from www.miaminewtimes.com – Last year, the God of Tabloids grew bored with the Octomon, Jon and Kate and yes, even Paris, so He snapped his ink-stained fingers and created Hochstein v. Hansen.

And it was good: A Miami plastic surgeon nicknamed the ‘Boob God.’ A furious Norweigian Playmate. Barely clothed photos. A $500,000 legal settlement. It had everything!

This week, the Almighty Patron of Sleaze decided we needed more. (Hey, it has been a couple days since the Kardashians have done anything interesting.) So you now can add a famous Hollywood madame and a counter-suit to the deliciously trashy mix.

In case you haven’t kept up with your New York Post subscription, here’s the background.

Back in 2006, Dr. Leonard Hochstein, a renowned Miami plastic surgeon nicknamed the “Boob God,” posted photos of one Monica Hansen on his website. Ms. Hansen, a busty former Miss Norway, Playboy model and Maxim Magazine’s 2006 “Woman of the Year,” was a former client and briefly his girlfriend, according to the good doctor.

Hansen sued, claiming she never gave Hochstein permission to use her photos in his advertisements. A Los Angeles jury awarded her a $564,555 default judgment in July.

Now, Hochstein is striking back. He’s got a hearing in L.A. next week to ask a judge to set aside the award. And he’s armed with what looks like a damning email from Hansen to Michelle Braun — a notorious Boca Raton madame who was arrested this spring and charged with running a multi-million dollar prostitution ring.

In an email forwarded to New Times that appears to be between Hansen and Braun on Nov. 17, 2008 titled “Re: Photo Shoot,” Hansen seems to admit that “yes honey I did let Lenny use the pictures.”

Hochstein sent New Times a statement about the upcoming hearing:

This entire situation has caused me both personal and professional hardships. What bothers me the most is that somebody whom I believed to be a good person and whom I thought was a friend turned out to be not only a liar but a person whose morals and values are questionable at best. Once the judgment is lifted, I will be able to have my side of the story told and show that I did nothing wrong as well as show the world the type of person Monica truly is. I have faith in our legal system and am confident that in the end justice will be served.