Married Physics Professor Accused of Running Elaborate Prostitution Web Ring
- Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:50pm by
Billy Hallowell
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In a tale that has a few bizarre twists and turns, a New Jersey college professor has been arrested in New Mexico and accused of operating a prostitution website.
David Flory, who teaches physics at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s campus in Teaneck, N.J, was arrested on Sunday at his vacation home in Albuquerque, N.M. Flory, a New York City resident, was detained on 40 counts of promoting prostitution.
Albuquerque Police Lt. William Roseman told The Record newspaper Flory’s website, Southwest Companions, was designed to give users access to more women once they gained Flory’s trust. The site allegedly offered 200 women up for more than 1,400 clients.
Roseman says Flory told police he didn’t make money off of the website and saw it as a hobby. According to Mail Online, Flory said the site was designed as ”a safe place for guys to find female prostitutes.” Apparently, the professor was very discerning in his membership requirements:
According to police, Southwest Companions was run entirely by Flory, who designed three categories of membership, each of which had to be approved by him.
First-time visitors had to gain Flory’s trust before they could access the website, police said.
They did this by sleeping with one of the girls, who allegedly reported back to Flory with details of payment and the sexual acts performed.
At this point members were classed as ‘verified’, and could access more of the site.
Only once they became frequent users were they upgraded to ‘trusted’ members, allowing them to view the whole site – including tips on how to avoid police. It was at that point that they could also write recaps of their experiences with the women and post the acts committed and associated costs.
Authorities had spent six months working diligently to figure out who was behind Southwest Companions. A prostitute assisted authorities in apprehending Flory and police hope that site users will turn themselves in.
A Fairleigh Dickinson University spokeswoman says the school was saddened by the arrest, but did not say if the professor has been suspended from his job.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Zombee
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:42pmHe probably a left-wing liberal Democrat too.
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 3:59pmHa! Ha! Doesn’t being a professor pay enough ? Pretty inventive way to add a little extra income, did he recruit his own daughter as well ? Naughty, naughty professor, let’s see if he can bs the judge with an educated explanation on this one.
Report Post »Tammy_Beth
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:39pmon the contrary, these women almost certainly were associated with the site of their own volition, most likely got to keep all or almost all of their earnings, and had the opportunity to accept or reject clients.
Whatever your view of the morality of prostitution, there is a vivid difference between this sort of escort and streetwalker or brothel type exploitation.
that’s not to say that either might not be spiritually or mentally unhealthy, but other than the common factor that a sexual act (almost) always takes place, the two have virtually nothing in common.
And not a few women willingly choose to be escorts and quite enjoy the role. You’d be surprised.
I doubt this guy actively recruited anyone beyond those he started with and, if i was guessing, I’d guess he was a poster on some other similar site and just basically created a partnership with women already involved in the trade.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 2:45pmThis destroys marriages and other relationships. May the book be thrown at him!
Report Post »Tammy_Beth
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:44pmI say that’s on the married person involved to resist it. I’m not necessarily arguing for the morality of prostitution, BUT absent the moral question – why should the single person be denied the availability of a service because the married man might not be faithful to his vows? if he’s a cheater, he WILL cheat – whether there’s an escort available or not.
people need to take responsibility for their own failings.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:39amI ran a prostitution ring, was married, and worked for the state supreme court all at the same time. The stuff I was asked to do for the supreme court was many times more morally reprehensible than anything I did while running the prostitution ring.
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:22amSounds more like a club than a prostitution ring.. I hope they all get off.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:40amI bet he doesn’t lose his job over this if he has tenure. After all, how does his being a pimp have to do with how good of a teacher he is? As a matter of fact the union will probably use this as an example of why the teachers need to be paid more. See what they have to do in order to earn a living wage?
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:01amThis guy was probably a tenured professor…..think he will be terminated? Think again.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:57amAn atheist, no doubt.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:55amSo, when Obama makes America a Communist country, will the prostitutes in our national collective be everyone’s to use as they please?
Report Post »HTuttle
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:26amClearly another scientist working on Global Bed Warming
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:39amWhen the cops learned of the Pimpin’ Professor, they said “Let me atom” hahaha
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:33amNext President of Columbia University?
Report Post »ISRAELISOURFRIEND
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:08amTo: Liberal-Atheist-Critical-Thinker
Report Post »You asked “why do we have a penis if we are in the image of God?
Wow! You spoke for yourself with that question! Are ye of such little knowledge? Where is your critical thinking?
Science will prove that creationism is real, but not before Jesus proves HE is the Messiah by fulfillment of the prophesies.
The battle between Atheists and Christians is they both have to prove they are right. Science is on the side of the Atheists because God is not a rock that can be proved or disproved, and so therefore they have no proof. So the claim is that God is a myth. However, God is on the side of the Christian’s and those who believe, and through the prophesies HE will reveal is existence and only in HIS time.
God is Omnipresent and supernatural. Science has not caught up to this level of intelligence and God will defy our human logic. If we could box HIM up, he’s not big enough to be our God.
Most Christians were atheists at some point until God provided them some form of irrefutable evidence, usually after praying for it. The evidence is divine in nature and is given as a gift of the Holy Spirit. Atheists don’t understand this concept and consider it lunacy. Christian’s upon receiving it, cannot deny their faith.
mount hood
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:15amOkay smarty pants….. Where is your testable proof that this magical being exists? Oh, I forgot, there isn’t any. Oops! Substitute Tinker Bell or any other grand mythical idea in your thesis above and bingo…. you have god! Thomas Paine was correct when he said: “and man created God in his own image.” Admit it…….
Report Post »GreyEyedGirl
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 10:53amI disagree with the statement that science is on the Atheists side. Atheists believe the world is entirely a random chance blob of material, yet they don’t question the unformity of nature. Mount Hood, do you ever wake up wondering is you’ll defy gravity today? Or if the toothpaste will still come out of its tube? Of course not! Because the universe is not random, it is uniform becase of the way GOD, not tinkerbell, designed it. Science is on the Christians side, and and Atheist will never understand that because they are blinded by their sin and God has not choosen to open their eyes to the truth that is directly in front of them. Also, we are created in His image, not the other way around. He is the reason we are rational people. I’ll pray that you start using the logic God gave you to defend him rather than make a complete fool of yourself.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:46amAnd I am sure all the girls were as innocent as little angels !!
Report Post »Tammy_Beth
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:31pmnot at all – but in this case they almost surely were not victims of force or any such thing either. whatever else this is, it’s not the sort of exploitation found in some other forms of prostitution.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:11amWell, now. This criminal activity worked out real well for him. Under arrest, lives destroyed. Women, as what (per their own choice I’m assuming)? Chattel. Meaningless destruction of families. Muslim? Oh, no. He appears to be an ugly, dirty old man. How pathetic.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:10am“A Hobby”?
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:03amIt was the interviews he conducted to work for him that lead to the Professors downfall.
Report Post »GadsdenPatriot
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:03amAt UCR a professor told students that if they want to do drugs they should do heroin. Due to tenure he can’t be fired.
Professor is becoming synonomous with trash.
Report Post »Cesium
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:07amThat’s not really fair… There a lot of great professors in this country who bring innovation where no one else can… How about all those religious priests eh? they’re all christ lovers yet they love little boys butholes too..
Report Post »GadsdenPatriot
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:14amI encourage you to think outside the box. Both acts are unacceptable. Neither side is above reproach=Justice For ALL!!
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:02amDavid Vitter supported this tragic patriots business. But Obummer wasn’t getting a cut so he knocked down the constitution and sold us to the chinese.
Report Post »miles from nowhere
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:55pmSounds to me like it is a phsically demanding job.
Report Post »foobear
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:05amWell, at least he wasn’t a Ward Churchill, eh?
I did like this part of the story: “…police hope that site users will turn themselves in.”
Uh, right.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:07amWas weiner one of his clients??
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:15am@ BANJARMON
I bet you half of DC is .
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:54amFinally, a capitalistic enterprise a liberal can be enthusiastic about!
Report Post »nptden
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:16amSounds like a typical *******. He won’t be fired, he probably has TENURE> AKA Amnesty.
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 3:32amWhen I read the title I figured it was anothe professor from Columbia and that the story was about Columbia giving him a giant awards celebration for it. I guess that he would have only gotten the award though if he had been running the site and all the prostitutes were his family members.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:02amCULTUREWARRIOR, Too bad he wasn’t teaching economics. I hope they publish that list in the newspapers of every city involved.(sorry, don’t get mad, get even)
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:08amThe lavish salary and pension package was not enough for this loser?
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:56pmFor a professor, he is not very smart. He could have set up shop here in Nevada where it is legal in several counties.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:11pmAmericanism-the religion that really loves women!
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