By Dana Kennedy. This story first appeared in the May 17 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Moatessem was killed with his father in Libya in The women ran the gamut, from full-time escorts to models to beauty queens, and they serviced men in hotels, on yachts and in the palatial villas in the hills above Cannes, police said. Philippe Camps , a lawyer for a Paris-based anti-prostitution organization that was a civil plaintiff in the trial, tells THR that some of the women were brought to Cannes under false pretenses and coerced into prostitution.
Prostitution is legal in France, but soliciting, whether with advertising or on a street corner, is not. Nahas remains bitter about his arrest and subsequent conviction and denies he was running a prostitution ring. But they went after me. Because I worked for Gadhafi. Daisy is one of many independent escorts who have their own websites and usually avoid going to hotels and bars — except during the festival. We know the hotel concierges.
In return, if they are lucky, concierges sometimes steer clients their way. During the day festival, an estimated to hookers stroll in and out of the big hotels every day, according to hotel sources. Nahas says the money can be bigger than most people realize. If they like you, they will give you a lot of money. At Cannes, they carry money around in wads of 10, euros. I know the system. The serious action starts after 10 p.
Call girls sit in the lobby, and prospective clients check them out. Nahas denies he was running a prostitution ring but admits he arranged for women to come to Cannes during the festival.
I had no part of it. They may have just been there to talk and have fun. Kevin Costner also attended. But Gadhafi was shy, believe it or not.
