PASADENA : Fleiss Begins Treatment for Drugs; Trial Set Oct. 6

Reputed Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss entered a residential drug treatment center Monday as her state pandering and drug trial was rescheduled for Oct. 6, her attorney said.

Fleiss was transferred from the Downtown federal Metropolitan Detention Center to Pasadena’s live-in Impact House, Donald Marks said. The attorney said he did not know how long his client would be at the center.

Fleiss, 28, was arrested earlier this month after testing positive for drugs in violation of the terms of her release from jail on charges of federal income tax evasion and money laundering. She had posted $50,000 bond and promised to remain drug-free. During a Sept. 19 hearing, Fleiss told the judge: “I want to go home.”

But the judge instead sent her back to jail, pending her acceptance into the treatment center.

Fleiss and her pediatrician father, Dr. Paul Fleiss, face charges of depositing checks for prostitution services into his bank account and lying about income on their tax returns.

She faces state pandering and drug charges in a separate matter. Trial on those charges was to begin Monday, but a judge agreed last week to a motion delaying the trial for 15 days. On Monday the trial was scheduled for Oct. 6.