Prosecutor accused in NYC call girl biz (AP)

[Roland99]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070114/ap_on_re_us/sex_in_the_city

"Crime. Sex. Unforgettable people doing unforgettable things," said Barry Agulnick, lawyer for Jason Itzler, the pimp. "This case probably has more of the Hollywood element than any other I've had. It's got a show biz aura to it."

The case took an intriguing turn this week when Itzler's previous lawyer on the pimping charges, Paul Bergrin, was accused of taking over the escort service and sleeping with the prostitutes after police jailed Itzler in 2005.

Bergrin was a former county and federal prosecutor in New Jersey before becoming a hard-charging defense lawyer, representing clients including a soldier in the Abu Ghraib scandal. He was charged Wednesday with operating a brothel and laundering its profits through fake companies.

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Authorities say Bergrin and two other men took over NY Confidential's operations and kept the brothel running after Itzler's arrest, employing Itzler's escorts and taking in more than $1.2 million in prostitution proceeds in one stretch in 2005. They laundered the proceeds through two shell companies, prosecutors said.

Who is Bergrin?

A US Attorney under Reagan and Poppy

April 1987- May 1990: Office of the United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice, District of New Jersey, Assigned to the Criminal Division.