Anna Gristina, the accused Manhattan madam whose case garnered lurid headlines in the New York media, pleaded guilty Tuesday in state court to one count of promoting prostitution.
The "Soccer Mom Madam," as she was dubbed by the tabloids, is expected to be sentenced in November to time served by Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan. She spent four months in jail after her February arrest.
With her family in the front row of the courtroom, Gristina told Merchan she wanted to change her plea to guilty.
Officials spent five years investigating the case, using wiretaps and other methods of surveillance. But it resulted in one only criminal count against Gristina.
The Manhattan district attorney's office said Gristina ran a high-end brothel for wealthy clients out of a Manhattan apartment. She boasted of connections inside the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the district attorney's office and the police department.
