Movie producer Dillon Jordan sentenced to 5 years in prison for operating prostitution ring: "The party is over"
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A California movie producer was sentenced in New York City to the maximum five years in prison Thursday after he admitted operating a high-end prostitution service for seven years, providing women to wealthy clients for up to $15,000 and organizing sex parties in the U.S. and abroad.
Dillon Jordan, of Lake Arrowhead, California, was sentenced in Manhattan. U.S. District Judge John P. Cronan said he would have imposed a longer prison sentence if he had the authority to do so, citing the permanent physical and emotional scars the women sustained.
Jordan pleaded guilty to a conspiracy count and five years was the maximum sentence available.
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