Ex-Model Tells of Working as Fleiss Call Girl : Court: Samantha Burdette says she received from $1,000 to $10,000 for sexual favors, and gave the alleged Hollywood madam 40% of her earnings.

Onetime model Samantha Burdette testified Wednesday that she earned between $1,000 and $10,000 for sexual favors while working for alleged Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss.

Burdette, a leggy miniskirted brunette from Colorado, gave a Los Angeles Superior Court jury its first glimpse inside Fleiss’ alleged prostitution ring since Fleiss’ criminal trial began Monday. She said Fleiss dispatched her to a Beverly Hills hotel suite on two consecutive evenings in June, 1993, to meet a man who turned out to be an undercover detective.

Burdette frequently sought eye contact and exchanged knowing smiles with Fleiss, her former boss and friend, who is charged with pandering and possession of cocaine for sale. Appearing ill at ease, Burdette explained that under her business arrangement she gave Fleiss 40% of her earnings.

Burdette’s testimony followed a morning ruling by Judge Judith Champagne that Fleiss’ defense attorneys cannot delve into the fact that Fleiss’ alleged clients were not criminally charged--a fact that Fleiss’ lawyers say proves she has been unfairly targeted.

Fleiss’ attorney, Anthony Brooklier, pointed out that police knew the identities of Fleiss’ alleged clientele, said to include Tinseltown’s top executives. He also noted that the alleged prostitutes, including Burdette, were given immunity in exchange for their testimony.

Using this line of reasoning, Brooklier hoped to buttress his claim that Fleiss was entrapped in the electronically bugged Beverly Hills hotel room, and that Fleiss’ alleged crime had no true victims.

Fleiss’ arrest last year electrified Hollywood, leading to much speculation about names in her “black book.” But Brooklier said that because neither he nor his client want to “ruin somebody’s marriage” or “cause some child heartache,” he had no intention of seeking the disclosure of supposed clients’ identities.

Fleiss, a 28-year-old high school dropout, has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Dressed in a gray, pin-striped suit, she showed little emotion as Burdette, who said she often slept at Fleiss’ Benedict Canyon home, took the stand.

On the evening of June 8, 1993, Fleiss “asked me if I wanted to go to the Beverly Hills Hilton,” Burdette said haltingly in response to questions from Deputy Dist. Atty. Alan Carter. Fleiss directed her to meet a wealthy Ferrari-driving businessman from Hawaii who would pay her $1,500, Burdette said.

Asked if $1,500 was out of line with her usual wages, Burdette replied that she generally received anywhere from $1,000 to $10,000 for “sexual favors” with men. After several minutes of conversation, Burdette said, she and the man--who turned out to be undercover Beverly Hills Detective Sammy Lee--retreated to the suite bedroom, where she partially disrobed. At that point, Lee’s beeper rang and he informed her that he had urgent business to attend. He asked her, she said, to bring cocaine the next night for a party with his business associates as well as three other women from Fleiss’ circle.

That evening, Burdette testified, she gave Lee two small packets of cocaine and received cash from him for the drug as well as another $1,500 for sex. Lee and the other three men, also undercover police, “wanted us to do a dance” while disrobing, Burdette said.

After the women danced a few seconds, about 20 police burst into the room and arrested the women, Burdette said. By that time, Burdette said, she was naked--though police have said all the women were partially clad.

Under cross-examination by Fleiss’ co-counsel, Donald Marks, Burdette said Lee raised the issue of cocaine.

Tuesday night, Fleiss was released from the Pasadena-based drug rehabilitation program where she had resided for two months after drug tests, a term of her probation, indicated that she had used stimulants and depressants.