Desert Divas
People often hear about the desert in stories that relate the harsh living conditions of those areas. But the Desert Divas were a story of another type. This was a prostitution ring in Phoenix Arizona that came to prominence when charges were brought against the ring in August 2008.
Desert Divas was run by a man named Paul Nichta, from Paradise Valley, Arizona. There were a number of websites that make up this ring. A partial list is Desert Divas, AZ Confidential, Hips Tour and Escorts in Action. Paul’s business, and thus his stable of girls, extended into New Mexico and even Pennsylvania. The ring really had no official name, but because it was based in the desert city of Phoenix, the name Desert Divas from one of the web sites became the one most used by the media and police.
This now famous group set a few records. Desert Divas was broken up in the largest investigation into prostitution that had ever taken place in Arizona. As of August 2008 there were 50 people charged including Nichta, many of the prostitutes, and clients who were mostly from out of town. Now authorities as many homes, motorcycles, and other vehicles to sell at auction. All of them owned by former members of this ring. Speaking about money, most of the escorts in this ring earned between $2,000 and $15,000 a night. That larger amount was possible in the form of tips.
The Desert Divas girls weren’t the usual suspects when you think about prostitutes. The age range was 18 to 40 years old. This diverse group of women to everything from escorting, to dating, to pornography. Some of the websites were subscription only, for live sex shows.
Three indictments for the men who ran Desert Divas, three of them, were delivered in September. Some charges were filed in Arizona, while some were filed in New Mexico. Charges included racketeering, which is nothing more than the operation of an illegal business, in this case prostitution. It’s was college newspaper ads that first got many women involved in this operation. Most women warmed up with legitimate dating and R-rated WebCams before they graduated to full-fledged pornography and escorting.
There’s another Desert Diva out there. She touted herself as the Desert Diva Assistant who provided executive assistant services for people around the country. The similar names caused a great deal of confusion. She received crank e-mails and phone calls, including from some lawyers claiming she had stolen a cat.
The world gets weirder and weirder. This is only further reinforced by the case of the Desert Divas.
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