And Other Immoral Purposes

Back in 1970, during the Vietnam War, Ray Auler brought four female exotic dancers from Chicago to live in a Saigon villa and perform for GIs in an adjacent nightclub called The Office. The book begins as the four ladies walk out of the villa and head for the American Embassy. There they tell sordid tales of imprisonment and forced prostitution that ultimately lead to the Chicago indictment and prosecution of Ray and his friend, Craig Poulter, for violations of the Mann Act: transporting and imprisoning the four women “for prostitution, debauchery and other immoral purposes.” The book’s author, Barry Freeman, becomes Auler’s Chicago defense attorney. The story unfolds in Wisconsin, Saigon, and Chicago, against a backdrop of the in-play turmoil of the Vietnam protests and sexual revolution. It is humorous, thought provoking, and entertaining for all readers, awakens memories of the Vietnam and Watergate eras for those who were around at the time, and educates and stimulates those who were not. Throughout And Other Immoral Purposes, the reader is provided with insights, observations, and philosophical musings, gained from the author’s forty-seven years of experience litigating criminal and civil cases.