Doylestown, Pa- from www.philly.com – Susan Finkelstein, whose 15 minutes of fame has finally come to an end after months of notoriety, was found not guilty yesterday of prostitution, but guilty of attempted prostitution by a Bucks County jury in her sex-for- World-Series-tickets trial.

Finkelstein, 44, was accused by Bensalem Township police of offering to trade sex for Phillies World Series tickets last year.

Finkelstein has 10 days to file a motion for appeal, which her attorney, William J. Brennan, said he planned to do. She remains out on bail. She faces 10 days to a year in prison.

Before the defense and prosecution presented their closing arguments, Finkelstein provided the day’s dramatic moment when she took the stand.

“No, I am not a prostitute,” she told Brennan under questioning.

She denied parts of testimony given Wednesday by Officer Michael Brady, the cop who met with Finkelstein at Manny Brown’s in Neshaminy Mall in October.

Brady testified that Finkelstein had said she was open to threesomes and anal sex, and indicated that she had lubricant with her. However, a police search of her purse found none.

The South Philly-born Finkelstein did admit there had been a “flirtatious aspect to the conversation” with Brady.

Brennan questioned the rest of their chat.

He said Brady’s version of the conversation included a reference to “DP” – “dual penetration” with him and his “brother.”

“Did you say that?” Brennan asked Finkelstein.

“No, I did not,” she answered.

Brennan later asked, “Did you say, ‘I’m a prostitute. I’m a whore. I love sex.’? ”

“No, I did not. Neither did I introduce myself as one nor did I say I was one,” Finkelstein testified.

They met at the bar and, after talking about their respective Northeast Philadelphia high school rivalries and their respective dogs, she said Brady soon turned the conversation to sex.

It was a “nonsequitor that sex was brought up,” she told the court.

Still, the George Washington High School graduate complied by telling Brady that she and her husband had “a really great sex life.”

“We’re great friends,” she said.

Brennan said he’ll file post-verdict motions and again ask Judge Albert J. Cepparulo to reconsider his motion for a mistrial.

During that day’s proceedings, Assistant District Attorney Steven Jones “asked a specific question that in pretrial conference was agreed to would not be asked,” Brennan explained.

Finkelstein emerged from Courtroom 4, where the two-day proceedings had taken place, with husband Jack LaVoy and Brennan, who finally let his client speak with the press.

She said she was “obviously disappointed” that she wasn’t acquitted of both prostitution charges.

“I don’t think I did anything illegal at the time and it’s the kind of sense of humor that I have which I guess a lot of people can take the wrong way.”

“Looking forward to the new Phillies season a lot,” she said with a chuckle.

from CBS/AP- A Philadelphia woman accused of offering sexual favors for World Series tickets has been found not guilty of prostitution, but guilty of attempted prostitution.

Susan Finkelstein, 44, took the stand during her trial in Bucks County Court. She said she placed an ad on Craigslist with sexual overtones, but that she’s not a prostitute.

The ad had some apparent double entendres. It described, in part, a “gorgeous, tall, buxom blonde … in desperate need” of the tickets.

Finkelstein says she placed a “goofy” ad on Craigslist and she did hope to use her “feminine wiles” to get tickets.

“I wanted to get Series tickets I could afford,” she told “Early Show” co-anchor Harry Smith in late October. ” … I work in communications and PR (public relations). … I wanted my ad to stand out” among ones soliciting customers for merchandise … (do) why not make it fun and witty?”

Authorities allege Finkelstein met with an undercover Bensalem police officer in October and offered to perform sexual acts in exchange for tickets to the World Series between the Phillies and New York Yankees.

But she says she never offered sexual favors as part of the bargaining.

“The jury was able to see the facts,” Assistant District Attorney Steven Jones told reporters, “and understand what this case was. It was exactly what we said it was. (She) attempted to exchange sex acts for World Series tickets.”