What happened to Lisa Fleiss from Celebrity Big Brother?
Apr 29, 2013 · When Heidi Fleiss, the "Hollywood Madam", was asked to be a part of Dr. Drew Pinsky's reality program Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, she instantly rejected t...
What happened to Lisa Fleiss on Celebrity Rehab?
Jan 13, 2015 · Former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss is joining the cast of the VH1 reality show "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew," set to begin filming the second week of …
What happened to the members of Crazy Town after rehab?
Jun 01, 2009 · Actor Tom Sizemore has just been included in the final lineup for the VH1 reality series. This means he will be seeking treatment at the same time as Heidi Fleiss. Despite an impressive body of work, Sizemore’s personal life has been checkered with a host of legal issues.
What happened to the Celebrity Rehab alums who died?
Early life
Fleiss was born and raised in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Her parents, Paul M. Fleiss (1933–2014), a Jewish American pediatrician, and Elissa (née Ash), divorced. She has a brother, Jesse, and had another brother, Jason, who drowned on December 28, 2009, at the age of 41 off the coast of Hawaii.
Work in prostitution and criminal charges
At the age of 22, Fleiss began managing a prostitution ring under Madam Alex after meeting her in 1987 via Fleiss's film-director boyfriend Ivan Nagy.
Media appearances
In 1995, Nick Broomfield made a documentary about her prostitution ring called Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam. In 2004, a made-for-TV movie was produced called Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss .
Business interests
In 2005, Fleiss announced plans to open a brothel in Pahrump, Nevada called "Heidi Fleiss's Stud Farm".
Personal life
In 2003, Fleiss accused her ex-boyfriend, actor Tom Sizemore, of domestic violence.
Overview
Heidi Lynne Fleiss (born December 30, 1965) is an American former madam. She ran an upscale prostitution ring based in Los Angeles, California, US and is often referred to as the "Hollywood Madam". Fleiss is also a columnist and was a television personality regularly featured in the 1990s in American media.
Early life
Fleiss was born and raised in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Her parents, Paul M. Fleiss (1933–2014), a Jewish American pediatrician, and Elissa (née Ash), divorced. She has a brother, Jesse, and had another brother, Jason, who drowned. She also has three sisters, Amy, Kim, and Shana, the last of whom is the youngest sister.
Work in prostitution and criminal charges
At the age of 22, Fleiss began managing a prostitution ring under Madam Alex after meeting her in 1987 via Fleiss's film-director boyfriend Ivan Nagy. Fleiss stated in 2002 that Alex and herself had "a very intense relationship" and that she "was kind of like the daughter she loved and hated, so she was abusive and loving at the same time." In the same interview, Fleiss said she worked as a prostitute for a short period to learn all aspects of the occupation. At the time, she was learning …
Media appearances
In 1995, Nick Broomfield made a documentary about her prostitution ring called Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam. In 2004, a made-for-TV movie was produced called Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss.
Fleiss and reality-TV personality Victoria Sellers hosted and produced an instructional DVD titled Sex Tips with Heidi Fleiss and Victoria Sellers in 2001.
Business interests
In 2005, Fleiss announced plans to open a brothel in Pahrump, Nevada called "Heidi Fleiss's Stud Farm". In 2007, Fleiss opened a laundromat called Dirty Laundry in Pahrump, as her plans for the brothel had been put on hold due to a "slight complication." In 2009, she said that she had abandoned her plans to open such a brothel because she did not want to "deal with all the nonsense in the sex business". Instead, she said, she would focus on renewable energy, which sh…
Personal life
In 2003, Fleiss accused her ex-boyfriend, actor Tom Sizemore, of domestic violence.
Fleiss eventually moved to Pahrump, Nevada, where she came to live in a small town near Death Valley while caring for 25 parrots. Drew Pinsky, who treated Fleiss for substance abuse, performed brain scans on her that showed significant frontal lobe dysfunction, which Pinsky surmised was behind her inability to empathize with people, and her propensity for doing so with birds.
Published works
• Pandering. Los Angeles: One Hour Entertainment. 2002. ISBN 9780972016407.
• The Player's Handbook: The Ultimate Guide on Dating and Relationships. Los Angeles: One Hour Entertainment. 2004. ISBN 9780972016414.
Further reading
• "Then & Now: Heidi Fleiss". CNN. June 19, 2005.
• Friend, David (September 29, 2017). "The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss, Hollywood's Most Notorious Madam". Vice.
• Garnder, Chris (May 13, 2021). "Former Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss Weighs In on Musical About Her Life". The Hollywood Reporter.