Một số Việt tỵ nạn cứ nghĩ mình là công dân Mỹ rồi, lỡ có phạm tội chỉ "ở tù" là cùng. Họ không biết quốc tịch mà mình có (US Naturalization) chỉ là đặc ân, vì một lý do nào sẽ bị truất bỏ. (trừ phi sinh tại Mỹ đó mới là công dân thứ thiệt. Cách đây khoảng 20 năm, sự hiểu lầm đó đã khiến một số cha mẹ Việt không răn đe con cái thanh thiếu niên đừng vướng mắc vào trộm cướp, hút xách, băng đảng để đến lúc vào vòng lao lý thì đã quá muộn (Chưa bang giao với CSVN thì chưa có chuyện) Trường hợp dưới đây "Tú bà Manhattan" nếu bị kết tội, có thể bị trục xuất về nguyên quán là Scotland bên Anh Cát Lợi.
'Manhattan Madam' sentenced to six months in jail as lawyer claims she was trapped by sting in which undercover cop watched two women have sex
- Anna Gristina, 45, who admitted promoting prostitution in New York for 15 years, has been sentenced to six months in jail followed by five years probation
- Her lawyer said she was trapped by a sting in which an undercover cop watched two prostitutes have sex
- Gristina netted an estimated $10 million (£6.4 million) from her business, which was said to include a roster of wealthy clients
- The wife and mother of four often referred to as the 'Manhattan Madam' may now be deported as a result of her conviction
The infamous mother of four who admitted to running a prostitution ring in New York has been sentenced to six months in jail followed by five years probation.
U.S. prosecutors said Anna Gristina, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, living in Monroe, New York, was the madam of a Manhattan sex service for 15 years.
The 45-year-old mother first claimed she ran a dating service, but later admitted to the single charge of promoting prostitution as part of a plea deal at Manhattan Supreme Court on September 26.
When Acting Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan asked Gristina if she had anything to say in court on Tuesday, November 20, she replied, 'It's probably better that I don't, Your Honor.'
Merchan handed Gristina the six-month jail term followed by five years probation, the District Attorney`s Office said.
She may now be deported as a result of the conviction.
Her sentence stems from an incident in July 2011 when authorities say Gristina set up a rendezvous between two female prostitutes and an undercover police officer posing as a client.
Prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney's office caught her on tape arranging for the officer to watch the two prostitutes have sex in her E. 78th St. brothel.
Gristina was arrested in February as she was leaving a fundraising meeting for her business, prosecutors said.
Jail time: Gristina, who pleaded guilty in September to promoting a high-end, sex-for-pay prostitution ring, was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail with an additional fiove years' probation
Prosecutors said their five-year investigation revealed that Gristina netted an estimated $10 million (£6.4 million) from her business, which was said to include a roster of wealthy clients.
Despite her plea, she insists she never crossed the line, and blames her friends and alleged accomplice Janie Mae Baker for turning on her.
'Sometimes people get great deals for being state’s witnesses, for being rats,' her defense attorney Norman Pattis said in court on Tuesday. 'I think in this case Ms. Baker decide to flip and roll over to get a deal.'
Pattis said Gristina had entertained the thought of recanting her plea in favor of going to trial.
Gristina resides with her family on a 12-acre property in Monroe, which is about 50 miles (80km) north of New York City.
She previously spent time helping abandoned pet pigs find new homes, her lawyers said.
She housed any number that were unwanted and kept them as pets, they said.
Gristina told friends and family members in Scotland that she worked in internet marketing and had a sideline gig as a real estate agent.
Double life: The suburban home Gristina and Kelvin Gorr live in with their son Nicholas and their pigs and dogs in Monroe, upstate New York
Unusual pet: One of the six pot-bellied pigs Gristina keeps at her home, which houses many rescue animals
Over the years neighbours reported black chauffeur-driven limos dropping of clients at all times of the day and night. Gristina's employees reportedly included many Playboy and Penthouse models.
Not so discreet: Gristina proudly showed off pictures of her younger husband Gorr posing half naked with her on a school reunion website
'There is nothing glamorous about prostitution,' Erin Duggan of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said in a written statement. 'Anna Gristina rented women’s bodies for profit, which makes her a pimp. That also makes her a felon, and the court has now issued that judgment.'
Gristina's husband, Kelvin Gorr, said there was a 'sense of relief that it’s over.'
'This was in the best interest of the kids, just to start over and move on,' he said.
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