At a mere $120,000 per woman per year, he hired them to give up the sex trade and instead become his dedicated entertainers, dressing chastely and dancing or posing gracefully (with legally mandated breaks) on the white and gold marble pedestals in front of his Beverly Hills mansion, for the benefit of his friends, neighbors, and guided tours.
Other billionaires followed suit until there wasn’t a prostitute to be found in the greater Los Angeles area.