BABYDOL FACES NEW COUNTS; SUSPECT IN CALL-GIRL RING PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO PANDERING CHARGES.Byline: Jesse Hiestand Staff Writer Jody Babydol Gibson, accused of being a Hollywood madam, pleaded not guilty Thursday to four new charges that she ran an international call girl ring out of a Van Nuys hotel for the rich and famous. Gibson, 41, was charged with two counts each of pimping pimping Academia See Pimp. Cf Pumping. and pandering two women, in addition to nine counts that her ring served Hollywood actors, CEOs and at least one professional athlete, police and prosecutors said. If convicted, Gibson could be sentenced to up to six years in prison on each charge. Authorities accuse ac·cuse v. ac·cused, ac·cus·ing, ac·cus·es v.tr. 1. To charge with a shortcoming or error. 2. To charge formally with a wrongdoing. v.intr. Gibson of pimping 34 women in 16 states and prostituting at least six more women in Europe. Investigators are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. other women who may have worked for Gibson, said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Deputy District Attorney Richard F. Walmark. ``More names came up during the course of the investigation, and there may be even more,'' Walmark said. None of the women named as Gibson's prostitutes are expected to testify against her at the preliminary hearing that Municipal Court Judge Gregg Marcus set for Sept. 22. Gibson, dressed in white from her thick-rimmed glasses to her high-heeled shoes High-heeled shoes are shoes which raise the heel of the wearer's foot significantly higher than the toes. When both the heel and the toes are raised equal amounts, as in a platform shoe, it is generally not considered to be a "high-heel". , declined to comment outside the Van Nuys courthouse. Her attorney, Gerald Scotti, said there have been no negotiations over a possible plea bargain plea bargain n. in criminal procedure, a negotiation between the defendant and his attorney on one side and the prosecutor on the other, in which the defendant agrees to plead "guilty" or "no contest" to some crimes, in return for reduction of the severity of the , and he looked forward to seeing the strength of the state's case at the preliminary hearing. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos |
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