The 'Manhattan Madam' who ran a high-end prostitution ring in the 2000s was questioned in the Mueller probe — here's everything we know about her

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• The "Manhattan Madam" was questioned as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian's interference in the 2016 presidential election.
• Kristin M. Davis, 41, is notoriously known for running a high-end prostitution ring in the 2000s.
• She is also a close friend of Roger Stone, a former Trump campaign adviser who has become a target of Mueller's investigation.
• Davis went to prison for running a prostitution ring and selling drugs, and also ran for governor of New York.

New York's notorious "Manhattan Madam" has come back into the limelight.

Kristin Davis, 41, who was known for running a high-end prostitution ring in the 2000s, testified before a grand jury on August 10 as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.

The Washington Post and The New York Times reported then that Davis was expecting to be asked about her close friend, Roger Stone, a former Trump campaign adviser who has become a subject in Mueller's investigation.

Here's everything we know about the Manhattan Madam:

Kristin Davis started her career working at a hedge fund. She claimed that by the end of her stint, she was senior vice president of operations for a $2 billion fund.

Source: XO Jane

In her time working in finance, she said she was asked to book escorts for her bosses. It was from here that she decided to set up her own agency.

"I was working at my last hedge fund job when I began toying with the idea of opening an agency as a means of making additional income to help support my mother and her medical expenses,” she wrote in a blog post for XOJane in 2014.

She set up and ran an escort agency for five years.

She told the Washington Post that her company had about 10,000 clients who would may for than $1,000 an hour for sex or companionship.

Davis, who also developed websites at the time, said that while she managed the business, she did not have sex with the clients herself.

The staff of the company reportedly called Davis "Mama Fabulous."

Sources: XOJane, Washington Post

In 2008, Davis was arrested and accused of running a prostitute ring. She was sent to Rikers prison.

She claimed to have provided escorts to Eliot Spitzer, a former governor of New York. Spitzer denied he had contact with Davis, and her name didn't come up in the investigation into his conduct.

He resigned as governor that year after admitting that he had patronized a prostitution ring.

She pleaded guilty to one count of prostitution.

Sources: The New York Times, XO Jane, WNYC, Manhattan Madam

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