I'm really stressed...

[robberbaron4u]

An escort acquaintance who has operated out of New York with residence in that city for several years telephoned to me yesterday from London. Having been picked up for soliciting, he was "detained" for ten days in the Orange County jail and then deported to Great Britain where he has citizenship. He has been banned from the US for a period of five years. His life, by him, is "ruined" and he is starting over at age 27 with "nothing".By his example, "be careful out there" is a caution that should be observed by both provider and  client.

[marylander1940]

14 minutes ago, robberbaron4u said:

An escort acquaintance who has operated out of New York with residence in that city for several years telephoned to me yesterday from London. Having been picked up for soliciting, he was "detained" for ten days in the Orange County jail and then deported to Great Britain where he has citizenship. He has been banned from the US for a period of five years. His life, by him, is "ruined" and he is starting over at age 27 with "nothing".By his example, "be careful out there" is a caution that should be observed by both provider and  client.

Thank you for the information but we need details:

Was it a sting operation?

Was ICE specifically looking for him?

Did he see a client who was an undercover cop?

Where in Orange County did this happen?

Did he open say in his RM ad his nationality? 

One more thing, can you change the name of the thread to: "Escort arrested for prostitution in X"? or something that in the future will make this thread easier to find? 

 

Edited Friday at 02:40 PM by marylander1940

[marylander1940]

I know it would be a hearsay, but we trust you @robberbaron4u !

[maninsoma]

38 minutes ago, robberbaron4u said:

An escort acquaintance who has operated out of New York with residence in that city for several years telephoned to me yesterday from London. Having been picked up for soliciting, he was "detained" for ten days in the Orange County jail and then deported to Great Britain where he has citizenship. He has been banned from the US for a period of five years. His life, by him, is "ruined" and he is starting over at age 27 with "nothing".By his example, "be careful out there" is a caution that should be observed by both provider and  client.

When you refer to Orange County, I assume you mean Orange County in New York.  Or was this guy traveling the US with his face visible on Rentmen, making it more likely that he would be noticed by law enforcement?

Are you "really stressed" about this just because you feel bad for this guy, or because you previously hired him and are worried that you might now be on some law enforcement list as someone to watch?

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

 Hearing only one side of any story is always problematic. In this case, we only know the side of the escort, who certainly related his tale of woe to his client, @robberbaron4u in a way that put him in the most sympathetic light.

However, even if one were to accept the escort's story at face value:

• He violated NY (and probably countless other states) laws by engaging in prostitution.
• He violated US Immigration law (assuming he entered the country as a tourist or student) by working as a prostitute-for-hire. Did he lie to to the Immigration officer when he arrived in the US as to the purpose of his visit? Did he overstay his visa?
• He violated federal and NY (likely other states) tax laws by not reporting his income.

There are probably other laws that the provider violated. 
When you are a guest in someone's home, you follow the rules of your host. If you are not prepared to follow your host's rules, don't be surprised if you are told to leave.

Given all of this, it is surprising that all that he got was 10 days in a county jail and a 5-year ban. The escort should consider himself a lucky young man. Very lucky indeed.

Like some of the previous posters, Bozo is perplexed as to the reasons that the OP is "really stressed". There was no mention that his phone was seized and/or examined. So his clients seem to be in the clear.

BTC
🤡

[marylander1940]

41 minutes ago, BOZO T CLOWN said:

 Hearing only one side of any story is always problematic. In this case, we only know the side of the escort, who certainly related his tale of woe to his client, @robberbaron4u in a way that put him in the most sympathetic light.

However, even if one were to accept the escort's story at face value:

• He violated NY (and probably countless other states) laws by engaging in prostitution.
• He violated US Immigration law (assuming he entered the country as a tourist or student) by working as a prostitute-for-hire. Did he lie to to the Immigration officer when he arrived in the US as to the purpose of his visit? Did he overstay his visa?
• He violated federal and NY (likely other states) tax laws by not reporting his income.

There are probably other laws that the provider violated. 
When you are a guest in someone's home, you follow the rules of your host. If you are not prepared to follow your host's rules, don't be surprised if you are told to leave.

Given all of this, it is surprising that all that he got was 10 days in a county jail and aH 5-year ban. The escort should consider himself a lucky young man. Very lucky indeed.

Like some of the previous posters, Bozo is perplexed as to the reasons that the OP is "really stressed". There was no mention that his phone was seized and/or examined. So his clients seem to be in the clear.

BTC
🤡

He was also a prostitute which is illegal in the USA whether you were born here or not, except in a few counties in Nevada, 

Offering money in exchange for sex (something most of us do) is also illegal. 

Edited Friday at 04:48 PM by marylander1940

[robberbaron4u]

3 hours ago, maninsoma said:

When you refer to Orange County, I assume you mean Orange County in New York.  Or was this guy traveling the US with his face visible on Rentmen, making it more likely that he would be noticed by law enforcement?

Are you "really stressed" about this just because you feel bad for this guy, or because you previously hired him and are worried that you might now be on some law enforcement list as someone to watch?

I am not stressed. He is stressed. 

[marylander1940]

I know it's late in the UK now, but can you ask him about the circumstances of his arrest.

Maybe he could also join, to promote himself and warn others. 

[MikePDNA51]

I do massage not anything illegal 

[marylander1940]

24 minutes ago, MikePDNA51 said:

I do massage not anything illegal 

HE or extras even if YMMV based on how hot the client is are usually considered borderline if not illegal. 

Urban Dictionary: HE

[maninsoma]

2 hours ago, robberbaron4u said:

I am not stressed. He is stressed. 

You started this thread and titled it I'm Really Stressed, so I assumed you were stressed as well as the escort you wrote about.

[robberbaron4u]

On 5/8/2026 at 10:23 AM, SirBillybob said:

Or Orlando?

“Soliciting” is one of those elastic terms, in spite of definitional precision legally, that can range from explicitly negotiating cash for sexual favours with undercover police, to maintaining too much prolonged eye contact within a few hundred metres of a Marriott lobby. “Picked up” suggests more the latter, old school street walking. 

Unfortunate to be so uprooted. If similar work accessible to him in UK at least it’s legal. 

Orlando, Florida.

[robberbaron4u]

On 5/8/2026 at 9:35 AM, marylander1940 said:

Thank you for the information but we need details:

Was it a sting operation?

Was ICE specifically looking for him?

Did he see a client who was an undercover cop?

Where in Orange County did this happen?

Did he open say in his RM ad his nationality? 

One more thing, can you change the name of the thread to: "Escort arrested for prostitution in X"? or something that in the future will make this thread easier to find? 

 

Orlando, Florida. He is a citizen of Great Britain now resident at London; he had been  living in the Trump Tower at NYC as the guest of an "older man".

[marylander1940]

56 minutes ago, robberbaron4u said:

Orlando, Florida. He is a citizen of Great Britain now resident at London; he had been  living in the Trump Tower at NYC as the guest of an "older man".

Was he arrested at home? 

Maybe because of the place where he lives they have some inquiry about his status. 

Was it a single operation or a hotel?

[robberbaron4u]

2 minutes ago, marylander1940 said:

Was he arrested at home? 

Maybe because of the place where he lives they have some inquiry about his status. 

Was it a single operation or a hotel?

He was detained and taken into custody at the Orlando airport; by his representation to me, he had been flagged for pick-up; too, his "e file" had a copy of an old rentmen.eu ad and correspondence from a "high roller" client he thought to be a friend identifying him as a sex worker; that his visitor visa had expired four years ago was not helpful. He was travelling to Orlando for a gig as a stripper at a gay night club in that city.Returned to GB, he is in another "jam" as he has been receiving a government subsidy for a needed medication, a stipulation of the subsidy being residency in the country; that matter is now under investigation. Apparently the US shares information pertinent to  immigration "issues"; as they say, once you are in the system...

[marylander1940]

20 minutes ago, robberbaron4u said:

He was detained and taken into custody at the Orlando airport; by his representation to me, he had been flagged for pick-up; too, his "e file" had a copy of an old rentmen.eu ad and correspondence from a "high roller" client he thought to be a friend identifying him as a sex worker; that his visitor visa had expired four years ago was not helpful. He was travelling to Orlando for a gig as a stripper at a gay night club in that city.Returned to GB, he is in another "jam" as he has been receiving a government subsidy for a needed medication, a stipulation of the subsidy being residency in the country; that matter is now under investigation. Apparently the US shares information pertinent to  immigration "issues"; as they say, once you are in the system...

Thank you!

Now it all makes sense!

He was in the system, and they waited for him to fly in order to catch him. TSA now shares information with ICE as if keeping flights safe and on time wasn't enough. 

[caliguy]

On 5/8/2026 at 1:22 PM, MikePDNA51 said:

I do massage not anything illegal 

Doesn't sound very fun to me. 😛

[+ Gar1eth]

On 5/8/2026 at 11:06 AM, BOZO T CLOWN said:

 Hearing only one side of any story is always problematic. In this case, we only know the side of the escort, who certainly related his tale of woe to his client, @robberbaron4u in a way that put him in the most sympathetic light.

However, even if one were to accept the escort's story at face value:

• He violated NY (and probably countless other states) laws by engaging in prostitution.
• He violated US Immigration law (assuming he entered the country as a tourist or student) by working as a prostitute-for-hire. Did he lie to to the Immigration officer when he arrived in the US as to the purpose of his visit? Did he overstay his visa?
• He violated federal and NY (likely other states) tax laws by not reporting his income.

There are probably other laws that the provider violated. 
When you are a guest in someone's home, you follow the rules of your host. If you are not prepared to follow your host's rules, don't be surprised if you are told to leave.

Given all of this, it is surprising that all that he got was 10 days in a county jail and a 5-year ban. The escort should consider himself a lucky young man. Very lucky indeed.

Like some of the previous posters, Bozo is perplexed as to the reasons that the OP is "really stressed". There was no mention that his phone was seized and/or examined. So his clients seem to be in the clear.

BTC
🤡

@BOZO T CLOWN-you know I love you. But I'm wondering if hypothetically you might have ever 'met' a visitor to our fair shores. And if hypothetically that happened, and we assume the basic story @robberbaron4urelates is true-and the young man in question hasn't hurt or scammed anyone, is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no room for any compassion? 

[robberbaron4u]

57 minutes ago, marylander1940 said:

Thank you!

Now it all makes sense!

He was in the system, and they waited for him to fly in order to catch him. TSA now shares information with ICE as if keeping flights safe and on time wasn't enough. 

By my conversations with him, that is about it as the story goes. 

[marylander1940]

2 minutes ago, robberbaron4u said:

By my conversations with him, that is about it as the story goes. 

That's all we needed to know for the story to make sense, no sting operation, he was the target. 

Many times, threads warning about law enforcement operations lack basic information, in this case it was an immigration target. 

[marylander1940]

1 minute ago, SirBillybob said:

The WhatsApp clip highlights understandable upset but clouds the practical picture. A “subsidy” is usually government picking up part or all of a medication cost at point of pharmacy dispensing, often predicated on financial means testing. A stipend suggests some type of monetary social assistance, also based on accurate representation of financial means, against which any independent earnings are meant to be clawed back.

Having been deported to the United Kingdom, I would assume any of the US-based assistance services are now irrelevant. I don’t think the fellow landing in London with no resources would be disqualified from similar assistance services locally. They tend to be meagre financially but medication needs via NHS programs are likely covered expeditiously. I have had patients in similar jams.

Yes, unfortunately bureaucracy takes time, and he may not be able to get those medicines fast enough. 

1 minute ago, SirBillybob said:

A young man with financially flush contacts arguably should present a GoFundMe-type pitch for transient assistance to soften the landing. Gifts are generally not considered declarable income. 

Or he could just place an ad in RM and go back to work. 

[robberbaron4u]

58 minutes ago, SirBillybob said:

The WhatsApp clip highlights understandable upset but clouds the practical picture. A “subsidy” is usually government picking up part or all of a medication cost at point of pharmacy dispensing, often predicated on financial means testing. A “stipend” suggests some type of monetary social assistance for basic living needs, also based on accurate representation of financial means, against which any independent earnings are meant to be clawed back.

Having been deported to the United Kingdom, I would assume any of the US-based assistance services are now irrelevant and the page is turned on qualification adjudication. I don’t think the fellow landing in London with no resources would be disqualified from similar assistance services locally. They tend to be meagre financially but medication needs via NHS programs are likely covered expeditiously. I have had patients in similar jams, not necessarily deported home but essentially stranded, the source of the circumstances not particularly useful information in activating attention to immediate needs.

A young man with financially flush contacts arguably should present a GoFundMe-type pitch for transient assistance to soften the landing. Gifts are generally not considered declarable income. 

Innocent naïveté may factor in to a commercial sex worker earning income under the residency radar, no contingency fund set aside, then snitched on by a client reporting status delinquency. Poor lad didn’t attend the preparatory seminar. 

The subsidy for his medication was GB not USA generated; GB residency was a qualification for the subsidy; as a matter of fact, he had been residing, exclusively, for a number of years in the USA on a tourist visa and continued to receive  the GB subsidy. He did not receive any US entitlements or subsidies in the course of his residency here; he worked on a "cash paid in hand" basis and did his banking out of suitcase placed under his bed in the Trump Tower.

 

[marylander1940]

4 minutes ago, robberbaron4u said:

The subsidy for his medication was GB not USA generated; GB residency was a qualification for the subsidy; as a matter of fact, he had been residing, exclusively, for a number of years in the USA on a tourist visa and continued to receive  the GB subsidy. He did not receive any US entitlements or subsidies in the course of his residency here; he worked on a "cash paid in hand" basis and did his banking out of suitcase placed under his bed in the Trump Tower.

 

I'm amazed that just for overstaying his tourist visa he was on the radar and ICE was able to find him.

Did he try to change his status? Maybe that's why he was targeted? 

I know someone also overstaying his visa, fortunately he got into the country in 2002 with visa waiver, so far he's been under the radar and flying with his EU passport. Obviously, computers sooner or later might catch up with him. 

[robberbaron4u]

32 minutes ago, marylander1940 said:

I'm amazed that just for overstaying his tourist visa he was on the radar and ICE was able to find him.

Did he try to change his status? Maybe that's why he was targeted? 

I know someone also overstaying his visa, fortunately he got into the country in 2002 with visa waiver, so far he's been under the radar and flying with his EU passport. Obviously, computers sooner or later might catch up with him. 

By his representations to me, he was targeted per a "tip", a competitor, a disgruntled client...he has his suspicions. The interrogator asked him if he had ever been involved in the "escorting" business; his answer was "no"; the interrogator then pulled up his long ago rentmen.eu advertisement following by email correspondence with one or more third parties that evidenced he had been engaged in prostitution. The expired travel visa and that he was en route  had a working gig sans green card was not helpful. Fortunately, the interrogator was sympathic to him; he was detained  without a criminal charge and summarily deported.

[robberbaron4u]

34 minutes ago, SirBillybob said:

Yeah, that’s obviously a very different scenario than I interpreted based on the clip, and is riddled with complications, certainly suggested by a glance at UK’s NHS regulations. Those access conditions based on a national being abroad had, in fact, fuelled my take on what entity was supporting coverage. 

Ontario’s prescription drug coverage program, for example, imposes strict residency status requirements for continuity of eligibility. In Canada, merely switching provincial or territorial residency poses a hassle, and government drug coverage is not perfectly integrated with regional health coverage, one additional reason for having drug reps on speed dial. 

And there you have it...