I should be watching out for the Feds, because as the King of the Dollarnaires, I have had to fracture an occasional law or seven to keep BSO running.
Sounds like Mr. Provencher had brilliant plan if you ask me until he got caught.
An award-winning sportswriter has pleaded guilty to running a prostitution operation, saying he needed the extra money to make up for a pay cut because of the downturn in the newspaper business.
Kevin Provencher, 52, Manchester, N. H., admitted in Salem, Mass., Superior Court Friday he recruited and received financial support from prostitutes working out of hotel rooms in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
He was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison and fined $5,000 on the prostitution charges and also for intimidating one of his hookers from testifying against him.
Provencher worked 23 years for the Manchester, N. H., Union Leader prior to his arrest in July of 2009. He is a four-time winner of the New Hampshire Sportswriter of the Year award from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
Prosecutor Melissa Woodward described Provencher as a “pimp” who recruited women into prostitution, arranged for them to meet men in hotel rooms, then demanded half of their earnings plus the cost of the hotel room.
She said the women earned $240 per hour or $150 per half-hour and would pay Provencher in cash or by depositing the money in his bank account in 2008 and 2009.
It appears to me he was very organized, which is a must in the pimpin game. The reason he got caught was because hotel workers noticed a lot of men going in and out of one particular room.
I will assume that is where Provencher kept his BOTTOM……….
It is hard out here for a pimp—his rates seems reasonable, especially to Lawrence Taylor. If you aren’t a big time sports writer in a major market, you aren’t getting paid more than a substitute teacher, so Provencher had to make a choice. He could have picked up a second job at McDonald’s or become Bishop Don Juan. He choose the latter.
He has to deal with the consequences of his actions, even though I think two and half years is a bit harsh for a white collared pimp.
You have to understand he was helping the economy and hotel industries.
The lesson to be learned here is if you are going to be a pimp don’t use the same hotels, Hotwire is your friend.