Logo

An Upper East Side madam is the tip of the iceberg to an ongoing and massive five-year public corruption probe involving alleged police protection, underage prostitution and a roster of wealthy and powerful johns, court documents reveal.

Those are the stunning allegations of prosecutors with the Manhattan DA’s Official Corruption unit, according to newly-revealed transcripts from the arraignment of Anna Gristina, a 44-year-old mother of four accused of running a high-price brothel on East 78th St.

According to the transcript, which details Gristina’s court appearance on Feb. 23, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Marchan ordered the accused madam held on a whopping $2 million bail after prosecutors laid out the significance of the case and the madam’s ties to unnamed rich and influential men “world wide.”

Comments
anonymous profile image
Powered by RoundtableBuilt on infrastructure designed for real-time media. Learn more at RTB.io.© Roundtable 2026. By using this site you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy