It seems that some of the former clients of accused D.C. madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey are getting nervous:
A former client of the woman accused of being the D.C. madam is trying to block his name from being aired on an ABC News program about her escort business and the men who patronized it, saying publicity would amount to witness intimidation, ABC said yesterday.
In a letter to ABC, Steven Salky, the man’s attorney, wrote that he has “reason to believe” that his client could be named tomorrow in a “20/20″ report about an alleged prostitution ring run by Deborah Jeane Palfrey, ABC said. Salky would not identify the man.
The client expects to be a prosecution witness in Palfrey’s federal trial on racketeering charges, Salky told ABC. Identifying him would violate a court order barring harassment of potential witnesses, he said.
The client is a well-to-do private citizen, according to a source familiar with the investigation who is prohibited from discussing it publicly.
The letter hinted at how nervous some men in the Washington area are ahead of the highly promoted, sweeps month broadcast of “20/20,” wondering who will be the next man to be publicized. A deputy secretary of state who was asked in a phone call by ABC last week about his dealings with her agency resigned the next day.
It’s going to be an interesting Friday.
