Quote: “The majority of them [the girls] are stupid and they make half a million dollars a year and then come to me later piss-broke because they spent it on clothes or cocaine or whatever.”
More troubles developed for Braun with the Feds. Her brother-in-law claimed she had a safe full of cash buried in her garage. Then in April 2006 an FBI agent using the name George Tarpinsky joined Bella Models as a client.
A search warrant was executed. The FBI began tracking e-mails and that’s how Ashley Massaro’s name surfaced. The Feds also monitored AVN Best New starlet Naomi and ClubJenna girl Krystal Steal.
In one exchange a John complained about Taryn Thomas citing among other things, Thomas' horrible attitude. Braun, in turn, e-mailed Thomas some friendly advice stating that it was guys like this who kept her career going. When Tarpinsky booked a playboy.com model for $4500 last October, is when the Feds armed with the warrant raided Braun’s house with a SWAT team toting machine guns.