S&M Website Operator's Home Busted Because of Email from Anonymous Coward
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Speaking of BDSM, D/s, S&M - take your choice - it appears the unwarranted invasion of Michelle - Empress M - Silva's Enfield Connecticut home was prompted by a anonymous email.
As always I'm appropriately grateful to be living in a land of civil rights and freedoms. Just imagine how awful it might be in Holland or Germany.
No charges have been filed.
The investigation was prompted by an anonymous e-mail police received in January. "I thought you would like to know that you have an S&M prostitution house in your town," the e-mail said, according to the warrant. When Enfield Det. William Cooper looked at Silva's website, he found pictures of "'EmpressM' with nude males, 'slaves' in obvious states of sexual arousal," the warrant said. S&M practitioners, or sadomasochists, derive sexual pleasure from inflicting pain on others or themselves.
"It is clear that B&D (bondage and discipline) practitioners can receive sexual gratification for a fee as a fully developed rate structure exists," Cooper wrote in the warrant.

Comments
“As always I’m appropriately grateful to be living in a land of civil rights and freedoms. Just imagine how awful it might be in Holland or Germany.” You’re being ironic, right? ;-)
Posted by: Dave | December 31, 2005 10:46 AM
Anonymous email received my ass. It was probably sent by one of their own officers as an excuse to invade the privacy of Americans.
Posted by: anonymous | January 2, 2006 12:36 AM
Hello this is Empress M / Michelle silva The CT Mistress who was raided. I’m out rage at how this so called investigation took place. No first hand information at all. no police checks or Statments from real sources. no conformations of what they have. what they use as evidence. How their story continually changes. This has ruined my life. I’m losing my home and will be on the street because this website was my source of income. they have taken all my equpitment that i use to shoot video and my computers and sofeware to update my site .. no one will buy memberships because i cant provide updates. i cant pay my bills or get a job because [police put my name in the papper with out even arresting me. no charges or arrests yet after 1 year of there investagation and 8 weeks since they took all my stuff. everything is two months behind ..i need a job..we are taking donations so we can live ..i will be living in my care soon and wont have access to anything..i’m so confused anyone who can help please write me at pengladyone@cs.com Michelle silva
Posted by: Empress | January 3, 2006 12:44 AM
actually i live in the town next door and read this article in the paper. Theey practicly made a whole page article on this bs charge. They were originally going for prostitution charges, but after reading the article it seems all the can really get her for is zoning charges. She had registed for a home office, not a studio for running a web site or some crap like that. Connecticut cops are such BS! Look at it this way, if you were in manchester they would probably have busted your door down and planted some drugs or something.
Posted by: Equinox | January 3, 2006 12:01 PM
To be honest, if it was in Manchester they’d be far too busy with the amount of real crime that they’re far too busy to worry about BDSM. The amount of cars vandalized every weekend and the drug traffic keeps them more than occupied.
Posted by: Anonymous | January 13, 2006 8:13 PM
SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOCATED AT A SECURITY LOCATION WITH AUDIO/VISUAL EQUIPMENT AND THE SMALLEST LEGALLY ALLOWED SIGNS WARNING OF THE TAPING. IT IS A SHAME WHEN WE WORK SO HARD TO GET AWAY FROM THE GESTAPO ONLY TO FIND IT IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.MAY ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THIS RIDICULOUS BEHAVIOR LINE UP FOR SOME SERIOUS PUBLIC FLOGGING…….GOOD LUCK , EMPRESS M AND CREW IN 2006 ……….PS
Posted by: PROBLEM SOLVER | January 18, 2006 7:36 AM
so who was in the pics cops judges the mayor??? i live in Newmarket i would love to open a bdsm place…Everybody knows me here so it wouldnt be a big problem,,, I guess I;d have to just let the men/women of little importace cum through my door.. We the little people of Newmarket won;t be a threat.. Unfortunitly I’m moving to Sudbury, so keep your eyes open cuz I’m gonna stir up that place… Empress Michelle or anyone.. feel free to contact me………..
Posted by: Chris | January 18, 2006 6:23 PM
What is really terrible is that the person who most likely sent the “anonymous” email is now acting like EmpressM was the cause that she has to shut down - funny enough she is using collarme to find PAYING subs, after making a pathetic post on another board how she can’t pay for her medication and closed down! Strangely enough a client has bought her a house and gives her a more than generous allowance each months and he is now howling how she was “mobbed”
Posted by: Steve | January 23, 2006 5:42 PM
Sorry to hear of your troubles Empress M, I am just starting out my own spanking business and hope I will not have similar troubles.
Posted by: MissNikki2U | January 30, 2006 10:21 AM
that’s just awful. it seems to me she was being persecuted just because she earns her money on the fringe. while i feel very bad for empress m, i would say she has it a little bit better than barbara asher, who was just acquitted of manslaughter charges regarding a missing man who’s not even PROVEN to be dead.
it seems like open season on anybody who dares make their living on the edge of respectability. since this administration can’t catch the people who are a real threat to our safety, it’s a whole lot easier to pillory sex workers and take away their civil liberties.
Posted by: laura | January 31, 2006 1:08 AM
I hate to tell you all this, but the US is living under a president in constant violation of the constitution. Do you honestly think anyone is safe? Hell all they have to do is say the magic words “national security” and they dont have to answer one damn question. Domestic wiretapping, warrentless search and seizure…if it can happen at a national level, what’s to stop it at state or even local level.
Anyone remember McCarthy?
Posted by: BigNasty | February 27, 2006 8:00 PM
my heart goes out for empress m this is bullshit but then this is america the land of what used to be freedom. unless you have money in this country you dont have a chance. the problem is not enough people know enough about the scene she should take this to the press and fight she will win in the end remenmber we still have our rights i wish the people would wake up. and my message to empress m get in touch with me ill try to help i have some liberal contacts namely a a well known lawyer i wont mention name email me remember impeach bush
Posted by: claude | March 4, 2006 6:08 PM
Congratulations to “Big Nasty” and “Claude” for somehow managing to make this “Bush’s Fault.” Your hatred of the President colors all of what passes for your “judgement” and makes you sound ridiculous.
GROW UP, stop spouting the BS the media throws at you and try to THINK at least once a month.
Posted by: Anonymous | March 7, 2006 1:08 PM
I am very sorry to hear this has happened to you, Empress M and I sincerely hope You will recover from that blow.
“As always I’m appropriately grateful to be living in a land of civil rights and freedoms. Just imagine how awful it might be in Holland or Germany.” Before you point the finger, do some research first. Use google…or call the German Embassy. If you can’t be bothered, let me spell it out for you. Prostitution in Germany has been legalized in 2003. So that scenario would not have happened in the first place.
Posted by: Stilgar | March 11, 2006 11:10 PM
“As always I’m appropriately grateful to be living in a land of civil rights and freedoms. Just imagine how awful it might be in Holland or Germany.”
Prostitution has been legalized in Germany since 2003. Get a clue first next time, before pointing the finger ;)
Posted by: Kentaro | March 11, 2006 11:21 PM
Hello thank you all for your concerns today i was told by my lawyer that they started calling all of my freends models on my sites asking how i earn my living and if they paid me for sex i’m angry and still am in the process of getting some of my things returned to me like my computers and videos if you want to contact me write me at pengladyone@cs.com
Posted by: EmpressM | March 14, 2006 8:45 PM
Stilgar and Kentaro -
You two might look up the word irony in the dictionary.
Richard
Posted by: Richard Evans Lee | March 19, 2006 10:42 AM
Just goes to show you, that Enfield Police are nothing more that what the public already thinks of them, punks with badges. They have invaded many peoples lives unprovoked. Whenever you go to their town all they do is sit in their cars and run plates on their laptops because they don’t want to do real police work and get the crack problem they have resolved. So they choose soft targets like Mistress M.
Posted by: Might Watchman | September 9, 2006 7:56 AM