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Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Mon Jan 30, 2006 at 04:20:33 PM EST
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Dominatrix Mistress Lauren M was acquitted of manslaughter and dismemberment of a body today in Massachussetts.

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 and that Asher did nothing to help him for five minutes for fear authorities would find out about 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 never been found. Prosecutors said Asher confessed to police, but the alleged confession was not taped, and investigators testified they did not save their notes.

Defense attorney Stephanie Page argued there was no proof Lord was dead -- "no body, no blood, no DNA."

During the trial, the prosecutor put on a mask and reenacted the bondage scene.

....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."

Congrats to Ms. Page on the victory.

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    Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston | 12 comments (12 topical)
    Re: Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Jan 30, 2006 at 04:58:16 PM EST
    Defense attorney Stephanie Page argued there was no proof Lord was dead -- "no body, no blood, no DNA." Well, as the late, great Joseph Stalin once remarked: "Death solves all problems - no man, no problem".

    Re: Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston (none / 0) (#2)
    by rMatey on Mon Jan 30, 2006 at 06:29:48 PM EST
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    Re: Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston (none / 0) (#3)
    by Sailor on Mon Jan 30, 2006 at 06:42:02 PM EST
    no body, no blood, no DNA. [...] no problem
    If you dismember a 275 pound man and stuff him in dumpster, you may not have a 'body', but the chances of not leaving a blood trail, or at the very least DNA, are miniscule. And (w/o reading a transcript) if the prosecutor alleges he knows the restaurant, the accomlice, the dumpster and he doesn't have physical evidence, no wonder the jury acquitted.

    Re: Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston (none / 0) (#4)
    by ltgesq on Mon Jan 30, 2006 at 08:44:36 PM EST
    the picture of the prosecutor in the black leather mask with his US flag tie is priceless. What a hack.

    Re: Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston (none / 0) (#5)
    by Steven Sanderson on Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 01:11:48 AM EST
    This story evokes images from Tom Lehrer's "The Masochism Tango:" I ache for the touch of your lips, dear, But much more for the touch of your whips, dear. You can raise welts Like noboby else, As we dance to the Masochism Tango. Let our love be a flame, not an ember, Say it's me that you want to dismember. Blacken my eye, Set fire to my tie, As we dance to the Masochism Tango.

    Re: Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 03:31:55 AM EST
    With some self esteem training, hopefully next time someone dies during one of her sessions, she will not be so embarassed as to have the body chopped up by someone else. She could do it herself. And that ain't chopped liver.

    Re: Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 05:15:04 AM EST
    Not to mention this other song

    Re: Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston (none / 0) (#8)
    by Sailor on Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 06:41:38 AM EST
    "And that ain't chopped liver. " It's my pate' and I'll cry if I want to;-)

    Re: Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston (none / 0) (#9)
    by Sailor on Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 07:10:14 AM EST
    You also might notice that she was acquitted of dismemberment also. This prosecutor obviously tried to convict her on her lifestyle since he had no eevidence. It is damn near impossible to cut up body in a bathtub and not leave DNA in the drains, tile grout, traps ... etc. And it's silly for the cops and DA's to claim they turned the tape off and didn't keep notes of a confession.

    Re: Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston (none / 0) (#10)
    by ltgesq on Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 07:48:03 AM EST
    not silly, perjury. They do it all the time. Check and see if they get prosecuted for it. Never happens. If a cop testified that the other cops made it up, then he'd get charged with perjury. As far as i am concerned the crime of perjury should be abolished since all it is used for is to intimidate defense witnesses. The only exception was that douchbag from the OJ trial. That only happened because they needed a scapegaot for a crappy presentation of evidence, and mutiple evidenciary manipulations. And it got a huge amount of press.

    Re: Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston (none / 0) (#11)
    by Patrick on Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 11:28:25 AM EST
    So what if she did it? That sad fact is this is an example of the system failing. Was the DA incompetent and failed to do his job so a guilty person went free? That's not something to celebrate IMO. If she didn't do it, then the right thing happened, but she shouldn't have been in that position in the first place. Again, a failure of the system. It seems to me that the host of this site takes great joy in seeing criminals set free. Why is that? Am I mistaken? Isn't it just as much of a travesty to botch a prosecution and allow a person who chopped another up to get away as it is to convict an innocent person? I know all the innocent until proven guilty arguments, and I'm not saying they aren't valid. It just seems to me that regardless of how the system fails, when it does, it shouldn't be a triumphant experience to anyone involved in it. Anyway, maybe I'm missing the author's point.

    Re: Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston (none / 0) (#12)
    by Dadler on Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 11:57:58 AM EST
    I'm surprised, at the least, there was no charge for handling of the dead body, which is a bio-hazard legally. Chopping and dumping is not legal, so I suppose the brother got off there. Otherwise, justice seems to have been served. Personal perversions and fetishes are as hidden and secretive a part of most people's lives that a death occurring in the service of such would be hard pressed not to shock and dismay and lead to false conclusions. Such are the ways of a society conflicted by it's puritanical origins. The pilgrims brewed beer, that was okay. F*cking was not. At least "officially". I'm glad saner minds prevailed.

    Dominatrix Acquitted in Boston | 12 comments (12 topical)