The 'Manhattan Madam' who ran a high-end prostitution ring in the 2000s will be questioned in the Mueller probe - here's everything we know about her

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The 'Manhattan Madam' who ran a high-end prostitution ring in the 2000s will be questioned in the Mueller probe - here's everything we know about her

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The "Manhattan Madam" Kristin Davis has no relation to the "Sex and the City" star with the same name.

  • The "Manhattan Madam" is being questioned as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian's interference in the 2016 presidential election.
  • Kristin M. Davis, 41, is notoriously known for running a high-end prostitution ring in the 2000s.
  • She is also a close friend of Roger Stone, a former Trump campaign adviser who has become a target of Mueller's investigation.
  • Davis went to prison for running a prostitution ring and selling drugs, and also ran for governor of New York.

New York's notorious "Manhattan Madam" has come back into the limelight.

Kristin Davis, 41, who was known for running a high-end prostitution ring in the 2000s, is being questioned as part of a probe into Russian's interference into the 2016 presidential election by the special counsel Robert Mueller.

Davis told The New York Times that she didn't know why she had been called in for questioning, but confirmed that the special counsel's office had contacted her asking where they can serve a subpoena.

The Washington Post reported that she is expecting to be asked about her close friend, Roger Stone, a former Trump campaign adviser who has become a subject in Mueller's investigation.

Here's everything we know about the Manhattan Madam:

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Kristin Davis started her career working at a hedge fund. She claimed that by the end of her stint, she was senior vice president of operations for a $2 billion fund.

Kristin Davis started her career working at a hedge fund. She claimed that by the end of her stint, she was senior vice president of operations for a $2 billion fund.

Source: XO Jane

In her time working in finance, she said she was asked to book escorts for her bosses. It was from here that she decided to set up her own agency.

In her time working in finance, she said she was asked to book escorts for her bosses. It was from here that she decided to set up her own agency.

"I was working at my last hedge fund job when I began toying with the idea of opening an agency as a means of making additional income to help support my mother and her medical expenses,” she wrote in a blog post for XOJane in 2014.

She set up and ran an escort agency for five years.

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In 2008, Davis was arrested and accused of running a prostitute ring. She was sent to Rikers prison.

In 2008, Davis was arrested and accused of running a prostitute ring. She was sent to Rikers prison.

She claimed to have provided escorts to Eliot Spitzer, a former governor of New York. Spitzer denied he had contact with Davis, and her name didn't come up in the investigation into his conduct.

He resigned as governor that year after admitting that he had patronized a prostitution ring.

She pleaded guilty to one count of prostitution.

Sources: The New York Times, XO Jane, WNYC, Manhattan Madam

In 2013, she was back again running for city comptroller against Spitzer. But she had to withdraw from the race after being arrested and charged for selling ecstasy, Adderall, and Xabazm in August that year.

In 2013, she was back again running for city comptroller against Spitzer. But she had to withdraw from the race after being arrested and charged for selling ecstasy, Adderall, and Xabazm in August that year.

Source: The New York Times

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The prosecutors claimed that between 2009 and 2011, she bought these drugs from an FBI witness. She pleaded guilty in March 2014.

The prosecutors claimed that between 2009 and 2011, she bought these drugs from an FBI witness. She pleaded guilty in March 2014.

Sources: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal

This led to a two-year federal prison sentence; she was released from federal custody in May 2016.

This led to a two-year federal prison sentence; she was released from federal custody in May 2016.

Sources: Newsday, NY Daily News

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Davis came back into the limelight this week because of her relationship with Roger Stone.

Davis came back into the limelight this week because of her relationship with Roger Stone.

"Roger's one of my best friends," she told The Washington Post on Friday. "I have nothing bad to say about him."

"Roger's one of my best friends," she told The Washington Post on Friday. "I have nothing bad to say about him."

Source: Washington Post

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In a statement to the press issued on Friday, Davis' publicist said: "Kristin Davis and Roger Stone are very good friends ... She is currently in the cosmetology business and she knows nothing whatsoever about Russian collusion with the 2016 election."

Source: Washington Post