One ATL reader sent this article along, writing:
I haven’t had time to read the article yet, but the headline is ‘Blind lawyer says hooker took him for 8Gs.”
Yes, that sounds like it would be of interest to Above The Law. From the Philadelphia Daily News:
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John F. Peoples, 60, was steamed after he learned that the woman who he says he hired for sex allegedly overbilled his Discover card by $8,600.
So he sued her for damages and the credit-card company for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, claiming that it had not sufficiently protected its blind customers.
Ginger Dayle, the alleged prostitute, denies being a lady of the night, instead insisting that she was actually giving Peoples Pilates lessons. Peoples says though that he is “barely able to walk, let alone do Pilates” and that sex is “one of the few exercises I get to do.” Whether for Pilates or sexual play time, Dayle bills at Biglaw rates: Peoples says he agreed to pay her $275-$375 per hour, but that she started charging him $550-$800 per hour. He signed the receipts, without realizing she had upped her price.
He reported the fraud to Discover but it chose to look the other way.
Perhaps Discover didn’t want to get wrapped up in criminal payments.
In his suit, he cited the Americans with Disabilities Act, claiming that Discover does not provide “reasonable accommodations” for blind consumers to use their services without running the risk of being defrauded by merchants.
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Justice might be blind too, but it feels no sympathy for Peoples.
In his memorandum, U.S. District Judge Edmund Ludwig dismissed Peoples’ claim against Discover and said that he couldn’t recover his disputed charges because they were for an illegal and “prohibited transaction,” which constituted a breach of the card-member agreement.
We bet that Pilates cover story is sounding a bit more palatable to Peoples just about now.
Blind lawyer: Pro took me for 8G [Philadelphia Daily News]