Women Affairs

Life has not been easy for Lisa Ann Taylor since her guilty plea deal to several charges and her sentencing to seven years of probation. The former Penthouse pet who had been accused of running a brothel out of her million-dollar home has put the mansion up for sale. Lisa Ann Taylor has put the red-brick mansion, which sits in an exclusive suburban Atlanta subdivision, up for sale for $1.2 million. Taylor, who has also performed under the name Melissa Wolf, became known as the Mansion Madam after being arrested along with another woman last year on prostitution and drug charges. As part of a plea deal, Taylor was sentenced to seven years probation and fined $150,000. If the fine isn't paid before Oct. 10, Gwinnett County can seize her home. But Taylor said Tuesday that outcome is not likely. "It's a good thing I put all that money away all those years ago," Taylor told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Taylor said she owns several other properties, including a house i...

As she awaits trial as the "Mansion Madam," Lisa Ann Taylor is looking for job, caring for kittens and girding for a bruising legal fight. Prosecutors say the former Penthouse Pet charged clients up to $10,000 to perform sex acts in her million-dollar house in the Sugarloaf Country Club in Duluth, an exclusive community that is home to professional athletes, entertainers and executives. They say she could stand trial within months. Taylor says she's eager to resolve her legal troubles and find a decent job. "I'm still just hanging around waiting for this to be over so I can try and go back to work," she says. A Gwinnett County grand jury indicted Taylor in June on prostitution, drug and racketeering charges. The indictment alleges that she and Nicole Probert of Lawrenceville performed sex acts together and with clients for money. It also accuses them of procuring drugs and running a criminal enterprise from Taylor's home. Both women deny the charg...