Fleiss Is Ordered Into Drug Treatment : Courts: The alleged madam is to spend time in a residential program after testing positive--a violation of bail terms. ‘I want to go home,’ she says.

Alleged Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was ordered into residential drug treatment Monday after testing positive for drugs six times since August, violating the terms of her $50,000 bail in an income tax evasion case.

Fleiss, who was arrested Thursday and has been in jail since, groaned, “I want to go home” as the hearing drew to a close and it became evident that she would stay in custody.

U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall said Fleiss will enroll at Impact House, a Pasadena rehabilitation facility, “if Impact is willing to take her and has enough beds.” If not, Fleiss will enter another program. She will remain in custody until she is transferred to a program, which may take one or two days, lawyers said.

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Fleiss and her father await a federal trial, scheduled to begin Dec. 6, on the tax evasion charges, and she faces trial in state court on pandering and drug charges, for which jury selection is to begin Monday.

Donald Marks, Fleiss’ attorney, argued that his client should be “given a second chance,” saying the drugs for which she tested positive are not “hard drugs,” such as cocaine or heroin.

Marks said he did not contest the charge that Fleiss used drugs in violation of her bail. He noted that she has a prescription for Valium, but said he did not know if drugs from that prescription produced the positive test results.

But Fleiss tested positive for both Valium and methamphetamines, said Assistant U.S. Atty. Mark Holscher.

Marks said the stress of Fleiss’ upcoming trials “caused her to do things which are in violation of the bail terms and certainly very stupid and destructive.”

He asked the judge to, at most, order Fleiss to undergo outpatient treatment. But Marshall ruled in favor of federal prosecutors and pretrial services officials who asked that she receive residential treatment.

Holscher said Fleiss has shown no remorse during her probation about her drug use. “Before her attorneys got involved, she claimed that someone spiked her (Coca-Cola with drugs) at her birthday party,” Holscher said.

Fleiss, the alleged head of a pricey call girl ring said to have serviced many in the entertainment world, faces a maximum prison sentence of 12 years on state charges, and a maximum of 188 years in prison with a $5.5-million fine on federal charges.

Her father, Dr. Paul Fleiss, could be sentenced to 305 years in prison and a maximum $9.2-million fine. Both have pleaded not guilty to all charges.