By William R. Levesque, Times Staff Writer
Monday, January 10, 2011
TAMPA — It's a "black book" you won't find at the local library.
An X-rated list with names and sexual preferences of 30,000 clients of what prosecutors call an international, high-end prostitution ring is Tampa bound. An attorney for a man charged in the case needs to see the list to prepare a defense.
Though it's actually a massive spreadsheet on a computer disc, lawyers have taken to calling it the "black book."
Nobody, aside from federal prosecutors, knows the names of the supposedly well-heeled clientele. Tampa defense attorney Paul DeCailly is about to learn them.
But don't ask him for names: A judge has ordered him not to tell a soul.
"I'm not going to dial for dollars and pick names on the list and call people," DeCailly said on Monday. "It's ...