Piranha Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Link Dominatrix acquitted in client's death Prosecutor donned leather bondage mask during argument DEDHAM, Massachusetts (AP) -- A dominatrix was acquitted of manslaughter Monday in the death of a man who prosecutors say suffered a heart attack while strapped to a replica of a medieval rack. Barbara Asher, a 56-year-old woman who called herself Mistress Lauren M, was also cleared of dismembering the man's corpse to conceal the death. Prosecutors said that 53-year-old Michael Lord suffered a heart attack in 2000 during a bondage session in a "dungeon" in Asher's condominium. Asher was accused of doing nothing to help him for five minutes, fearing authorities would discover her business. Asher had her boyfriend chop up the body of the 275-pound retired telephone company worker, and they dumped it behind a restaurant in Maine, prosecutors said. His remains have not been found. Prosecutors said Asher confessed to police, but the alleged confession was not taped. Investigators testified they did not save their notes. Asher's lawyer, Stephanie Page, said there was nothing to prove Lord was even dead -- no body, no blood, no DNA. During his closing argument to the jury, prosecutor Robert Nelson put on a black leather mask with a zippered mouth opening and re-enacted the bondage session. With both hands, he reached back and clutched the top of a blackboard as if strapped to the rack. Then he hung his head as if dead. Asher's lawyer objected, and the judge agreed. "That's enough Mr. Nelson," Judge Charles Grabau said. "Thank you for your demonstration." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBunz Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Ummmmm......I can agree the heart attack wasn't her fault..... But how the heck do you get away with dismembering a body? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefjay Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Captains Wench? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Captains Wench? 1297128[/snapback] A lot younger than 56. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furd Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I heard that it was a dicey case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegiebo Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 But how the heck do you get away with dismembering a body? 1297125[/snapback] When the gov't can't prove that you did it, or that there even was a dismembered body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBunz Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 When the gov't can't prove that you did it, or that there even was a dismembered body. 1297134[/snapback] Well.....seems to me the prosecutor F'd up. If you don't have a body, blood evidence or DNA.....drop those charges until you have something. NOW....she can't even be tried for it if they DO find anything. And I think his little "demonstration" backfired......LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 The prosecuter and judge were both powerless to Mistress Lauren M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranha Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 this is the part the cracks me up - "Prosecutors said Asher confessed to police, but the alleged confession was not taped. Investigators testified they did not save their notes." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBunz Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 this is the part the cracks me up - "Prosecutors said Asher confessed to police, but the alleged confession was not taped. Investigators testified they did not save their notes." 1297141[/snapback] Yeah....that IS one for the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Yeah....that IS one for the books. 1297144[/snapback] Except they did not save anything to be put in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBunz Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Except they did not save anything to be put in it. 1297146[/snapback] You're in rare form this morning, BJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Kinda hard to win a case without a body or any actual evidence. Still and all, I recall when this first happened and she supposedly called the family crying saying she was sorry, etc. and she supposedly confessed. Yet she's now a free woman, a speedy 5 years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Irish Doggy Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 When will this senseless black-leather clad dominatrix profiling end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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