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January 31, 2006

Dominatrix Who Did Her Job Too Well Tried for Manslaughter

Filed under: Human Nature, Play — Posted by Irony Queen on January 31st, 2006


Barbara Asher, a 56-year-old dominatrix whose working name was “Mistress Lauren M.” apparently did her job too well, and scared one of her clients to death - literally. As a result of her masterful performance, she was arrested and tried for manslaughter when her client, 53-year-old Michael Lord, had a heart attack and died on the rack. She was acquitted this week, and in a double twist of irony, CNN carried the unfortunate tagline “Dominatrix beats manslaughter rap.”

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www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/30/dominatrix.acquitted.ap/index.html

3 Responses to “Dominatrix Who Did Her Job Too Well Tried for Manslaughter”

  1. Dan Pelletier Says:
    February 1st, 2006 at 12:54 pm

    I don’t know. Jury cuts Dominatrix loose might have been more ironic.

  2. Tom Says:
    February 1st, 2006 at 9:35 pm

    Whee, the judge must be into S & M.

  3. Bill Says:
    March 7th, 2006 at 9:40 am

    Do you think she was stretching the truth at all? (Or just the customer.)

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