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Professional
\n dominatrix Barbara Asher was acquitted yesterday of involuntary manslaughter
\n in the death of a New Hampshire man who prosecutors said suffered a fatal
\n heart attack while strapped to a bondage rack in her Quincy condominium.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors had argued that Asher, 56, did nothing to help Michael Lord,
\n 53, of North Hampton as he died during the July 2000 session, out of fear
\n that calling authorities would have jeopardized her dominatrix business.
\n The prosecutors said she and a boyfriend chopped up Lord’s 275-pound body
\n and dumped the parts in a trash bin behind a Chinese restaurant in Augusta,
\n Maine.<\/p>\n
Lord’s corpse was never found, which produced a rare legal situation:
\n Prosecutors were forced to try Asher for manslaughter without irrefutable
\n proof that a man had died, his body.<\/p>\n
from the Boston Many are the lessons to be learned from this hoary yarn. Even a 275-pound Professional dominatrix Barbara Asher was acquitted yesterday of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a New Hampshire man who prosecutors said suffered a fatal heart attack while strapped to a bondage rack in her Quincy condominium. Prosecutors had argued that … Continue reading
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\n guy named "Lord" can need a little discipline from time to time.
\n We need some kind of licensing board to give physicals to consenting adults
\n before they are allowed to participate in S & M activities. Professionals
\n in the sex trade should keep plenty on heavy-duty trash bags on hand at
\n all times. It helps to have the number of a good "Cleaner" (think
\n Harvey Keitel
\n .as Winston ‘The Wolf’ in Pulp Fiction) in your little black book. It
\n also helps to have the numbers of certain high ranking politicians in
\n your little black book (which never came to light). Finally, don’t eat
\n at Chinese Restaurants in Augusta, Maine, or anywhere else, for that matter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"