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EXCLUSIVE: Heidi Fleiss Having A “Terrible Time” Following Brother’s Death

Celebrity Rehab 3 cast member Heidi Fleiss is going through a “very difficult time” following the death of her 41-year-old brother Jason Fleiss. Jason’s tragic death occurred when he drowned while swimming in rough water off the coast of Kauai with his younger brother Jesse, who was miraculously saved by a surfer.

“My dad said he was sure he lost both his boys. It’s a terrible time for myself and my family. We are in really bad shape,” Heidi told TheFABlife. Although a memorial has been set for this weekend, Heidi has left for London to film Celebrity Big Brother, per the advice of her longtime boyfriend, Moonlite BunnyRanch owner Dennis Hof. “I told her she needed to get away and stay busy so she does not have time to dwell on this awful thing,” Dennis told TheFABlife.

So sad. [Photo: Getty Images]

Top 8 Celebrity Tax Evaders

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There are, of course, two certainties in life: death and taxes. And one if not both, is absolutely coming tomorrow, April 15th! No matter who you are, Uncle Sam will get you! Even A-list celebrities must pay up, although some seem to have thought they were above the law when they attempted a fancy shmancy loophole, but were of course busted. Check out our gallery of celebrity tax evaders! [Photos: Splash News Online]

#57: Heidi Fleiss’s Prostitution Ring Busted

“You’re not paying a hooker to have sex,” Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen once famously said. “You’re paying her to leave afterwards.” Sheen should know. At 1995 the trial of Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss, it emerged that the son of movie icon Martin Sheen had spent some $50,000 on prostitutes in just over a year.

Sheen’s was the most public face in Fleiss’s very public bust. During the 1990s she ran a prostitution ring whose client list included movie and political types who, if we mentioned them, would sue us into the poorhouse. (Hint: Not Larry Craig.) It’s a bitch-eat-bitch world in Hollywood: Fleiss’ boyfriend turned her in (he was launching his own call-girl ring), while Sheen was offered up as a B-list patsy for the prosecution.

In 1997, Fleiss was sentenced to 37 months in jail for charges related to her prostitution business. Upon her release, she embarked on a (failed) attempt to start a brothel for women in Nevada. But the scandal did wonders for Sheen, who’s since developed into one of the highest paid actors on TV, earning $350,000 per Half Men episode. — Charles Bottomley