Ashton lost the case - but her profile skyrocketed to national infamy. Escort Madison Ashton pictured skyrocketed to national infamy when she attempted to sue billionaire Richard Pratt's estate. She describes the reaction from other mums as hushed silence, claiming that when she was underground, she had experienced moral outrage, but once she became a notorious poster girl for the industry she became a curiosity.
My daughter was in Catholic boarding school in rural NSW. I attended her deb ball after just dodging prison in Dubai [after accidentally spending artificial currency].
People fly in on their crop dusters to this shindig. I walked in with my massive cleavage and the whole room literally fell dead silent. Who am I, Mick Jagger? I thought, I don't care if you're judging me - but you all want to get in my pants, that I do know. Once she broke the ice with the other mothers, some were dying to know what her life was like. Her younger son has banned her from school pickup, like any other self-respecting teenager who hates being embarrassed by their mum.
They'll probably all book me when they hit their twenties,' she says. To those who see her as a threat who services a married clientele which may include, god forbid, their husbands, Ashton says: Sorry ladies, I don't want your bloke.
Most workers are only too happy to send their clients back. I get hired to help men convince themselves of their attractiveness, not steal them away. Sex work is a double-edged sword that can attract not just moral finger-wagging but feminist ire - some women are uncomfortable about a profession that is at its core about pleasing men.
