Another bad investment

I liked this Minnesota story of a former Hollywood courtesan hoodwinked by a mobster into thinking her story would be turned into a movie.

She found out it took more than a pretty face to make it. She met the "wrong kind" of men, who steered her toward the life of a glorified hooker. She was taken to Las Vegas, where she transformed herself into a highly requested casino "escort" who mainly worked for the Sands, the Sahara, the Desert Inn and the Flamingo. ...

After years of failed attempts, Jane McCormick thought her compelling life story finally was going Hollywood.

Louis Eppolito, the man who charged the 61-year-old woman $45,000 to write a screenplay about her life ... said he planned to form his own film production company. Her tale of serving as party girl and escort for Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Danny Thomas and deep-pocketed casino high rollers was second on the new company's to-do list.

Unfortunately Eppolito was not only a former cop and bit actor but an actual hit man and drug dealer who was arrested Mar. 8 and charged with many federal crimes.