She put her lover's penile implant on her insurance by claiming he was her husband, and that brough Jeane Lewis a guilty verdict on forgery and fraud. In fact, it took the Manhattan jury less than an hour to find her guilty May 1. The lover, Andre Dovilas, also faced charges in the case, but he's fled to Haiti with the implanted evidence, according to law enforcement officials who spoke to Reuters. Apparently, as we reported last week, the conniving lovers made one fatal mistake - Lewis's very real husband found bills and correspondence from the hospital and urologist where Dovilas had impersonated him in going for the treatment. That caused the husband to tip off both police and his wife's labor union, which both represents and insures health care workers. And it could prove an even costlier ploy - Lewis faces up to seven years in prison at her June 15 sentencing.
PARIS - A private Catholic secondary school had a condom machine until complaints from parents brought down a severe condemnation from the Vatican. Now the school has agreed to remove the machine. The school put the dispenser in after talking to students who thought the move would "respect their ability to take responsibility for themselves," head teacher Martine Ouerette told Reuters. The Vatican, however, said access to the condom machine "took all the sense out of a Catholic education, took responsibility away from students and teachers alike, and legitimized behavior which was not acceptable.'' France may be predominantly Catholic, but published reports indicate many if not most French are displeased with Pope John Paul II's conservative positions on sexuality.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Her phone number was listed by mistake twice, three months apart, in a titillating classified ad promising a "sexy and Swedish" hot girl for a non-rushed body massage "and more" - and she was so thrilled she's suing the Westender, the newspaper who pulled the boner. Airline worker Evelyn Lutchmaya's telephone line was flooded with horny callers on both occasions. The mistake was a single misprinted digit in the phone number. But it drove Lutchmaya to outrage, especially as a single woman living alone and with the prospect of "anyone" knocking in the wee small hours of the morning. She called police after the first mistake, took no action otherwise, but then came the April blunder. That time, according to published reports, she changed her telephone number - and called her attorney. She's suing for defamation and libel, demanding recompense for loss of respect, financial loss, and psychological injury, according to her filing in British Columbia Supreme Court April 28. Her attorneys are also trying to establish just who was responsible for the mistake directly, the newspaper or the escort who placed the ad for a friend hoping to start an escort service. One postscript: The friend, known only as Tiffany, is now said to be seeking other work.
--- Compiled by Humphrey Pennyworth
