Atlanta- [Atlanta Journal Constitution]- The prostitution and drug case against Duluth’s “Mansion Madam” could be heard this week by a Gwinnett County grand jury, Gwinnett’s district attorney said Monday.
Gwinnett District Attorney Danny Porter plans to present the prostitution, racketeering and drug case to the grand jury on Wednesday. He said if it’s not presented this week it could be taken up June 13.
Lisa Ann Taylor, 42, aka the alleged “Mansion Madam,” aka Melissa Wolf, was arrested at her Sugarloaf Country Club mansion in January. Her alleged partner in the prostitution case, Nicole A. Probert, 30, was arrested at her home in Lawrenceville.
Taylor is a former Penthouse Pet who performs as a nude dancer as Melissa Wolf. Probert performs as “Naughty Nikki.” Both are accused of charging clients for sex, Porter said. The women, who have both said they are innocent, also face charges of procuring drugs for their clients and friends, and of violating anti-racketeering laws.
Four men also were arrested on pandering charges for soliciting sex with either Probert or Taylor. Porter said he plans to present the case against all the suspects, including the men, to the grand jury at once.
The men face a misdemeanor pandering charge that carries a maximum fine of $5,000 or less than a year in jail.
Porter said he didn’t know yet whether he would present evidence on suspects who haven’t been arrested.
If convicted of the racketeering charge, Taylor stands to lose her million-dollar house in Sugarloaf Country Club in Duluth.
Taylor said Monday that she’s tired of waiting for the case to be over.
“The sooner the better, so we can move toward a dismissal,” she said. “I want to get back to what I was doing, which is getting out of the adult industry.”
Taylor said she had left life as an exotic dancer to work in real estate when she was arrested. Since then, she has performed around the country as “The Mansion Madam,” occasionally with Probert as the “Country Club Call Girl,” trading on the notoriety of the case to keep the bills paid, she said.
But that’s starting to wear thin, Taylor said. Strip club owners have been wary of booking the pair because drug and prostitution charges are threatening to the businesses, she said.
“The charges are two of the biggest things that clubs will not allow,” Taylor said. “They don’t want to put their liquor licenses at risk.”