Prostitutes: one sees them in certain areas of Paris be it broad daylight or in the dark of night. Ask any Parisian male or female from the age of 14 or 15 which areas these are and you will be told. I am therefore not going to name them. There are 20, prostitutes in France. Copyright Marilyn Z Tomlins. It is not. The oldest profession in the world is that of farmer, after all man had to eat before he could satisfy any other desires. Prostitution is not illegal here in France, but pimping is.
I agree and the Senate is set to debate the issue which will result in the law being revised. The prostitutes therefore work from the streets. Normally, in polite society on does not talk about prostitution, but at the moment the profession is front page news here in France and it leads every television news bulletin.
Or at least so he was at the opening of the trial. The alleged pimping had taken place in six countries and the sex in hotels in Paris, Brussels,Vienna, Madrid,Washington and Lille. The case is being held in Lille because it was in this provincial city where a pimping ring had operated from. The pimping had been for either a sex orgy or, for several prostitutes with one man, or one-on-one sex in hotels or private residences. He did not even know that the women involved were prostitutes.
Therefore as the accusation covers three years which had begun in to when he was accused of having forced the New York Sofitel Hotel chambermaid to perform oral sex on him, he had attended just 12 sex orgies. He was also married at that time to the charming French journalist and news anchor Anne Sinclair, now his ex-wife. His lawyers were arguing before the trial that as everyone looks the same without clothes on who can tell at an orgy whether a woman is a prostitute or a socialite.
I wonder if it would have been impossible to tell a naked Mother Theresa from any other naked woman. For this to happen the prosecution will have to prove that he had participated in the organisation of orgies and prostitution. Very good review. Name required. Mail will not be published required. On If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it! Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. In Paperback and e-book. A novel: Bella A French Life. Do you like good food? Well, why not try some of Bella's recipes?
