Divine Brown (sex worker)

Divine Brown (sex worker)

Divine Brown (born Estella Marie Thompson, 9 August 1969) is an American sex worker who gained considerable public recognition in 1995 when Hugh Grant, a British actor, was caught receiving oral sex from her in a car on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard. Both Brown and Grant were arrested, and at first, considerable damage was done to Grant's public image. In the ensuing publicity, she appeared on a number of television shows, including "The Howard Stern Show" and Danny Bonaduce's short-lived "Danny!" In 1996, she played herself in a film based on the incident, "" by Ron Jeremy. [http://www.nardwuar.com/vs/ron_jeremy/jeremy4.htm "Nardwuar vs Ron Jeremy"] . [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0702/06/sbt.01.html Showbiz Tonight] , transcript, February 6, 2007, CNN. Retrieved May 25, 2007.] In all, she is reported to have earned $1.6 million from the publicity, though she was rearrested in Las Vegas in September 1996 for prostitution and loitering. [" [http://books.google.com/books?id=AMvcQcwreJMC&pg=PA564&ots=Lz02w8D2X7&dq=%22divine+brown%22+fame&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=ymqp5B4UOEt0FK4cObY24c1Tybc#PPA564,M1 Contemporary Criminal Law: Concepts, Cases, and Controversies] " by Matthew Ross Lippman] She made further appearances after her second arrest, on Joey Buttafuoco's cable access show in 1998 and on Judge Judy in 1999, [ [http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/misc/divine-brown/ Divine Brown ] ] and on the Danish documentary series "Negermagasinet" in 2005. She was also the subject of an X-rated biopic "Million Dollar Hooker" in 2006, [ [http://www.cityhallrecords.com/newreleases/Releases_Nov_2006.pdf 11-06 BOOK new ] ] and on "Hollywood Lives", an ITV television series. [ [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2730414.ece The $50 Trick (or how Divine Brown turned an encounter with Hugh Grant into her fortune) - Americas, World - Independent.co.uk ] ]

Brown said the money she earned from interviews and endorsements after the infamous 1995 interrupted dalliance has allowed her to put her children through private school and buy a four-bedroom house. [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/hughs-divine-intervention/2007/07/06/1183351433717.html?sssdmh=dm16.267973 "Hugh's Divine intervention"] from the "Sydney Morning Herald"]

TV guest appearances

* "Howard Stern": 30 April 1996, 1 May 1996
* "ECW Hardcore TV", episode "Fight The Power '96": 1 June 1996

Notes

External links

* [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2730414.ece "The $50 Trick (or how Divine Brown turned an encounter with Hugh Grant into her fortune)"] , by Emily Dugan, 3 July 2007, "The Independent". Retrieved July 3, 2007.
* [http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/misc/divine-brown/ Short biography at Rotten.com] Retrieved May 25, 2007.
* Retrieved May 25, 2007.
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128650/ "Sunset and Divine: The British Experience (1996)"] on IMDb. Retrieved May 25, 2007.
* [http://www.lukeisback.com/stars/stars/stars/female/divine_brown.html "Divine Brown"] . Luke Ford on the filming of "Sunset and Divine". Retrieved May 25, 2007.
* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=466250&in_page_id=1879 "Vice girl turned millionairess Divine Brown can't thank Hugh enough"]


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