By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – A Portland area woman was sentenced to 60 days of house arrest this afternoon for a case in which prosecutors contended she made a false report of rape against a Centralia man when he wouldn’t pay for her services as an escort.
“She was working as an escort, he hired her, he never paid her, he said they didn’t have sex,” defense attorney Mike Underwood told the judge. “My client says that’s not true; she’s taken responsibility for what happened.”
Heidi L. Glick
Heidi L. Glick, 32, previous to today made Alford pleas, not admitting guilt, to malicious prosecution, to prostitution and to first-degree trespassing, in Lewis County Superior Court.
Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Sheila Weirth told the judge she believed 30 days in jail was appropriate.
“There’s a tape of her telling the victim if he didn’t pay her, she was going to call police and report he’d raped her; on tape she’s basically extorting him,” Weirth said. “When a police officer arrived, she described a full forcible rape, that he’d held her down.”
Underwood said he hoped her sentence would be limited to the several days of time already served in the Lewis County Jail.
When police were called by Glick to Steven W. Flournoy Jr.’s Centralia residence on Nov. 7, they were told the “date” came out of her advertisement on Backpage.com.
Charging documents and the police report state that Glick refused to leave his home.
She told an investigating officer she was not a prostitute, she was an escort and that she charged for her time, but that sex was not part of the deal, according to the documents.
Flournoy told police he had a bad feeling about the conversation with Glick, so he recorded it with his phone, which she was aware of, the documents relate.
Charging documents indicate she declined an ambulance to the 911 call taker.
Officers arrested her for malicious prosecution and arrested Flourony for patronizing a prostitute and booked them both into jail. His case was handled in Centralia Municipal Court.
Lewis County Superior Court Judge Richard Brosey listened to both sides this afternoon and then imposed a 60-day sentence, which he said Glick could do on electronic home monitoring.
He gave her credit for five days already served and suspended the rest of the 364 days for two years.
Weirth asked the judge to further order Glick be prohibited from working as an escort during the probationary period.
Her lawyer didn’t oppose the recommendation.
“She’s advised me she has no interest in doing that type of work anymore,” Underwood said.
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For background, read “News brief: Two jailed following failure to pay prostitute in Centralia” from Sunday November 8, 2015, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
So she is selling herself.
He doesn’t want to pay for her services.
When did she give him consent to fuck her? Sounds like rape to me
I wish they would give liars more jail time. An innocent man could have been imprisoned.
I agree she should have harsher punishment and that a false claim like that is not a minor offense at all, due to the implications that can arise from it. However, the way you finish your comment is bothersome to me. “thinking twice about any rape…” and the remainder of your paragraph almost sounds as though you have a natural tendency to disbelieve a woman who claims rape. I hope that’s not the case. In any case, while I wholeheartedly feel for any person who has been falsely accused, the numbers of actual rapes, many not being disclosed, far out-number false claims. Many more men SHOULD be in prison that got away with it or because it was not disclosed due to fear and/or shame. That is pretty sickening as well. As is the far too common mentality that a woman asks for it. It’s all disgusting.
I’m betting that the John was looking at a whole different picture on backdoor.com (did I say “backdoor” meant “backpage”) than this woman. Good old bait and switch. Can’t blame him for not paying. Was very smart to record her or he might be in state prison and registering as a sex offender.
But this was risky behavior on his part.
So black mail and saying that I was raped would only get you 30 days in jail. And if she did say that she was raped the man would get over ten years in prison. No no no… this woman deserves years behind bars for being a weasal…. Thank God she was recorded saying what she said. Makes you think twice about any rape or sexual abuse story. Women do this to gain power over men. Sick sick sick. How many other men have been sent to prison over a womans lies?