The clock is reportedly set to expire later this week on a federal gag order threatening a former Massachusetts prostitute with prison if she reveals the name of a married businessman she tried to extort for $1 million.
The Boston Herald reports that Michelle Robinson, 32, is “making a new life for herself ... in Georgia,” according to the U.S. Probation Office, which will terminate her supervised release Friday barring any last-minute efforts to stop them by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Mark Wolf.
Wolf told probation officials last September he didn’t agree with its decision to free Robinson from the restrictions she was under and was considering ordering her back to Massachusetts for a talk before any decision was reached. Wolf has taken no action since then, despite a heads-up from Probation last month that a deadline was approaching, the newspaper reports.
Robinson, who could not be reached for comment, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in 2009. Wolf made federal prosecutors submit a list of everyone who knew the identity of Robinson's client — described in court papers as a 60-something married businessman and philanthropist — and warned officials of contempt charges if they spoke out of turn.
Robinson and the businessman carried on a sex-for-hire relationship between December 2007 and June 2008, authorities said. When he ended the relationship, Williams told him a reporter was offering her $1 million to expose their tawdry tryst. He paid her $280,000 to keep quiet, but when she came back for more, he turned to the law. Robinson is now paying back the $280,000 in payments of $100 per month, the newspaper reports.
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