from www.detnews.com – Here’s an A to Z look at the Miami Companions escort service, which was busted in Detroit. Co-owner Greg Carr just pled guilty in federal court in Detroit:
“Antonella”: The touring name of Miami Companions escort Fabiola Contreras. She is charged with conspiracy to coerce and entice prostitution. She joined Miami Companions in 2008 as a $500/hour prostitute and is dating Greg Carr.
BootyLift Jeans: Greg Carr spent some of the Miami Companions riches on a company called BootyLift Jeans. The company peddled pants packed with elastic stitching to do “for your booty what the Wonderbra does for your bustline.”
Clients: Metro Detroit clients spent more than $167,000 for sex between March 2007 and January 2009, according to federal prosecutors.
Destitute: Greg and his now ex-wife, Laurie Carr, filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Sept. 30, 2009, listing more than $2.6 million in liabilities.
Estranged: Laurie Carr pleaded guilty Oct. 22 to conspiracy to coerce and entice prostitution and conspiracy to commit money laundering and agreed to cooperate against her ex-husband.
FCG Multiple Services: The company was used by Miami Companions to allegedly launder profits. The company was headed by Fabiola Contreras.
Group therapy: A $600 option available to high rollers who wanted a menage a trois at the sex ring’s beach house in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Heyday: At its peak, Miami Companions escorts had sex with 100 clients a day, according to the feds.
Income: The feds say Miami Companions raked in more than $4 million, which fueled a lavish lifestyle for the Carrs.
Jaguar: The Carrs spent some of that money on luxury vehicles, including a 2008 Jaguar XKR convertible and a 2009 Infiniti FX50 crossover.
Klieg lights: In June 2007, Laurie Carr pitched TV executives a series based on their escorts’ real-life sexploits. One time, according to the pitch, a client dropped dead during a date in Livonia, surrounded by a bag of marijuana and the escort’s Taser gun, according to court records.
La Gorce Country Club: The Carrs spent some of the sex ring profits on a $1.6 million Miami Beach mansion overlooking the 12th hole of the country club.
Miami: The couple also owned a $1 million penthouse condo in downtown Miami.
Nayubet Swaso: The 24-year-old Miami Companions escort, who went by the name “Sierra Sanchez,” was busted at a Southfield hotel in March 2009. She pleaded guilty Jan. 24 to one count of persuading or enticing someone to engage in prostitution and could get 18 months in prison when sentenced April 27.
Onsite chef: A perk offered at Xotic Costa Rica, one of the sex ring’s beach houses stocked with escorts. The resort offered seven-day packages for $10,800.
Paul Cutlass: Greg Carr’s nickname he used while running Miami Companions.
Quandary: After Swaso was questioned by investigators in Southfield, the Carrs stopped sending escorts to client-rich Detroit even though Metro Detroit was one of the busiest stops in the country.
RLS Holdings: Another company Miami Companions used to launder profits, according to the feds.
“Sex Tour USA 1”: Title of one of the 56 adult films featuring porn star Brianna Beach, who traveled to Detroit to have sex with Miami Companions clients, according to the feds.
Turn-offs: Fabiola Contreras listed bad hygiene as a turnoff on her profile posted on the Miami Companions Web site.
Undercover: Investigators hid in the hallway of a Novi hotel in January 2009 and observed a parade of men entering Brianna Beach’s room.
Venereal disease: “Clients are more likely to pick up a disease from someone they meet in a bar rather than a working girl,” Laurie Carr wrote in the pitch to TV executives.
Wine: Fabiola Contreras’ website bio said her perfect evening included a bottle of wine and a dip in a Jacuzzi.
Xotic Costa Rica: an exotic beach house run by Miami Companions that offered clients all-inclusive, seven-day packages for $10,800. For that much cash, VIP clients could switch prostitutes every 12 hours.
Yes: Contreras’ answer when asked on her website bio whether she has implants.
(A).Z.: The initials of a Miami Companions client investigators say paid $500 to have sex with Brianna Beach at a Metro Detroit hotel.