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Super Expensive Hooker Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering
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Jen Chung
Published Dec 8, 2010
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Some of you may remember Natalie McLennan when she posed on the cover of New York magazine—under the name "Natalia McLennan"—as New York's #1 escort who charged $2,000 an hour while working for "King of All Pimps" Jason Itzler. Now, five years later, McLennan has pleaded guilty to money laundering for her involvement in the NY Confidential prostitution ring and was sentenced to time served. And, as she left the courthouse, when a reporter suggested her current life was probably boring, she said, "That's what you think."
The 30-year-old brunette wrote a book in 2008 about her escapades, which coincided with the rise of Kristen, aka Ashley Dupre, Governor Spitzer's escort, who also worked under Itzler. McLennan said back then, "Ashley and I were amazing together. She wasn't skinny at all, you'd never feel like you could break her, but she didn't have any fat on her body. The only thing I didn't love were her breasts. She had implants, and I didn't think they were the greatest. She told me she got them when she was 16."
McLennan is now living in Montreal. Itzler served time for money laundering and prostitution (as did his defense lawyer who was accused of taking over the escort service). He has a MySpace page.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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