Fleiss Jury Hears Final Arguments : Courts: Deliberations in pandering case against alleged Hollywood madam to begin today. Prosecutor compares her to a car salesman. Defense calls police hypocritical.

Alleged Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss marketed her prostitutes as a salesman hawks a luxury car, promising women so beautiful there was no competition, a prosecutor said Monday in closing arguments.

Jurors in the Los Angeles Superior Court case are scheduled to begin deliberating today after hearing instructions from Judge Judith L. Champagne.

Deputy Dist. Atty. Alan Carter said Fleiss’ conduct satisfied all the elements needed to convict her of procuring four young women for prostitution.

But in an emotional closing, defense attorney Anthony Brooklier called police conduct in the investigation hypocritical and went beyond reasonable behavior.

Brooklier specifically attacked state pandering laws, arguing that police officers knew the identity of Fleiss’ clients yet failed to prosecute any of them.

“This is hypocrisy at its best. This is so serious, isn’t it?” he asked mockingly, noting that prostitution is legal in Nevada, “just 250 miles away.”

The defense attorney said police targeted the 28-year-old Fleiss and then forced her to commit the crime.

“They’re going to make this happen, come what may,” Brooklier said. “It’s not appropriate for law enforcement to induce the commission of a crime.”

Carter attacked Fleiss’ defense of entrapment. To succeed with the strategy, a criminal defendant must show that police tactics would force a normal, law-abiding citizen to break the law.

“Remember something,” Carter told the seven-man, five-woman jury. “You have the tapes.”

Audio and videotapes were gathered last year during an undercover sting operation targeting Fleiss, who police say ran a call girl ring catering to the rich and famous. In the tapes, undercover Officer Sammy Lee, posing as a Hawaiian millionaire, arranges for and is sent four women by Fleiss.

Lee told Fleiss he needed the women to entertain three business colleagues, who were also undercover operatives. In one tape, Fleiss boasts of her business prowess and her ability to find the most attractive women--what Carter called “the pitch, the hook, the closer” used by car salesmen or anyone else touting a product.

“She’s telling him: ‘I have quality merchandise,’ ” Carter said.

The four women are shown on another videotape recording in a luxurious Beverly Hills hotel suite accepting $1,500 apiece, discussing what sex acts they would do for that price and disrobing. They were arrested soon after.

“Is there any doubt Ms. Fleiss intended to provide women to have sex with Detective Lee’s business partners?” Carter asked the jury. At every juncture when Lee made it clear he wanted prostitutes, Carter said, Fleiss’ response was “no problem.”

Carter urged the jury to ignore the media attention that Fleiss has attracted and focus on the facts. “This is not a complicated case,” he said. “There really is no dispute about what the facts are in this case.”

When Fleiss told female associates she had a job for them, Carter said, “they knew they were going to meet a customer and have sex with him.”

Fleiss is specifically charged with procuring four women for prostitution, along with a related drug charge. She faces an 11-year prison sentence if convicted on all charges.

Two of the women--Samantha Burdette and Kimberly Burch--testified under immunity for the prosecution, saying Fleiss sent them to the hotel suite, where they were to receive $1,500 for sex.

They both said they were to give 40% of the money to Fleiss, buttressing the allegation that Fleiss was their pimp. If the jury thought the women were lying to save themselves, Carter said, the jury should look to the videotape for corroboration of their story.

The other two women did not testify, but Carter said their presence in the hotel suite--and their acceptance of money for sex--showed that Fleiss had sent them for prostitution.

When Lee asked Fleiss to supply him with cocaine, she responded: “ ‘OK. No problem,’ ” Carter said. “She doesn’t bat an eyelash. She quotes him a price.” The cocaine, he noted, arrived as promised by Fleiss.

Fleiss and her pediatrician father, Paul, are scheduled to go on trial in federal court on money-laundering charges in January.