Damm. Sex isn't all that to want to kill yourself.

'DC MADAM' COMMITED SUICIDE
AP
Deborah Palfrey
May 1, 2008 --

Police say a woman they believe to be convicted Washington escort service operator Deborah Jeane Palfrey has committed suicide.

Police in Tarpon Springs, Florida say the body was found in a shed near Palfrey's mother's home Thursday morning. There was a suicide note, but police did not disclose its contents.

A federal jury convicted Palfrey April 15 of running a prostitution service that catered to members of Washington's political elite.

Palfrey repeatedly denied the escort service engaged in prostitution, saying that if any of the women engaged in sex acts for money, they did so without her knowledge.

Palfrey caused a sensation last year when she announced that to raise money for her defense, she intended to sell her phone records to any news outlet willing to pay.

Palfrey said her defunct business was "a legal, high-end erotic-fantasy service."

She was convicted on all counts she faced: money laundering, using the mail for illegal purposes, and racketeering.

Three of Palfrey's clients testified during the weeklong trial, explaining how they found the service, how often they called, what they were hoping for, and whether they got it during their visits.

"When a man agrees to pay $250 for 90 minutes with a woman, what do most men expect in that time?" prosecutor Daniel Butler said during closing arguments Monday. "In that context, it's pretty clear. Most men want sex."