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SEATTLE TIMES - Former University of Washington basketball player Venoy Overton promised an 18-year-old woman that he'd repay any money she made working as a prostitute "tenfold" after he was drafted by the NBA, according to a criminal charge filed Friday by King County prosecutors. But that felony charge — second-degree promoting prostitution — could short-circuit any professional aspirations the one-time Husky point guard may be harboring after a scandal-marred senior season. The felony charge, which stems from a monthlong investigation, is punishable by a maximum of five years in jail and a $10,000 fine. Overton, 22, is being held in King County Jail in lieu of $150,000 bail pending his June 30 arraignment. Overton, who made headlines earlier this year when he avoided prosecution after a sexual tryst with two teenage girls, was arrested Thursday in South Seattle. According to the charging documents, Overton offered the woman detailed instructions on how to work as a prostitute by walking "the track" on Pacific Highway South. He drove the woman to Kent, told her how to walk, what prices to charge and how many tricks to turn before calling him to pick her up, according to the charges. The woman worked as a prostitute in South King County for three nights last month. She split her money with Overton, who celebrated her first earnings by buying a cigar and filling the tank of his 1995 "UW purple" Chevrolet Caprice, Senior Deputy Prosecutor Sean O'Donnell wrote in the charging documents. Kent police launched the investigation after the woman was arrested May 20 after offering to perform a sex act on an undercover officer for $200. She told police that working as a prostitute was "one of the most degrading things she has ever experienced" but claimed she was strapped for cash and agreed to do it for Overton, whom she considered her boyfriend. The woman told police that she was required to turn over half her earnings to Overton, the charges say...

I'd say this fine upstanding citizen represents just what the NBA needs - more pimps.  Or, maybe this chick could become the newest star of Basketball Wives on VH1.  David Stern must be jiggy with the prospect of this thug joining the league and I say he'll fit right in with all the other punks, deadbeat dads, drug dealers and weapons merchants.  Good luck, Venoy!

From L to R: Maryna Rogozhyna, Natalia Cataraso, Alla Gindin, Rano Rakimova

Four Brooklyn Women Busted In Stamford Prostitution Ring

GOTHAMIST - Stamford police busted an alleged prostitution ring that was being run out of a massage parlor, arresting four Brooklyn women. And they caught them in the act: Lt. Tim Shaw says police armed with a search warrant found two women in rooms with men, one of them in the middle of performing a sexual act. “[We] located condoms throughout the building. They were hidden in false-bottom hairspray cans,” said Shaw. Which is obviously hardcore proof of prostitution! Police had been monitoring the La Rue Estetique Spa for over a month since they several complaints about the massage parlor. The parlor advertised itself on Craigslist as an upscale Russian spa, calling itself "Magic European Touch." According to court records, police believed the massage parlor was a front for prostitution where illegal immigrants might be working as sex slaves. When they raided the parlor on Thursday, officers saw a woman on top of a man in the middle of a sexual act. In the second room, officers saw a woman clad only in a bra next to nude man laying on a massage table. Three of the women from Brooklyn, Rano Rakimova, 24; Maryna Rogozhyna, 29; and Alla Gindin, 39; were all charged with prostitution and operating a massage parlor without a license. The fourth woman, Natalia Cataraso, 41, was identified as the madam of the ring. Records show that Cataraso had been arrested for prostitution in 2004 under the name Natalia Strochkovoskaya, but she pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct. She faces charges of second-degree promoting prostitution, a felony, and operating a massage parlor without a license. The two men who were in the parlor at the time of the raid were also arrested, and issued summonses for patronizing a prostitute.

I've always wondered what it must be like to be one of the dudes who was in the middle of his "sex act" when the cops showed up. What's the move? Do you try to finish? Do you try and run away? Do you tell the cops you're glad they showed up and try to talk your way out of it?

Here's what I'd do. I'd make sure I had a fake police badge in my pants. The minute 5-0 busted in, I'd grab it and act like I was undercover and in on the whole deal. I'd be like, "That's right bitches, we gotcha! Hands behind your backs!  Nice work boys." I mean, it's the only play, right?