Simpson v. State

The convictions in this case arose out of the defendant’s activity in connection with the operation of a massage and alleged prostitution parlor in Dane county known as “Kathi’s Sauna.” The defendant was employed as the custodian and “enforcer” and his duties involved cleaning the sauna, protecting the girls from the customers, keeping the girls “in line,” and whatever else Chico Artez, the owner, told him to do, such as running errands, banking and chauffeuring the girls to assignations for prostitution.

October 12, 1971, the defendant tied Vennie Rainey on a bed, gagged, blindfolded and in…