaert said, but her "efforts prove she is amenable to probation."

 

The judge sentenced Faller to one year in county jail and three years' probation and required her to complete a residential drug treatment program.

 

Faller was handcuffed and taken into custody in the courtroom, turning to mouth "bye" to a man who had accompanied her.

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>>(05-09) 14:03 PDT REDWOOD CITY -- A former exotic dancer from

>Pleasanton was sentenced to a year in jail today after she was

>caught on videotape doing drugs and having sex with a Pacifica

>man who died of a heart attack during their romp at his home.

>

>

>The video camera, which the pair had set up to record their

>escapades, taped the 43-year-old man's death and then captured

>Nicole Lynn Faller, 31, moving his body around, including

>dragging it out of the room, before calling 911 about five

>minutes later, prosecutors said.

>

>As she waited for paramedics, Faller, on parole for a felony

>drunken-driving conviction, was videotaped pocketing the man's

>remaining drugs, prosecutors said -- about 5 grams of

>methamphetamine.

>

>The incident March 18, 2006, was the latest legal problem for

>Faller, who was convicted of twice driving under the influence

>in 2001 and had her parental rights stripped before being

>sentenced to prison in April 2002 on the second DUI, San Mateo

>County prosecutors said.

>

>"I'd really like to get some help," Faller told Judge John

>Grandsaert during her sentencing today in Superior Court.

>"This almost cost me my marriage. I've pretty much lost

>everything."

>

>Faller pleaded no contest in January to one felony count of

>drug possession in the videotape case. Under the plea deal,

>she faced a maximum of 32 months in prison. Prosecutors

>dropped two other minor drug-related counts, and Faller was

>not charged with causing the man's death.

>

>Faller had initially faced up to six years in prison under

>California's "three strikes" law because she had a previous

>strike for her second DUI conviction, in which she struck a

>Caltrans worker with her car in September 2001, breaking his

>leg, prosecutor Ivan Nightengale said.

>

>"Simply put, she's a dangerous, reckless individual,"

>Nightengale told the judge.

>

>Defense attorney Raymond Buenaventura argued that Faller

>needed psychiatric and substance abuse treatment, not prison

>time.

>

>"She has a history of mental health problems that have

>compounded her issues," Buenaventura said. "She has nightmares

>about what happened."

>

>Grandsaert agreed to not consider the previous strike

>conviction in Faller's current case, noting the rehabilitation

>steps she had taken since being released on $10,000 bail.

>

>"She has clearly wreaked havoc on people around her,"

>Grandsaert said, but her "efforts prove she is amenable to

>probation."

>

>The judge sentenced Faller to one year in county jail and

>three years' probation and required her to complete a

>residential drug treatment program.

>

>Faller was handcuffed and taken into custody in the courtroom,

>turning to mouth "bye" to a man who had accompanied her.

>

>

>"This almost cost me my marriage." Let's see, run down a man, share drugs with a trick who dies while you videotape the act, steal the drugs, keep the videotape, 2 DUI. Man she is a catch.

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RE: Yet Another Tale

 

Look both ways applies to millionaires, too:

Real estate mogul critically injured in hit-and-run

 

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By VERONIKA BELENKAYA, ALISON GENDAR and ROBERT F. MOORE

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

 

Wednesday, May 9th 2007, 12:35 PM

 

 

A 42-year-old real estate mogul who was about to be sentenced for tax fraud was critically injured in Manhattan early this morning after getting mowed down by a hit-and-run driver just outside an upscale gay bar, police said.

 

Steven Green left Club Posh about 1:30 a.m. and was walking toward his chauffeured Rolls Royce when a black car hit him in the middle of W. 51st St. between Ninth and Tenth Aves.

 

The driver sped off, leaving Green bleeding on the ground in front of horrified witnesses. At least one of the onlookers ran after the fleeing vehicle, possibly a livery cab, to get what police said was a partial license plate.

 

Green, who is worth about $80 million, was rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital in lower Manhattan, where friends were praying for his recovery.

 

"As soon as he stepped in the street, the car hit him," said Jason Lopez, owner of Posh. "He flew 15 feet."

 

The Connecticut man had been at the club about 40 minutes, buying drinks for himself and five friends. Green was walking with another man when the cowardly driver ran him down.

 

Police said the passenger-side mirror of the hit-and-run vehicle was still at the scene after the wreck. The car may also have damage to its right side.

 

Green pleaded guilty in February to federal income tax fraud and falsifying records to obtain a $9 million loan. Sentencing in front of a Florida judge was pending.