Celebrity Big Brother star Heidi Fleiss lives a very different life now and has swapped pimping to run a tropical bird sanctuary.
Heidi, 58, became one of the world’s most talked-about women when she was arrested back in 1993 over a high-class prostitution ring. She was dubbed the Hollywood Madam, and is said to have had a high-end client list.
The Hollywood Reporter claimed that she took home $300k, now $560k (£442k) a week because of the job. But in June 1993, Heidi’s empire came crashing down when she got arrested and was charged with five counts of pandering.
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On separate federal tax evasion and money laundering charges, Heidi was sentenced to seven years in prison. But she now lives a very different life and has since turned her back on LA and the world of showbiz.
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Heidi, who appeared on Celebrity Big Brother back in 2010, works at a sanctuary in the Nevada desert at her isolated refuge saving macaws. She calls herself a “retired Hollywood Madam turned active Macaw patroness.”
It is believed Heidi owns 23 exotic and endangered birds. And some of them she has reportedly travelled to the “ends of the earth” to acquire.
In 2022, Heidi claimed someone injured one of her macaws before Christmas of the previous year. The bird was shot in the leg with a pellet gun.
Heidi even offered a $5,000 reward for information that may help find the culprit. She told the Pahrump Valley Times: “I want to castrate him, I want them to get the death penalty for shooting my little Chuey, who was just flying around doing nothing — and they shoot her.”
Heidi has also achieved success as an author. She published her first book, Pandering, in 2002, followed by her second book, The Player’s Handbook: The Ultimate Guide on Dating and Relationships, in 2004.
She also famously dated Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore. The pair were together from 2000 to 2003. While back in 2010, she appeared on the seventh series of Celeb Big Brother. But her stint on the UK show didn’t last long as she became the second famous face to get evicted.
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